What percentage of the US population identifies as Hispanic?
Race and ethnicity in the United States
In the United States the Hispanic and Latino population has reached 58 million in 2016. According to Pew Research Center the Latino population has been the principal driver of United States demographic growth since 2000. Mexicans make up most of the Hispanic and Latino population 35,758,000. There is also a growth of Hispanics who are receiving a college education in 2015, 40% of Hispanics age 25 and older have had a college experience. In 2000 the percentage was at a low 30%. In all the 50 US states California houses the largest population percentage of Latinos. In 2015, 15.2 million Hispanics lived in California.
Demographics of Hispanic and Latino Americans
Ethnicity All Foreign-Born US Born All Foreign-Born US Born
Whites 91.8 80.2
Blacks 77.4 77.7
Hispanics 86.8 87.5 85.6 67.0 61.2 76.3
Mexicans 87.8 88.5 86.5 64.7 56.1 76.4
Puerto Ricans 80.0 76.6 83.8 67.7 60.8 75.5
Cubans 87.3 86.8 89.1 74.7 72.5 82.5