11 facts about Hispanic origin groups in the U.S.
In 2022, there were 63.7 million Hispanics living in the United States. The U.S. Hispanic population has diverse origins in Latin America and Spain.
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In 2022, there were 63.7 million Hispanics living in the United States. The U.S. Hispanic population has diverse origins in Latin America and Spain.
The U.S. population grew by 24.5 million from 2010 to 2022, and Hispanics accounted for 53% of this increase.
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.
There were nearly 62.5 million Latinos in the United States in 2021, accounting for approximately 19% of the total U.S. population.
California has more immigrant eligible voters (5.5 million) than any other state, followed by New York, Florida, Texas and New Jersey.
The educational attainment of recently arrived Latino immigrants in the U.S. has reached its highest level in at least three decades.
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