Fine-tuning the Hispanic work force - Rhode Island

“The demographic makeup of Rhode Island is changing, and employers are trying to figure out what the change will mean for them.

Part of a larger national trend, the number of foreign-born Rhode Islanders, as well as the number of Rhode Islanders who speak English as a second language, is approaching a level not seen since the early decades of the last century. The majority of this growth, according to numbers provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, is the result of the rapidly increasing number of Rhode Islanders who come from Spanish-speaking countries in the Americas or descend from families from these countries.”

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