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- Who is Hispanic?
- Afro-Latinos are about 2% of U.S. adult population and 12% of Latino adults but almost one-in-seven do not identify as Hispanic or Latino
- U.S. Hispanic population exceeded 65 million in 2023
- How the U.S. Census Bureau determines who is Hispanic in government surveys
- Most Hispanics do not identify their race only as White, Black or Asian
- New combined race and ethnicity question on U.S. Census Bureau surveys will include ‘Hispanic or Latino’ and ‘Middle Eastern or North African’
- Hispanics describe their identity in different ways
- Awareness of ‘Latinx’ has doubled since 2019, but use remains low
- About 1 in 5 Hispanics have heard of ‘Latine’
- In 2022, 3 in 10 Hispanic newlyweds in the U.S. married someone who is not Hispanic
- Among Americans with Hispanic ancestry, the share who identify as Hispanic or Latino declines across immigrant generations