the Latino daily – Your Thursday moring brief

THURSDAY, April 21, 2016

Good morning Taquistas!

I’m armed with coffee and a small stack of pecan scones. Serve yourself your prefered morning drink and munch, let’s get the news started.

►Thursday’s numbers (we’ll be coming back to them throughout the brief)

17.9 million – The number of U.S. Latinos who are younger than 18.

14.6 million – The number of U.S. Latinos who are millennials (ages 18 – 33).

26 – The percentage of U.S. Latinos who are millennials.

28 – The median age of U.S. Latinos.

19 – The median age of U.S.-born Latinos.

41 – The median age of foreign-born Latinos.

47 – The percentage of U.S.-born Latinos who are younger than 18.

47 – The percentage of U.S.-born Latinos who are children of immigrants.

44 – The percentage of U.S. Latino eligible voters who are millennials.

65 – The percentage of U.S.-born Latinos who were 18 – 33 in 1980 (today’s boomers).

Source: Pew Research Center

Next, we’ll ask some questions.

►Who did Latinas vote for in the NY primary?

Hillary.

That’s according to an NBC exit poll. Latinas cast 8 percent of the total votes in Tuesday’s primary, 67 percent for . . . READ MORE