While Americans of Mexican origin continue to dominate the number of Hispanics living in the U.S., those of Dominican, Guatemalan and Colombian origin grew at a faster rate during the past decade, according to a report released recently by the Pew Hispanic Center.
Of the 50.5 million Hispanics counted in the 2010 Dicennial Census, those of Mexican origin accounted for 31.8 million individuals, or for 63 percent of all Hispanics living in the U.S., followed by Puerto Rican-origin Hispanics (4.6 million or 9.2 percent) and Cuban-origin (1.8 million or 3.5 percent), the Washington D.C.-based center reported.
However, Salvadoran-origin Hispanics accounted for 1.6 million or 3.3 percent of those living in the U.S., up 152 percent since 2000, followed by Guatemalans (1 million or 2.1 percent), up 180 percent and Colombians (909,000 or 1.8 percent), up 93 percent.
In contrasts, the Mexican-origin population grew by only 54 percent during the decade, followed by Cubans (44 percent) and Puerto Ricans (36 percent), the center reported.
The report was compiled by Mark Hugo Lopez, associate director and Daniel Dockterman, research assistant at the Pew Hispanic Center.
The Mexican population dominates major metropolitan areas in all regions from Los Angeles to San Antonio and Chicago. However, non-Mexicans continue to dominate the Hispanic population on the East Coast. Half of Miami’s Hispanic population is of Cuban origin, with Puerto Ricans constituting the largest Hispanic group in the New York metropolitan area and Salvadorans the largest Hispanic group in the Washington, D.C. metro area.
Click here to read the entire report: “U.S. Hispanic Country-of-Origin Counts for Nation, Top 30 Metropolitan Areas”
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