Who is Hispanic?
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.
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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.
32% of U.S.-born Asian adults have hidden a part of their heritage, compared with 15% of immigrants.
About half of Black Americans (51%) say they are very or extremely informed about the history of Black people in the U.S.
Many Black Americans say they learn about their ancestors and U.S. Black history from family.
About half of Americans see their identity reflected very well in the census’s race and ethnicity questions.
The U.S. Black population is growing. At the same time, how Black people self-identify is changing, with increasing shares considering themselves multiracial or Hispanic.
The Black population in the U.S. is diverse and growing. Our analysis explores the demographic characteristics of this population in 2019.
In 2020, Afro-Latino Americans made up about 2% of the U.S. adult population and 12% of the adult Latino population.
Some 6.2 million U.S. adults – or 2.4% of the country’s adult population – report being two or more races.
In a new analysis based on dozens of focus groups, Asian American participants described the challenges of navigating their own identity in a nation where the label “Asian” brings expectations about their origins, behavior and physical self.
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