Executive Summary

Latinos are an important part of California’s economy.

A college education is a long-standing fixture of middle-class status, and is a predictor of high

Latina-owned businesses in California have doubled in recent years, proving once again that Latinas are entrepreneurial and a key economic engine for the state. Latina-owned small businesses generated over $19 billion in revenues and employed over 86,000 individuals in California in 2016.