Significantly, the number of black and Hispanic households below the poverty line decreased.

In many Hispanic households, it's a day for giving presents.

But the report also noted a steep decline of 5.1 percent in income for Hispanic households.

This would give the new network access to four million of the country's approximately six million Hispanic households.

It is also a reminder that language remains a sensitive issue in many Hispanic households.

This reflects efforts by executives to reach a younger niche of the nation's eight million Hispanic households.

The average Hispanic household has four people, compared with the national average of 2.5.

The concerns of Hispanic households present opportunities for both parties, she said.

The survey found that 42 percent of the nation's 9.3 million Hispanic households had a computer.

For Hispanic households, which now represent 9.0 percent of the population, the figure was $24,156.