How to Use non-Hispanic in a Sentence

non-Hispanic

adjective
Definition of non-Hispanicnext
  • That number was 55% for non-Hispanic Black adults in the state.
    — Melba Newsome | Kff Health News, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024
  • The report looked at death rates for Black, Hispanic and non-Hispanic white youths up to 19 years old.
    — Katie Mogg, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The team found that the highest emissions linked to income came from White, non-Hispanic homes, and the lowest came from Black households.
    — Kasha Patel, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Most of the girls in the system were Black, and most of the boys in the system were white, which encompasses both white non-Hispanic and white Hispanic youths.
    — Josephine Peterson, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Cancer rates were highest among males ages 0 to 4, and non-Hispanic white children.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
  • Black men, for one, are dying from cancer at a rate 20 percent higher than that of non-Hispanic white men.
    — Rozalynn S. Frazier, Men's Health, 18 May 2023
  • About 80% of Black women are overweight or obese, compared to about 64% of non-Hispanic white women.
    — Emma Copley Eisenberg, TIME, 24 June 2024
  • The non-Hispanic population in San Francisco has dropped over 8% in the same time.
    — Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
  • The effect seemed strongest among women and non-Hispanic whites.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The share of Georgia residents who identify as white and non-Hispanic fell in the most recent census to 50.1%, the lowest on record.
    — Bill Barrow, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Today, a Black woman who works full-time will make 67 cents on the dollar compared to a typical White, non-Hispanic man.
    — Melanie Campbell and Cassandra Welchlin, Essence, 27 July 2023
  • About 64% of the directors identified as non-Hispanic white, compared to 71% last year.
    — Vianna Davila, ProPublica, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Black and Hispanic workers’ wages went up, while non-Hispanic white workers’ wages went down.
    — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Leading the way in the aging of America is the white, non-Hispanic population.
    — Dante Chinni, NBC News, 4 June 2023
  • Latina, Black and Native American mothers who worked full time earned about half as much as the white, non-Hispanic fathers.
    — Jim Sergent, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The share of fatal overdoses of white, non-Hispanic adolescents is vastly greater than for their nonwhite peers – more so than for adults.
    — Ty Schepis, The Conversation, 27 Nov. 2023
  • According to those numbers, non-Hispanic Black voters have cast 22 percent of votes so far.
    — Julia Mueller, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2024
  • All participants were at least 20 years old, around half were men, and 73 percent self-identified as non-Hispanic white adults.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
  • People of color were also found to be more likely to be unemployed than non-Hispanic whites in all states, according to U.S. News.
    — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 7 May 2024
  • The rate for white, non-Hispanic babies is almost the national average at 5.9.
    — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Slightly over half of the participants were female and about 75% of identified as non-Hispanic White.
    — Kaitlin Vogel, Health, 28 July 2023
  • Hispanics accounted for 41% of all victims and non-Hispanic white for just 35%.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The percentage of children who did not eat a daily fruit or vegetable was highest among Black children and lowest among non-Hispanic White children.
    — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
  • While 64% of non-Hispanic white adults own stock, only 46% of all people of color own stocks, according to the survey. Americans who own stock also tend to be older.
    — Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 8 May 2023
  • Seniors are more likely than ever to be Black or Hispanic, and those populations are less likely than non-Hispanic whites to leave a will.
    — USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Here is the first category: white, non-Hispanic workers.
    — Erik Sherman, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Meanwhile, rates fell by 4% among non-Hispanic white Americans.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 16 July 2023
  • The percentage of all ProPublica staff members who identified as solely non-Hispanic white was 59%, the same as last year.
    — Vianna Davila, ProPublica, 10 Mar. 2023
  • While all racial and ethnic groups saw a rise in postpartum depression, non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic white people had the highest rates of depression, the new study found.
    — Dr. Esther Zusstone, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Activists say Latinas still earn 52 cents for every dollar earned by non-Hispanic white men and miss out on nearly $1.2 million in lifetime earnings.
    — Daniela Pierre-Bravo, NBC News, 13 June 2024

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