HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF LOUISIANA
FACTS AND STATISTICS ON
LOUISIANA’S HISPANIC COMMUNITY 20%
More than of New Orleans Parish and Jefferson Parish’s Hispanic residents have tested positive for COVID-19.
The CDC’s weighted population data determined that
26%
of COVID-19 deaths in the United States were among Hispanic people.
80%
70%
About of Latino firms are owned by people born in the United States. In other words, two out of three businesses are owned by U.S.- born Latinos while one out of three are owned by immigrant Latinos.
115,054 immigrant workers accounted for 4% of the Louisiana civilian labor force in 2018. Louisiana residents in immigrant-led households had
$3.5 billion in spending power in 2018.
in the next 10 years.
195,027 Louisiana residents were born abroad.
$438.9 million in business income.
Today, the fastest growing Latino communities are in: North Dakota, Alabama, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, South Dakota and Utah.
18.5%
Latinos will make up
75% of labor growth
of jobs in the U.S are created by small businesses.
23,310 immigrant business owners accounted for 10 percent of all self-employed Louisiana residents in 2018 and generated
of U.S. residents reported Hispanic or Latino origins in 2019
Since 2010, the foreign-born population in Louisiana increased by about
66,647 In 2018, immigrants in Louisiana paid over
$1.2 billion in taxes.
$415.3 million went to state and local taxes, $791.2 million went to federal taxes.
16.2%
Only of Latino Americans can work from home.
SOURCES: Americanimmigrationcouncil.org | Migrationpolicy.org | Census.gov | CDC | Updated August 2020 26
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Louisiana 2020
