"Rhode Island Latinos: A Scan of Issues Affecting the Latino Population of Rhode Island" brings to the forefront a wealth of information on the Latino communities of the state.

It offers a dozen findings - ranging from "There is a high rate of poverty among Latinos in Rhode Island" to facts on the education of Latino children, such as "Only 62% of Latino students graduate from high school, the lowest graduation rate of any racial/ethnic group in the state" - and provides a series of recommendations to help answer the question, "How does Rhode Island and its Latino population move forward?"

The report was authored by the Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, for The Rhode Island Foundation, 2002.

Click the following links to download the report (in English).

• Table of Contents (1 MB)
  
• Introduction, Summary of Findings and Recommendations (1.6 MB)
  
• Latinos in Rhode Island: Growth and Geographic Concentration - Part 1 (1.6 MB)
  
• Latinos in Rhode Island: Growth and Geographic Concentration - Part 2 (2.8 MB)
  
• Latinos of Rhode Island (1.85 MB)
  
• The Situation of Latinos in Rhode Island (1.8 MB)
  
• Access to Services for Latinos in Rhode Island & Appendices (1.7 MB)
  
  Download the executive summary (in Spanish; 1.75 MB).