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title: "III. Ranking Latino Populations in the Nation’s Counties"
description: "Los Angeles County has by far the largest Hispanic population at 4.8 million, accounting for 9% of the U.S. Hispanic population. The next nine largest counties by Hispanic population fall between one and two million Hispanic residents. Together these 10 counties account for almost one-third (30%) of the country’s Hispanic population. The 25 largest counties […]"
date: "2013-08-29"
authors:
  - name: "Anna Brown"
    job_title: "Research Methodologist"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/anna-brown/"
  - name: "Mark Hugo Lopez"
    job_title: "Director, Race and Ethnicity Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/mark-hugo-lopez/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2013/08/29/iii-ranking-latino-populations-in-the-nations-counties/"
---

# III. Ranking Latino Populations in the Nation’s Counties

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Los Angeles County has by far the largest Hispanic population at 4.8 million, accounting for 9% of the U.S. Hispanic population. The next nine largest counties by Hispanic population fall between one and two million Hispanic residents.

- Together these 10 counties account for almost one-third (30%) of the country’s Hispanic population.
- The 25 largest counties by Hispanic population together contain 46% of the nation’s Hispanic population.
- Los Angeles County, though, only ranks fourth among these top 10 counties in share of Hispanics among the total population at 48%. Miami-Dade County is among only two counties in the top 10 that are over 50% Hispanic.
- Among all 3,143 counties in the U.S., 87 are majority Hispanic. Of those, 56 are in Texas.
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Among counties with a Hispanic population of at least 1,000 in 2011, Stewart County in Georgia experienced the most growth in the Hispanic population since 2000, growing 1,754% over 11 years.

- Among the nation’s 3,143 counties, 3,018 experienced positive growth in their Hispanic population, with the notable exception of New York County which has a Hispanic population of 410,681 and experienced a 2% population decline since 2000. Overall, 114 counties saw a decline in their Hispanic population between 2000 and 2011.
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![PH-2013-08-latino-populations-3-03](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2013/08/PH-2013-08-latino-populations-3-03.png)

Of the 10 fastest growing counties by Hispanic population growth (that had a Hispanic population of at least 1,000 in 2011), three are located in Georgia.

- The 10 largest counties by Hispanic population accounted for 22% of the growth in the nation’s Hispanic population. By contrast, the 10 fastest growing counties accounted for less than 1% of the growth in the nation’s Hispanic population.

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