List of U.S. states by Hispanic and Latino population
As of 2012, Hispanics and Latinos make up about 17% of the total U.S. population. The state with the largest percentage of Hispanics and Latinos is New Mexico at 47%. The state with the largest Hispanic and Latino population overall is California with over 14 million Hispanics and Latinos.Cities and neighborhoods:
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.