Mexican restaurants are most common in California and Texas. These two states, which are home to a majority of the Mexican American population, have around 40% of all Mexican restaurants in the country: 22% are in California, while 17% are in Texas.
Mexican restaurants make up an especially large share of all restaurants in Southwestern states that border Mexico. They account for 22% of all restaurants in New Mexico, 20% in Texas, 18% in Arizona and 17% in California. Explore more:
🚨New @pewresearch study from me & @imsonoshah that delves into a personal favorite: FOOD!
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Some 11% of restaurants in the U.S. serve Mexican food and 85% of U.S. counties have at least one Mexican restaurant, according to a Pew Research Center analysis.
https://t.co/mtj9Sip9wY
Florida, New York and Illinois also contain large numbers of Mexican restaurants. Each state has 4% of the nationwide total of these restaurants. All told, 51% of all Mexican restaurants in the U.S. are in CA, TX, FL, NY or IL. Dive into our analysis: https://t.co/mtj9Sip9wY
In South and Southeast Asia, majorities in each country believe in God or unseen beings, think karma exists and think fate exists. https://t.co/4DZ8BjbsWc
NEW: 12% of all restaurants in the U.S. serve Asian food. That share is slightly higher than the 7% of the U.S. population that is Asian American. 🧵 https://t.co/POuBa70pGG
🚨New @pewresearch analysis from @imsonoshah and I that delve into the topic I live for: FOOD! 😋
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71% of Asian restaurants in the U.S. serve Chinese, Japanese or Thai food. And, in in eight counties, at least one-in-four restaurants serve Asian food
https://t.co/26YPdJMoeR
🚨Check out this super cool new @pewresearch data essay by @meltemodabas and Carolina Aragão on how school mission statements varied across party lines!
Cherry blossoms reached peak bloom in D.C. today, meaning 70 percent of the cherry tree buds are flowering.
Each year, the trees — which were a gift from Japan in 1912 — attract massive crowds: https://t.co/B4beTAOOIE
Progress in closing the gender pay gap came to a virtual standstill 20 years ago: In 2022, women earned 82% as much as men, compared with 80% in 2002 https://t.co/2mAvHPL80s
Public strikes cautious tone toward #artificalintelligence: Just 15% say they're more excited than concerned about increased use of #AI in daily life. @pewresearch / @pewscience / #scicomm
New report: https://t.co/XCpOmzKuH9
In the lead-up to Valentine’s Day, @pewinternet released its new deep dive into the world of online dating last week. Are you one of the 30% of U.S. adults who have used a dating site or app? Curious about whether algorithms lead to love? Read on: https://t.co/rdWBvaF21W (1/n)