posted on 2016-12-15, 00:00authored byAllert Brown-Gort, Andrew Deliyannides, Juan Carlos Guzmán, Roger A. Knight
Follow up report on 2005 State of Latino Chicago. Analyzes valuable economic contributions of Chicago-area Latinos and disproves myth that Latinos negatively impact the economy. Also finds that Latinos contribute almost $1.2 billion more in tax revenues than they cost in the delivery of public services like education, healthcare, public safety, and other services. Analyzes data from 2009 U.S. Census and American Community Survey.