Survey: Mexicans in South Carolina educated

“A survey by University of South Carolina researchers finds that more than 40 percent of Mexican immigrant workers in the state have a high school education.

Researchers say the findings indicate the state’s Mexican worker population is unsettled, but better educated than previously assumed.

Of the 381 mostly young men surveyed last fall, about a third worked in construction and had an average annual income of $21,000.”

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