Population
57.5 million
The
Hispanic population of the United States as of July 1, 2016, making
people of Hispanic origin the nation's largest ethnic or racial
minority. Hispanics constituted 17.8 percent of the nation's total
population.
119 million
The
projected Hispanic population of the United States in 2060. According to
this projection, the Hispanic population will constitute 28.6 percent
of the nation's population by that date.
63.4%
The
percentage of those of Hispanic or Latino origin in the United States
who were of Mexican origin in 2015. Another 9.5 percent were Puerto
Rican, 3.8 percent Salvadoran, 3.7 percent Cuban, 3.3 percent Dominican
and 2.4 percent Guatemalan. The remainder were of some other Central
American, South American, or other Hispanic or Latino origin.
9
The
number of states with a population of 1 million or more Hispanic
residents in 2016 - Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois,
New Jersey, New Mexico, New York and Texas.
4.9 million
The Hispanic population of Los Angeles County. This was the largest Hispanic population of any county in 2016.
57.5%
The
percentage of Hispanic married-couple households that had children
younger than age 18 present in 2016, whereas for all married-couple
households it was 39.5 percent.
Source:
Spanish Language
40 million
The
number of U.S. residents age 5 and older who spoke Spanish at home in
2015. This is a 130.9 percent increase since 1990 when it was 17.3
million.
$45,150
The median income of Hispanic households in 2015.
21.4%
The poverty rate among Hispanics in 2015.
66.0%
The percentage of Hispanics age 25 and older that had at least a high school education in 2015.
17.0%
The percentage of students (both undergraduate and graduate) enrolled in college in 2015 who were Hispanic.
24.3%
The percentage of elementary and high school students that were Hispanic in 2015.
Source:
34.5%
The percentage of the Hispanic population that was foreign born in 2015.
Jobs
67.0%
The percentage of Hispanics or Latinos age 16 and older who were in the civilian labor force in 2015.
20.5%
The
percentage of civilian employed Hispanics or Latinos age 16 and older
who worked in management, business, science and arts occupations in
2015.
Voting
9.2%
The percentage of voters in the 2016 presidential election who were Hispanic. Hispanics comprised 4.7 percent of voters in 1996.
Business
312,738
The estimated number of Hispanic-owned employer firms nationally in 2015, up from 298,563 or 4.7 percent from 2014.
$61.2 billion
The
estimated sales/receipts reported by Hispanic employer firms owned by
women in 2015. Male-owned Hispanic employer firms reported sales of
$264.2 billion.
SOURCES
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