Hispanics: Demographics
 

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Check out "The American Community -- Hispanics: 2004." It's part of the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey and offers the most recent portrait of this group in the United States. (Issued February 2007)

• There are 41.8 million Hispanics in America, representing 14.2 percent of the U.S. population, with estimates for growth to nearly 20 percent by the year 2050.

• Hispanics encompass more than 20 nationalities:

  • Mexican (64 percent)
  • Puerto Rican (9.6 percent)
  • Central American (7.2 percent)
  • South American (5.5 percent)
  • Cuban (3.6 percent)
  • Dominican (2.6 percent)
  • Other (6.7 percent)

• Eighty percent of Hispanics are concentrated in 9 states: California, Texas, Florida, New York, Illinois, Arizona, New Jersey, Colorado and New Mexico.

• States experiencing a 100 percent growth rate in Hispanic population in the last decade:

• • North Carolina
  • Arkansas
  • Georgia
  • Tennessee
  • Nevada
  • South Carolina
  • Alabama
  • Kentucky
  • Minnesota
  • Iowa
  • Nebraska
  • Delaware
  • Oregon
  • Utah
  • Indiana
  • Mississippi
  • Virginia
  • Oklahoma
  • Wisconsin
  • South Dakota
  • Washington
  • Rhode Island
  • Maryland
  • Missouri
  • New Hampshire
  • Arizona
  • Idaho
  • Florida
  • Colorado

• According to the U.S. census, 22 percent of Hispanics are living in poverty, nearly double the national average of 12.6 percent.

• More than three-fourths of Hispanics speak a language other than English at home.

Visit the U.S. Census Bureau's American Factfinder for the most up-to-date information.

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