Demographics of Hispanic and Latino Americans
The demographics of Hispanic and Latino Americans depict a population that is the second-largest ethnic group in the United States, 52 million people or 16.7% of the national population, of them, 47 Million are American citizens.
Definitions of whiteness in the United States
In the 2000 U.S census, around half of all persons of Mexican or Mexican American origin in the U.S. checked "white" to register their race (in addition to stating their Mexican national origin). Mexican Americans are the largest white Hispanic group in the United States.