Hispanic Americans are more optimistic about the future of the U. S. economy than the general population, a Florida-based poll indicated on Wednesday.

Almost four out of five Hispanics think the economy has stabilized or that it has already begun to improve, the Telemundo poll in Miami has reported.

It was further reported that a survey of 500 Hispanics age 18 or older and living in the United States revealed that 14 percent said the U. S. economy is already on the upswing, and 63 percent say the economy hasn't yet started to improve but that it has stabilized. Twenty percent say the economy will worsen.

The survey found in Ipsos/McClatchy telephone poll conducted among 1,076 adults of all ethnicities living in the United States during the same period of time, that only 11 percent said the economy has started to revive and 55 percent said it had stabilized, while up to 31 percent said the worst has not yet come.

The poll of the Hispanics was conducted via telephone interview from Feb. 11 to March 7, 2010. The margin of error was 4.4 percentage points. (With Inputs from Agencies)