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• Government — This was based on share of total population. Alternative methods were investigated. Because
constant-dollar government expenditures declined slightly between 2010 and 2015, alternative methods that would
lower Latino shares would result in a higher Latino share of the percentage change in GDP between 2010 and 2015.

The final GDP-Industry tables provided in the report cover 50 industries. The reduction in the number of industries was
due to the inability to disaggregate some consumer expenditure survey data along the industry classifications of the GDP
tables. For example, the BEA tables list “Hospitals” as a separate health industry, and there is no corresponding product
code for hospitals in the Consumer Expenditure Survey. Also, some industries make up very small components in the
GDP. For example, almost all mining industry purchases are between industries as intermediate goods, and only a very
small fraction of them is purchased as final demand in GDP.

Data on population, employment, work force participation, education, and citizenship were based on tabulations of the
American Community Survey, of approximately 3.1 million individuals each year. American Community Survey data are
collected continuously throughout the year and represent a 1% sample of the U.S. population.

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