Figure 2 Hispanic Children, by Genera tion, 1980 2025
Projects by the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that by 2025, nearly three-in-ten children in this country will be of Latino ancestry. Pew Hispanic Center population projects indicate that the generational composition of Hispanic children will change yet again between now and then. Today’s large cohort of second-generation Hispanic children will eventually form families and produce third-generation offspring. The Center’s projections show that the share of Hispanic children who are second generation will likely peak not much above the current level of 52% and then begin falling roughly a decade from now. The share of Hispanic children who are third generation or higher will likely hit bottom at 35% around 2015 and then begin rising. Given past trends, this change in the generational composition of Hispanic children could well have an impact on their employment, education and social outcomes in future years.
Figure 2  | Hispanic Children, by Genera tion, 1980 2025  | (96 in each generation)  | 1st  | 2nd  | 3rd+  | 35%  | 35%  | 38%  | 37%  | 37%  | 39%  | 47%  | 57%  | 53%  | 47%  | 53%  | 52%  | 52%  | 50%  | 38%  | 30%  | 15%  | 13%  | 14%  | -12%  | .72%  | 11K  | 1%  | .11%  | 1980  | 1990  | 2000  | 2007  | 2010  | 20115  | 2020  | 2025  | Note Percentages may not tota due to rounding.  | Source: For 1980 to 2007, Pew Hispanic Center tabulations of the Decennial Consus and  | 2007 American Community Survey Integrated Public Use Micro Samples For 2010to  | 2025 projections done by Pew Hispanic Center senior demographer Jeffrey S. Passel, 