U.S. Hispanic population continued its geographic spread in the 2010s
The U.S. Hispanic population reached 62.1 million in 2020, an increase of 23% over the previous decade.
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The U.S. Hispanic population reached 62.1 million in 2020, an increase of 23% over the previous decade.
The Census Bureau estimates there were roughly 63.7 million Hispanics in the U.S. as of 2022, a new high. They made up 19% of the nation’s population.
The number of Black people living in the United States reached a new high of 47.9 million in 2022, up about a third (32%) since 2000.
An estimated 990,000 Hispanics of Spanish origin – those who are immigrants from or trace their family ancestry to Spain – resided in the United States in 2021, according to a Pew Research Center analysis.
An estimated 240,000 Hispanics of Panamanian origin lived in the United States in 2021, according to a Pew Research Center analysis.
An estimated 450,000 Hispanics of Nicaraguan origin resided in the United States in 2021, according to a Pew Research Center analysis.
An estimated 37.2 million Hispanics of Mexican origin lived in the United States in 2021, according to a Pew Research Center analysis.
An estimated 1.1 million Hispanics of Honduran origin lived in the United States in 2021, according to a Pew Research Center analysis.
An estimated 36.2 million Hispanics are eligible to vote this year, up from 32.3 million in 2020.
Asian Americans have been the fastest-growing group of eligible voters in the United States over roughly the past two decades and since 2020.
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