california is home to a large and growing population of indigenous people of mexican birth or descent. 200,000 people in the state are descended from one or more of mexico's over 60 indigenous groups. many of these indigenous mexican-americans hail from the indigenous people of oaxaca, with california being home to between 100,000 and 150,000 indigenous oaxacans. 50,000 are estimated to be mixtec, an indigenous people from the la mixteca region of western oaxaca and nearby portions of puebla and guerrero.