the leading country-of-origin for hispanic americans is mexico (30.7 million), followed by cuba (1.6 million), as of 2008. in addition, in 2008, 4.2 million people from puerto rico (a u.s. territory) moved to the states and the district of columbia. however, as of 2010, there were 1,648,968 salvadorans in the united states, the largest of the u.s.-central american community. salvadorans are poised to become the third largest hispanic group by the next census, significantly overtaking and replacing cubans. recent estimates already put the salvadoran population as high as 2 million, as of 2013, the third largest hispanic-american group.