Fast Facts The Hispanic Population of the United States – Facts: The Census describes Hispanic or Latino ethnicity as Hispanic people are the largest minority in the United States. Only Mexico has a larger Hispanic population than the United States. As of 2013, are an estimated 54 million Hispanic people in the United States. That is just over 17% of the total U.S. population and a 2.1% increase over the previous year. By 2060, the Census Bureau projects that there will be almost and that they will comprise 31% of the total population. Two-thirds of the Hispanic people in the United States are of Mexican background, according to 2013 Census estimates. California is the state with the largest Hispanic population by 2013 Census estimates -- 14.7 million. But New Mexico has the highest Hispanic percentage of the state population -- 47.3 percent. These are the states where based on 2013 Census estimates: Arizona, 30.3%; California, 38.4%; New Mexico, 47.3%; and Texas, 38.4. There are more than one million Hispanic residents in eight U.S. states - Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York and Texas.
Fast Facts – The Hispanic Population of the United States Facts: The Census describes Hispanic or Latino ethnicity as Hispanic people are the largest minority in the United States. Only Mexico has a larger Hispanic population than the United States. As of 2013, are an estimated 54 million Hispanic people in the United States. That is just over 17% of the total U.S. population and a 2.1% increase over the previous year. By 2060, the Census Bureau projects that there will be almost and that they will comprise 31% of the total population. Two-thirds of the Hispanic people in the United States are of Mexican background, according to 2013 Census estimates. California is the state with the largest Hispanic population by 2013 Census estimates -- 14.7 million. But New Mexico has the highest Hispanic percentage of the state population -- 47.3 percent. These are the states where based on 2013 Census estimates: Arizona, 30.3%; California, 38.4%; New Mexico, 47.3%; and Texas, 38.4. There are more than one million Hispanic residents in eight U.S. states - Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York and Texas.
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