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Hispanic growth fueled by higher fertility rates An analysis released by Pew Hispanic Center found that Hispanic women born in the United States are more likely to have children out of wedlock than women who are immigrant Hispanics or non-Hispanics. Hispanic women generally, both U.S.-born and immigrants, have higher fertility rates than non Hispanics — 84 births per 1,000 Hispanic women compared with 63 per 1,000 non-Hispanic women, but their numbers are growing more because of births than immigration. One of the more surprising findings in the Pew study was the difference in out-of-wedlock births when comparing Hispanic women born in this country and Hispanic women who are immigrants. Half of all births to Hispanic women born in this country were to single mothers, although the percentage of single immigrant Hispanics who gave birth was nearly the same as for non-Hispanic women.. Source: Pew Hispanic Center, “Hispanic growth fueled by higher fertility rates,” and "Hispanic Women in the United States, 2007," May 2008, http://pewresearch.org
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