Here’s a look at the Hispanic population in the United States.
Facts:
The Census describes Hispanic or Latino ethnicity as “a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race.”
Hispanic people are the largest minority in the United States. Only Mexico has a larger Hispanic population than the United States.
As of 2014, there are an estimated 55 million Hispanic people in the United States, comprising over 17% of the population.
By 2060, the Census Bureau projects that Hispanic people will comprise over 28% of the total population with 119 million residing in the U.S.
Two-thirds of the Hispanic people in the United States are of Mexican background, according to 2014 Census estimates.
California is the state with the largest Hispanic population by 2014 Census estimates — 15 million, followed by Texas and Florida. All three of these states comprise more than half (55%) of the Hispanic population.
These are the states where more than 30% of the population is Hispanic, based on 2014 Census estimates: Arizona, 30.3%; California, 38.6%; New Mexico, 47.3%; and Texas, 38.4.
There are more than one million Hispanic residents in eight U.S. states – Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York and Texas.
Second only to English, Spanish is the language most used in the United States, as of 2013. It is spoken by approximately 35.8 million Hispanic people in the country, plus an additional 2.6 million non-Hispanics.
Of the English-speaking Hispanics in the United States, a majority, 59%, are bilingual as of 2013 estimates.
As of 2013, 38.4 million U.S. residents, or 13% of the population, speak Spanish at home, according to Census estimates.
How do Hispanic people define their race? (2010 Census)
– White: 26,735,713 – 53% of the total
– Some other race: 18,503,103 – 36.7% of the total
– Two or more races: 3,042,592 – 6% of the total
– Black: 1,243,471 – 2.5% of the total