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U.S. Hispanic/Latino Population
Here is data from the 2000 Census and 2010 Census for the Hispanic and Latino
populations in the United States.
| National origin |
Population, 2000 |
Percent |
Population, 2010 |
Percent |
|
Total
|
35,305,818
|
100.0%
|
308,745,538 |
100.0% |
|
Mexican
|
20,640,711
|
58.5
|
31,798,258 |
63 |
|
Puerto Rican
|
3,406,178
|
9.6
|
4,623,716 |
9.2 |
|
Cuban
|
1,241,685
|
3.5
|
1,785,547 |
3.5 |
|
Dominican (Dominican Republic)
|
764,945
|
2.2
|
1,414,703 |
2.8 |
Central American (excludes
Mexican)
|
1,686,937
|
4.8
|
3,998,280 |
7.9 |
| Costa Rican |
68,588 |
0.2 |
126,418 |
0.3 |
| Guatemalan |
372,487 |
1.1 |
1,044,209 |
2.1 |
| Honduran |
217,569 |
0.6 |
633,401 |
1.3 |
| Nicaraguan |
177,684 |
0.5 |
348,202 |
0.7 |
| Panamanian |
91,723 |
0.3 |
165,456 |
0.3 |
| Salvadoran |
655,165 |
1.9 |
1,648,968 |
3.3 |
| Other Central American |
103,721 |
0.3% |
31,626 |
0.1% |
|
South American
|
1,353,562
|
3.8
|
2,769,434 |
5.5 |
| Argentinean |
100,864 |
0.3 |
224,952 |
0.4 |
| Bolivian |
42,068 |
0.1 |
99,210 |
0.2 |
| Chilean |
68,849 |
0.2 |
126,810 |
0.3 |
| Colombian |
470,684 |
1.3 |
908,734 |
1.8 |
| Ecuadorian |
260,559 |
0.7 |
564,631 |
1.1 |
| Paraguayan |
8,769 |
(1) |
20,023 |
(1) |
| Peruvian |
233,926 |
0.7 |
531,358 |
1.1 |
| Uruguayan |
18,804 |
0.1 |
56,884 |
0.1 |
| Venezuelan |
91,507 |
0.3 |
215,023 |
0.4 |
| Other South American |
57,532 |
0.2 |
21,809 |
(1) |
|
All other Hispanic or Latino
|
6,211,800
|
17.6
|
3,452,403 |
6.8 |
NOTE: Hispanics may be of any race.
1. Less than 0.1%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census
2000; Census 2010.
Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education,
Inc. All rights reserved.
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