--- title: "2015, Hispanic Population in the United States Statistical Portrait" description: "Key Charts 2015 Data Trend Data Previous Years’ Data *Visit the most recent data on U.S. Hispanics. Characteristics of the U.S. Hispanic population: 2015 There were 56.5 million Hispanics in the United States in 2015, comprising 17.6% of the total U.S. population. In 1980, with a population of 14.8 million, Hispanics made up just 6.5% […]" date: "2017-09-18" authors: - name: "Antonio Flores" job_title: "Former Research Analyst" link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/antonio-flores/" - name: "Gustavo López" job_title: "Former Research Analyst" link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/gustavo-lopez/" - name: "Jynnah Radford" job_title: "Former Research Assistant" link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/jynnah-radford/" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2017/09/18/2015-statistical-information-on-hispanics-in-united-states-current-data/" categories: - "Business & Workplace" - "Economic Inequality" - "Hispanics/Latinos & Education" - "Hispanics/Latinos & Income" - "Hispanics/Latinos & Language" - "Homeownership & Renting" - "Immigration & Language Adoption" - "Income & Wages" - "Poverty" --- # 2015, Hispanic Population in the United States Statistical Portrait [Key Charts](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2017/09/18/facts-on-u-s-latinos/) 2015 Data [Trend Data](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2017/09/18/facts-on-u-s-latinos-trend-data/) [Previous Years' Data](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2017/09/18/facts-on-u-s-latinos-previous-years-data/) *Visit the [most recent data on U.S. Hispanics](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/fact-sheet/latinos-in-the-u-s-fact-sheet/). ### Characteristics of the U.S. Hispanic population: 2015 There were 56.5 million Hispanics in the United States in 2015, comprising 17.6% of the total U.S. population. In 1980, with a population of 14.8 million, Hispanics made up just 6.5% of the total U.S. population. Click on the expand buttons below the summary tables to see detailed tables for each. [Click here](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/Pew-Research-Center_Facts-on-U-S-Latinos_Statistical-Portrait-of-Hispanics-in-the-United-States_2015.pdf) for a PDF of all the tables below and read the accompanying blog post, "[How the U.S. Hispanic population is changing](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2017/09/18/how-the-u-s-hispanic-population-is-changing)." Download the [Excel workbook](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/09/Pew-Research-Center_Facts-on-U-S-Latinos_Statistical-Portrait-of-Hispanics-in-the-United-States_2015.xlsx). For a profile of the foreign-born population in the United States, [click here](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2017/05/03/facts-on-u-s-immigrants/). [portrait images="https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/08/PH_Statistical-Portrait-Hispanics-in-United-States-2015_current-data_01.png, https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/08/PH_Statistical-Portrait-Hispanics-in-United-States-2015_current-data_02.png, https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/08/PH_Statistical-Portrait-Hispanics-in-United-States-2015_current-data_03.png, https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/08/PH_Statistical-Portrait-Hispanics-in-United-States-2015_current-data_04.png, https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/08/PH_Statistical-Portrait-Hispanics-in-United-States-2015_current-data_05.png, https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/08/PH_Statistical-Portrait-Hispanics-in-United-States-2015_current-data_06.png, https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/08/PH_Statistical-Portrait-Hispanics-in-United-States-2015_current-data_07.png, https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/08/PH_Statistical-Portrait-Hispanics-in-United-States-2015_current-data_08.png" headline="Population/Hispanic Origin/Nativity/Language Use/Race"] | Population (#) | 56,476,777 | | Mexican | 63.3% | | Foreign born | 34.4% | | Speaking English at least very well (ages 5 and older) | 69.0% | | White | 66.3% | [/portrait] | Median age (in years) | 28 | | Female | 49.5% | | Married (ages 18 and older) | 45.8% | | Women ages 15-44 giving birth in past year | 6.7% | [/portrait] | High school graduate or less | 61.4% | | Two-year degree/Some college | 23.6% | | Bachelor's degree or more | 15.0% | [/portrait] | In labor force (among civilian population) | 67.0% | | Median annual personal earnings (in 2015 dollars, among those with earnings) | $24,000 | | Median annual household income (in 2015 dollars) | $44,800 | [/portrait] | Living in poverty | 21.9% | | Uninsured | 19.7% | [/portrait] | In family households | 90.6% | [/portrait] | West | 40.0% | | California | 26.9% | | South | 36.9 | | Texas | 18.9% | | Florida | 8.8% | | Northeast | 14.0% | | New York | 6.6% | | Midwest | 9.1% | | Illinois | 3.8% | [/portrait] Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2015 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS) "Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2015"