Hispanic Population & Demographic Census Info

Hispanic Population and Demographic Census Information

The 2003 United States Census Bureau estimates that there are over 39.9 million people that identify themselves as Hispanic/Latino Americans. This number represents about 13.7% of the nations total population. This number does not include the 3.9 residents of Puerto Rico. Mexican Americans account for approximately 67% of this population. The remaining population consists of 14% Central (Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica) and South Americans (Venezuela, Colombia), 9% Puerto Ricans, 7% Dominicans and Spanish origins, and 4% Cubans. Hispanic Americans are the nation's largest minority group. (U.S. Census Bureau July 2003).

Large populations of Hispanic Americans live on the east coast and Southwest Border States, e.g., California, New Mexico, and Arizona. The top ten states that indicate Hispanic populations of 1 million or more are California, Texas, New York, Florida, Illinois, Arizona, New Jersey, New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada respectively. Two-thirds of Puerto Ricans on the mainland live in New York and New Jersey, and two-thirds Cuban Americans live in Florida (Population Reference Bureau, 2000). Many Southwestern Latinos are recent immigrants; others are descendants of Mexican and Spanish settlers who lived in the territory before it belonged to the United States. These regions have high concentrations of Hispanics however; the population growth is expanding throughout the United States (U.S. Cen

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