Hispanics in the U.S.A. Census 2000:

Census 2000 Question on Hispanic/Latino Origin

Census 2000 Question on Race

The Hispanic population in the United States increased by more than 50 percent since 1990.

U.S. Population Growth:

Half of all Hispanics lived in just two states: California and Texas

Census 2000: Top 10 States by Hispanic Population

Census 2000: Top 10 Hispanic States by Percent Of Total Hispanics

Hispanics in New Mexico were 42 percent of the total state population, the highest proportion for any state.

Census 2000: Top 10 States By Percent Hispanic

Hispanic Population as a Percent of Total Population by State

Three states accounted for half of the Hispanic population growth: California,Texas, and Florida

Census 2000: Top 10 States By Hispanic Population Change

The largest percentage increases in the Hispanic population occurred in the South.

Census 2000: Top 10 States By Hispanic Percent Change

Growth of the Hispanic population varied among the states with the largest Hispanic populations.

Census 2000: Top 10 Hispanic States By Percent Hispanic Change

In some states the growth of the Hispanic population accounted for a large percentage of the state’s overall population growth.

Census 2000: Top 10 States By Hispanic Contribution To Growth

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico was 99 percent Hispanic.

Puerto Rico 1990: 3.5 million persons –Hispanic/Latino origin question not asked 2000: 3.8 million persons –3.8 million Hispanics, 99 percent of the total population 1990 to 2000 change : – 287,000 persons, an increase of 8 percent

Hispanics were the majority of the population in 19 places of 100,000 or more.

Ten Places with Highest Percent Hispanic: 2000 East Los Angeles, CA 97% Laredo, TX94% Brownsville, TX91% Hialeah, FL90% McAllen, TX80% El Paso, TX77% Santa Ana, CA76% El Monte, CA72% Oxnard, CA66% Miami, Fl66%

Mexican was the largest Hispanic-origin group, accounting for 59 percent of the U.S. Hispanic population

Percent Distribution of the Hispanic Population by Type: 2000

Salvadorans were the largest Central American group.

Hispanic Population by Type: 2000 Central American 1,686,937 Costa Rican 68,588 Guatemalan372,487 Honduran217,569 Nicaraguan177,684 Panamanian 91,723 Salvadoran655,165 Other Central American103,721

South Americans represented 4 percent of the total Hispanic population.

Hispanic Population by Type: 2000 South American 1,353,562 Argentinean 100,864 Bolivian 42,068 Chilean 68,849 Colombian 470,684 Ecuadorian 260,559 Paraguayan 8,769 Peruvian 233,926 Uruguayan 18,804 Venezuelan 91,507 Other Central American 57,532

Nine out of ten Hispanics reported White alone or Some other race alone.

Hispanic Population by Race: 2000 RaceNumberPercent Total35,305,818 One race33,081, White16,907, Black or African American 710, American Indian & Alaska Native 407, Asian 119, Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander 45, Some other race 14,891, Two or more races 2,224,

The median age of the Hispanic population is almost 10 years less than that of the overall U.S. population.

Age of the U.S. Population: 2000

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