2017 annual report on Mexican American Professionals

Despite some gains, Mexican Americans continue to lag behind the general population in college enrollment, degrees and professional occupations. This has been the primary focus on my web site [https://mexican-american-proarchive.com/] and my annual reports. Herein lies the reason for my taking the time to write them.

As a Mexican American Professional (retired educator), when I first looked at the dismal numbers which compares Educational Attainment between Mexican Americans and the total populations, I was dismayed at the disparity.
The annual Community Survey published by the Census Bureau shows the following results for this year and the prior year.

The American Community census reports on college enrollment:

It is simple to observe that the total population college enrollment has decreased by .3% from years 2016 to 2017 but compared to Mexican American enrollment for 2016 the total population is 8.4% higher than the Mexican American college enrollment. On the positive side, college enrollment has gone up for Mexicans American from 19.3% to 19.6%. We will take that.

The next table shows what I consider the most important number in these annual statistics which is the number of college degrees held by Mexican Americans versus the general population.

The chart above shows the dismal percentage of Mexican Americans getting graduate or professional degrees, 3.3% in 2016 and the same, 3.3% in 2017.

The representation of Mexican Americans awarded bachelor’s degrees is not much better, 8.5% vs 19.3% in 2016 and 8.5% vs 19.7% in 2017. Virtually unchanged.

For associate degrees, Mexican Americans fared a lot better, 23.4% vs 29.0% in 2016 and 23.4% vs 28.9% in 2017. Another stalemate.

Now let’s move on to the numbers for professional employment in business and industry

The Bureau of Labor statistics has white management at 78.4% and Hispanic or Latino at 16.9%

Also, sad representation for Latinos.

In summary, Mexican Americans have made little progress achieving the egalitarian goal of equality, in a democratic society.

Here are the titles of various articles from other publications during the past year which are relevant to Mexican American Professionals. You may view the complete articles on my web site: https://mexican-american-proarchive.com/

• “Seeking better data on Hispanics, Census Bureau may change how it asks about race”
• The Census Bureau undercounts Latinos. It’ll take more than technology to fix that…
• Facts about Mexican Americans from the Census Bureau 2010
• Census: Hispanics overtake whites to become California’s largest ethnic group
• Minority youth will keep America great, white anxiety will not
• Hispanic dropout rate hits new low, college enrollment at new high”

The American Community Survey (ACS) is an ongoing survey that provides vital information on a yearly basis about our nation and its people. Information from the survey generates data that help determine how more than $675 billion in federal and state funds are distributed each year.
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