Figure 2 What Is the Main Reason You Have Not Yet Natura lized? (%ofLatino legalpermanent residents who say any
A nationwide survey of Hispanic immigrants by the Pew Hispanic Center finds that more than nine-in-ten (93%) who have not yet naturalized say they would if they could. Asked in an open-ended question why they hadn’t naturalized, 26% identified personal barriers such as a lack of English proficiency, and an additional 18% identified administrative barriers, such as the financial cost of naturalization. The survey also revealed that among Hispanic legal permanent residents, just 30% say they speak English “very well” or “pretty well.” (See Appendix table A2.)
Figure 2  | What Is the Main Reason You Have  | Not Yet Natura lized?  | (%ofLatino legalpermanent residents who say any  | Language personal and other  | 26  | Language personal and barriers other  | Have not tried lyet  | 26  | Have or not not interested tried lyet  | Financial and  | 18  | administrative barriers  | waiting Not for eligible yet card or  | waiting for eligible green yet card  | Currently will do applying  | or will do applying it soon  | Notes: Based on foreign-born Latino legal permanent  | Notes: residents "Refused" Based (n=243). on foreign-born Otherreasons, shown. Latino Don legal know permanent and  | "Refused" (n=243). answers not shown.  | Source: Pew Hispanic Center, 2012 National Survey of  | Latinos  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 