---
title: "Census 2010 Counts 50,477,594 Hispanics"
description: "The Census Bureau has just released 2010 Census population figures for race groups and Hispanics, culminating state-by-state releases that began last month. Later today, the Pew Hispanic Center will release a short analysis of trends in growth and dispersion of the nation’s Latino population.  "
date: "2011-03-24"
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/2011/03/24/census-2010-counts-50477594-hispanics/"
categories:
  - "Race & Ethnicity"
---

# Census 2010 Counts 50,477,594 Hispanics

The Census Bureau has just released 2010 Census population figures for race groups and Hispanics, culminating state-by-state releases that began last month. Later today,[ the Pew Hispanic Center](https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/) will release a short analysis of trends in growth and dispersion of the nation's Latino population.