Latinas contributed $1.3 trillion to the U.S. gross domestic product in 2021, up from $661 billion in 2010 and at a growth rate nearly triple that of non-Latinos during the same time period, according to a new report funded by Bank of America and conducted by professors at California Lutheran University and UCLA.
The report was compiled using publicly available economic and demographic data from U.S. agencies and shows “that Latinas are drivers of economic vitality in the United States, giving life to the U.S. economy,” said economist Matthew Fienup, one of the study’s authors and executive director of California Lutheran University’s Center for Economic Research & Forecasting during a Zoom briefing presenting the findings on Monday.
“Latinas outpace their gender and ethnic peers in key economic measures, including record levels of Latina workforce participation, educational attainment, and income growth,” he added in a press release…