# Presentation: 712352

- 	Hispanics in the U.S.A.

**Notes:**
The purpose of this presentation is to present a Census 2000 profile of the Hispanic population in the United States.

In this presentation, we will explain how data on race and Hispanic or Latino origin were collected in Census 2000 and explain the difference between the concepts of race and Hispanic or Latino origin.

This presentation will also explain the growth of the Hispanic population over the decade and describe where this growth occurred.

We will also look at make-up of the Hispanic population and some general characteristics.

MSO: August 2001

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## Census 2000 Question on Hispanic/Latino Origin

**Notes:**
In Census 200, people of Spanish/Hispanic/Latino origin could identify as Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, or other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino. The term latino appeared on the census form for the first time in 2000. People who marked “other Spanish/Hispanic/ Latino” had additional space to write in Hispanic origins such as Salvadoran or Dominican, a practice started in the 1990 census. The 1990 and 1980 censuses asked people if they were of Spanish/Hispanic origin or descent” and, if so, to choose Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, or other Spanish/Hispanic. 

The Census in 1970 was the first to include a question on Hispanic origin, although it was only asked of a 5-percent sample of the population.

The question on Spanish/Hispanic/Latino origin is separate from the question on race.  Hispanic origin is considered an ethnicity, and Hispanics or Latinos may be of any race.

**Census 2000 Question on Race**

**Notes:**
The question on Hispanic origin for Census 2000 was similar to the 1990 question, except  for its placement on the questionnaire. For census 2000, the question on Hispanic origin was asked directly before the question on race.

The question on race for Census 2000 was different from the 1990 census question in several ways.  Most significantly, respondents were given the option of selecting one or more race categories to indicate their racial identity.

Even though Hispanic origin is not considered a racial category, almost half (42 percent) of Hispanics checked the “some other race” box.

- 	**The Hispanic population in the United States increased by more than 50 percent since 1990. **

**Notes:**
The Hispanic population in the United States increased by 58 percent, from 22.4 million in 1990 to 35.3 million in 2000.

## U.S. Population Growth: 1990-2000

**Notes:**

While the Hispanic population grew by 58 percent the overall  U.S. population grew 13 percent, an increase of 32.7 million persons--the largest population increase in our nation’s history.  

- 	**Half of all Hispanics lived in just two states: California and Texas**

**Notes:**
Hispanics in California accounted for 11.0 million persons and 31 percent of the Hispanic population in the U.S., while Texas had 6.7 million persons and 19 percent.

## Census 2000: Top 10 States by Hispanic Population

**Notes:**
California has the most Hispanics with a total Hispanic population of almost 11 million.

Texas is second with about 6.7 million, followed by New York with almost 2.9 million.

## Census 2000: Top 10 Hispanic States by Percent Of Total Hispanics

**Notes:**
The largest percentage of Hispanic people resided in California; in 2000, California had 31 percent of the country’s Hispanic population.

Texas had the second largest percentage with 19 percent.

The top 5 states - California, Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois - accounted for 70 percent of the Hispanic population living in the United States.

Combined, these 10 states were home to 82.5 percent of the total United States Hispanic population.

- 	**Hispanics in New Mexico were 42 percent of the total state population, the highest proportion for any state.**

**Notes:**
New Mexico had the highest proportion of Hispanics--42 percent.

## Census 2000: Top 10 States By Percent Hispanic

**Notes:**
New Mexico had the highest proportion of Hispanics. In 8 additional states the proportion of Hispanics was above the national level of 12.5 percent. 

In 2000, almost one-third of the total populations of California and Texas were people of Hispanic heritage.  In 1990 in both states Hispanics accounted for roughly 25 percent of the population.

Arizona’s Hispanic population increased to over 25 percent,  up from 19 percent  in 1990.

## Hispanic Population as a Percent of Total Population by State

**Notes:**
The Hispanic population as a percent of the state’s total population is shown on this slide.  

About 44 percent of Hispanics lived in the West and 33 percent in the South. The Northeast and the Midwest accounted for 15 percent and 9 percent respectively of the Hispanic population.  

Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans were concentrated in different regions.  The largest Mexican populations (more than a million) were in California, Texas, Illinois and Arizona. The largest Puerto Rican populations (more than 250,000) were in New York, Florida, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. About two-thirds of all Cubans lived in Florida. 

- 	**Three states accounted for half of the Hispanic population growth: California,Texas, and Florida**

**Notes:**
The states of California, Texas and Florida had the largest numerical increase in their Hispanic population. In fact, these three states accounted for about half of the total national increase in the Hispanic population of 13 million. 

## Census 2000: Top 10 States By Hispanic Population Change

**Notes:**
These are the top ten states by numerical increase.

California’s Hispanic population increased by nearly 3.3 million.

Texas increased by nearly 2.3 million.

Georgia and North Carolina are new to the top ten in population change with increases of 326 thousand and 302 thousand, respectively.

**	****The largest percentage increases in the Hispanic population occurred in the South.**

**Notes:**
The largest percentage increases in Hispanic population occurred in several Southern, non-traditional Hispanic states.

## Census 2000: Top 10 States By Hispanic Percent Change

**Notes:**
North Carolina’s Hispanic population grew by almost 400 percent between 1990 and 2000.

Arkansas’ Hispanic population more than tripled over the decade.

Of the 10 states with the largest percent increase in the Hispanic population, seven are located in the South:
North Carolina, Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, Alabama and Kentucky.  

**	****Growth of the Hispanic population varied among the states with the largest Hispanic populations.**

**Notes:**
Among the states with the largest Hispanic populations, the increase between 1990 and 2000 varied from state to state.

## Census 2000: Top 10 Hispanic States By Percent Hispanic Change

**Notes:**
The national rate of population growth for the Hispanic population was 58 percent. 

Of the states with the largest Hispanic populations, you can see that California (43 percent), New York (30 percent) and New Mexico (32 percent) grew more slowly than the national average.

Texas (54 percent) and Arizona (51 percent) had growth patterns approaching the national average.

The state of Washington made the top ten by virtue of the fact that it doubled its Hispanic population during the 1990s.  The state had almost a 106 percent increase in its Hispanic population.

- 	**In some states the growth of the Hispanic population accounted for a large percentage of the state’s overall population growth. ****	**

**Notes:**
In several states, the increase in the Hispanic population contributed significantly to the state’s overall population increase during the 1990s.

## Census 2000: Top 10 States By Hispanic Contribution To Growth

**Notes:**
Over 100 percent of Rhode Island’s population increase is directly attributable to the Hispanic population.  Were it not for this increase, Rhode Island would have lost population.

Most of the increase in population for North Dakota and Connecticut was due to Hispanic growth, accounting for over 90 percent.

Nearly 80 percent of California’s population growth was Hispanic.

- 	**The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico was 99 percent Hispanic.**

**Notes:**
Ninety-nine percent of the population of the Puerto Rico was Hispanic.

## Puerto Rico

**1990:  3.5 million persons**
- Hispanic/Latino origin question not asked
**2000:  3.8 million persons**
- 3.8 million Hispanics, 99 percent of the total population
**1990 to 2000 change**:
-  287,000 persons, an increase of 8 percent

**Notes:**
Hispanic/Latino origin was not asked at all in Puerto Rico in the 1990 Census.

The Hispanic/Latino origin question was asked in Puerto Rico in Census 2000. 

98.8% of the population in Puerto Rico identified themselves as Hispanic.  

The total population of Puerto Rico grew by 287 thousand, an 8% increase from 1990.

- 	**Hispanics were the majority of the population in 19 places of 100,000 or more.**

**Notes:**
Hispanics were the majority of the population in 19 places of 100,000 or more.

## Ten Places with Highest Percent Hispanic: 2000

**East Los Angeles, CA****	****     ****	****97%**
**Laredo, TX****	****	****	****	****94%**
**Brownsville, TX****	****	****	****91%**
**Hialeah, FL****	****	****	****	****90%**
**McAllen, TX****	****	****	****	****80%**
**El Paso, TX****	****	****	****	****77%**
**Santa Ana, CA****	****	****	****76%**
**El Monte, CA****	****	****	****72%**
**Oxnard, CA****	****	****	****	****66%**
**Miami, Fl****	****	****	****	****66%**

**Notes:**
Hispanics in East Los Angeles were 97 percent (120,307) of the population, the highest for any place outside the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Other cities with majorities of Hispanics are shown on this slide.  

Almost half (47 percent) of the population of Los Angeles was Hispanic.

New York City had the largest number of Hispanics, but its 2.2 million Hispanic population accounted for only about a quarter of the total population.

- 	**Mexican was the largest Hispanic-origin group, accounting for 59 percent of the U.S. Hispanic population**

**Notes:**
In 2000, Mexicans represented 59 percent of all Hispanics in the U.S. However, this percentage was down slightly from 60 percent in 1990.

## Percent Distribution of the Hispanic Population by Type: 2000

**Notes:**
Of the 35.3 million Hispanics in the United States in 2000, the Mexican-origin population numbered almost 21 million persons and was the largest Hispanic group. Puerto Ricans were 10 percent and Cubans were 3.5 percent of the Hispanic population.  The remaining 28 percent were of other Hispanic origin, up from 23 percent in 1990.  

Most “Other” Hispanics did not specify a detailed Hispanic origin, but either checked the Spanish/Hispanic/Latino box without providing any additional information or wrote in answers such as “Hispanic” or “Latino” or “Spanish.” At 17 percent (6.1 million) of the total Hispanic population, Hispanic respondents who did not give a detailed origin answer were second only in size to the Mexican-origin group.

- 	**Salvadorans were the largest Central American group.**

**Notes:**
Salvadorans were the largest Central American group.  
Persons of Central American origin represented 5 percent of the total Hispanic population. 

## Hispanic Population by Type: 2000

**Central American****	****	****     1,686,937**
- 	**Costa Rican****	****	****	****	****  68,588**
**	****Guatemalan****	****	****	****	****372,487**
**	****Honduran****	****	****	****	****	****217,569**
**	****Nicaraguan****	****	****	****	****177,684**
**	****Panamanian****	****	****	****	****  91,723**
**	****Salvadoran****	****	****	****	****655,165**
**	****Other Central American****	****	****103,721**

**Notes:**

Of persons of Central American origin, Salvadorans were the largest group with over 655 thousand, followed by 372 thousand Guatemalans and 218 thousand Hondurans.

- 	**South Americans represented 4 percent of the total Hispanic population.**

**Notes:**
Persons of South American origin represented four percent of the total Hispanic population. 

## Hispanic Population by Type: 2000

**South American****	****	**** ****	****      1,353,562**
- 	**Argentinean****	****	****	****	****  100,864**
**	****Bolivian****	****	****	****	****	****    42,068**
**	****Chilean****	****	****	****	****	****    68,849**
**	****Colombian****	****	****	****	****  470,684**
**	****Ecuadorian****	****	****	****	****  260,559**
**	****Paraguayan****	****	****	****	****      8,769**
**	****Peruvian****	****	****	****	****	****  233,926**
**	****Uruguayan****	****	****	****	****    18,804**
**	****Venezuelan****	****	**** ****	****	****    91,507**
**	****Other Central American****	****	****    57,532**

**Notes:**
Persons who indicated a South American origin accounted for 1.4 million persons. 

Colombians were the largest South American group with almost a half a million persons, a little over one percent of the Hispanic population.

- 	**Nine out of ten Hispanics reported White alone or Some other race alone.**

**Notes:**
Nearly half (48 percent) of Hispanics reported only White, while approximately 42 percent reported only “Some Other Race.”

## Hispanic Population by Race: 2000

- 	_**Race**__**	**__**	**__**Number**__**	**__**	**__**Percent**_
**Total****	****	****	****35,305,818**
-   One race		33,081,736		 93.7
-   White			16,907,852		 47.9
-   Black or African
-     American		     710,353		   2.0
-   American Indian &
-     Alaska Native	     407,073		   1.2
-   Asian			     119,829		   0.3
-   Native Hawaiian &
-     Other Pacific Islander     45,326		   0.1
-   Some other race	 14,891,303		 42.2
- Two or more races	   2,224,082		   6.3

**Notes:**
Less than 4 percent of Latinos reported Black or African American alone, American Indian and Alaska Native alone, Asian alone, or Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone.

About 42 percent of Hispanics or Latinos classified themselves as “Some Other Race” in Census 2000.

In 2000, 97 percent of the people who reported as “Some Other Race” were Hispanic or Latino.

- 	**The median age of the Hispanic population is almost 10 years less than that of the overall U.S. population.**

**Notes:**
The Hispanic population was younger than the overall U.S. population.  This is reflected in the median age of these populations and the percent of the population under age 18.

## Age of the U.S. Population: 2000

**Notes:**

The median age for Hispanics was 25.9 years, while the median age for the entire U.S. population was 35.3 years, the highest median age in our nation’s history. 

Median age also varied among the different Hispanic-origin groups.  Mexicans had a median age of 24.2 years; Puerto Ricans 27.3 years; Central Americans 29.2 years; Dominicans 29.5 years; South Americans 33.1 years, Spaniards 36.4 years; and Cubans 40.7 years.

While 26 percent of the U.S. population was under 18 years of age in 2000, 35 percent of Hispanics were less than age 18.

## For More Information

- Visit the Census Bureau’s website:

***http://www.census.gov***

## For More Information: Subjects Index

**Notes:**
Specific information on Hispanics can be found by clicking on “Subjects A-Z” and then selecting “H” or “L” (for Latino) on the “Subjects Index” bar.

## For More Information: American FactFinder

**Notes:**
More information on Hispanics can also be found by going to American Factfinder.  Select “American FactFinder” from the Census Bureau homepage.

At the American FactFinder homepage, start your request for information on Hispanics in the “Start” box by selecting “Race, Hispanic or Latino, and Age (2000).”  You can further define your search by “State, County, County Subdivision or Place.” 

The “Items of Interest” section on the site is the most frequently updated area of American FactFinder.  Always look here to see what is new since your last visit.