---
title: "U.S. Hispanics by Country of Origin"
description: "The Pew Hispanic Center has released 10 statistical profiles of U.S. Hispanics by their country of origin, based on self-described family ancestry or place of birth in response to questions on the Census Bureau's American Community Survey."
date: "2010-04-22"
authors:
  - name: "D’Vera Cohn"
    job_title: "Former Senior Writer/Editor"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/dvera-cohn/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2010/04/22/u-s-hispanics-by-country-of-origin/"
categories:
  - "Race & Ethnicity"
---

# U.S. Hispanics by Country of Origin

The Pew Hispanic Center has released 10 statistical [profiles of U.S. Hispanics by their country of origin](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2012/06/27/country-of-origin-profiles/), based on self-described family ancestry or place of birth in response to questions on the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

Each statistical profile describes the demographic, employment and income characteristics of a Hispanic country-of-origin population residing in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. The country-of-origin groups include Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Salvadoran, Dominican, Guatemalan, Colombian, Honduran, Ecuadorian and Peruvian.