Following its rapid growth over the past twenty years, the Latino population of Massachusetts is now the largest racial and ethnic minority group in the state. It is also one of the poorest. During the "Massachusetts Miracle" of the 1980s, the Latino poverty rate in the commonwealth was twice that of blacks and six times that of whites. And with Latino children dropping out of school at a rate three times that of white children, the economic future of these young adults is bleak indeed.
Unlike blacks--who are concentrated in Boston--Latinos are dispersed geographically throughout the...
Following its rapid growth over the past twenty years, the Latino population of Massachusetts is now the largest racial and ethnic minority group i...
