The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that job losses since the start of the recession in December 2007 totaled 8.4 million, substantially more than previously reported, which means continued bad economic news for Latinos, according to a news report from the National Institute for Latino Policy.

From January 2009 to 2010, the Latino unemployment rate rose from 9.9 to 12.6 percent, compared to 8.7 percent for non-Latino Whites.

That means more than than 2.8 million Latinos are unemployed — 30.6 percent of the total number of unemployed in the U.S., according to statistics from the Current Population Survey (CPS) by the Census Bureau.