Recent Release of Hispanic
Population Statistics
For the first time, racial and
ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping
decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing. As a whole, the nation's minority population
continues to rise, following a higher-than-expected Hispanic count in the 2010
census. "The Latino population is
very young, which means they will continue to have a lot of births relative to
the general population," said Mark Mather, associate vice president of the
Population Reference Bureau.
43% is the percentage increase in the Hispanic population
between April 1, 2000, and April 1, 2010, making Hispanics the fastest-growing
minority group.
50.5 million is the size of the Hispanic population of the United
States as of April 1, 2010, making people of Hispanic origin the nation's
largest ethnic or race minority. Hispanics constituted 16.3 percent of the
nation's total population. In addition, there are 3.7 million residents of
Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory.
132.8 million is the projected size of the Hispanic population of the
United States on July 1, 2050. According to this projection, Hispanics will
constitute 30 percent of the nation's population by that date.
2nd is the ranking of the size of the U.S. Hispanic
population worldwide, as of 2010. Only Mexico (112 million) had a larger
Hispanic population than the United States (50.5 million).
14 million is the size of the population of the Hispanic-origin
population that lived in California in 2010, up from 11 million in 2000.
82 is the number of the nation's 3,143 counties that were
majority-Hispanic.
10.4 million is the number of
Hispanic family households in the United States in 2010.
35 million is the number of U.S. residents 5 and older who spoke
Spanish at home in 2009. Those who hablan español constituted 12 percent
of U.S. residents. More than half of these Spanish speakers spoke English
"very well."
26.6% is the poverty rate among Hispanics in 2010, up from
25.3 percent in 2009, and 23.2 percent in 2008.
14% the percentage of the Hispanic population 25 and older
with a bachelor's degree or higher in 2010.
47% is the percent of the foreign-born population that was
Hispanic in 2009.
9.7 million is the number of Hispanic citizens who reported voting
in the 2008 presidential election, about 2 million more than voted in 2004. The
percentage of Hispanic citizens voting went from 47 percent in 2004 to 50
percent in 2008.
1.1 million is the number of Hispanics or Latinos 18 and older who
are veterans of the U.S. armed forces
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