Two years after its launch, the Latino Data Hub updated its databases on the Hispanic or Latino population in the United States, revealing that Latinos are the group most likely to lead job losses due to automation or Artificial Intelligence.
The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute (UCLA LPPI), which oversees the Latino Data Hub, released its 2025 update, expanding the platform’s ability to analyze and visualize the conditions shaping Latino life in the United States.
The update incorporates the latest data from the 2023 American Community Survey (ACS), along with new administrative data, and responds to user feedback with key updates.
The changes include new data on educational indicators, such as new metrics for K-12 English learners (number and percentage) and high school graduation rates.
The new Automation Risk Indicator, based on data from the Los Angeles Department of Health (LDH), features a pioneering measurement identifying Latino workers in occupations at the highest risk of automation to help communities, lawmakers, and advocates anticipate and respond to this trend.
“In an environment where access to federal data is increasingly difficult, it is vital that public tools like ours continue to democratize information and protect the visibility of Latino communities,” said Rodrigo Domínguez-Villegas, director of the Latino Data Hub and research director at LPPI.
Domínguez-Villegas shared details of the updates on the podcast ‘El Diario Sin Límites,’ where he revealed that Puerto Ricans report the highest rates of disability, an indicator the Latino Data Hub has now integrated.
The expert revealed that 29% of Latino workers are at risk of losing their jobs to automation, followed by Black workers at 25%.
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