Mar 24, 2011 - Among children ages 17 and younger, there were 17.1 million Latinos in 2010, or 23.1% of this age group,
March 24, 2011
Census 2010: 50 Million Latinos
Hispanics Account for More Than Half of Nation’s Growth in Past Decade
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Census 2010: 50 Million Latinos
Hispanics Account for More Than Half of Nation’s Growth in Past Decade The 2010 Census counted 50.5 million Hispanics in the United States, making up 16.3% of the total population. The nation’s Latino population, which was 35.3 million in 2000, grew 43% over the decade. The Hispanic population also accounted for most of the nation’s growth— 56%—from 2000 to 2010. Among children ages 17 and younger, there were 17.1 million Latinos in 2010, or 23.1% of this age group, according to an analysis by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center. The number of Latino children grew 39% over the decade. In 2000, there were 12.3 million Hispanic children, who were 17.1% of the population under age 18. There were 33.3 million Hispanics ages 18 and older in 2010, a 45% increase from 2000. Hispanics made up 14.2% of the adult population in 2010, compared with 11% and 23 million people in 2000. Racial and ethnic minorities accounted for 91.7% of the nation’s growth over the decade; non-Hispanic whites accounted for the remaining 8.3%.
Table 1 U.S. Population, by Race and Ethnicity, 2010 and 2000 (thousands) 2010
2000
U.S. Population 50,478
35,306
White
196,818
194,553
Black
37,686
33,948
Asian
14,465
10,123
2,247
2,069
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander
482
354
Some other race
604
468
5,966
4,602
Hispanic
American Indian and Alaska Native
Two or more races
Hispanics, who can be of any Notes: Racial groups include only non-Hispanics. Hispanics are of any race. race, are the nation’s largest Source: Pew Hispanic Center tabulations of U.S. Census Bureau Redistricting_Filesminority group. Looking at PL_94-171 for states the major groups of singlePEW HISPANIC CENTER race non-Hispanics in 2010, 196.8 million (63.7%) were white; 37.7 million (12.2%) were black; and 14.5 million (4.7%) were Asian. There were 6 million non-Hispanics, or 1.9% of the U.S. population, who checked more than one race. By race, more than half of Hispanics—53%, or 26.7 million people—identified themselves as white alone, an increase from 2000 when 47.9% did. The next largest group, 36.7% or 18.5
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million Hispanics, identified themselves as “some other race,” a decline from 2000, when 42.2% did. An additional 6%, compared with 6.3% in 2000, checked multiple races. Although the numerical growth of the Hispanic population since 2000—more than 15 million— surpassed the totals for the previous two decades, the growth rate of 43% was somewhat slower than previous decades. Growth rates topped 50% in the 1980s (53%) and 1990s (58%). The count of the nation’s Hispanic population was slightly larger than expected. The 2010 Census count of Hispanics was 955,000 people and 1.9% larger than the Census Bureau’s latest population estimate for Hispanics. In some states, especially with small Hispanic populations, the gap was wider. Geographically, most Hispanics still live in nine states that have large, long-standing Latino communities—Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, New Mexico, New Jersey, New York and Texas—but the share living in other states has been growing. In 2010, 76% of Latinos lived in these nine states, compared with 81% in 2000 and 86% in 1990. (In 2000, 50% of Hispanics lived in California and Texas alone. In 2010, that share was 46.5 %.) Despite the pattern of dispersion, however, there are more Latinos living in Los Angeles County (4.7 million) than in any state except California and Texas. As the accompanying charts show, the states with the largest Hispanic populations include eight with more than a million Hispanics, the largest of which is California, where 14 million Latinos were counted. The dozen states where Hispanics are the largest share of the population include five where Latinos are more than one-in-four state residents—New Mexico, Texas, California, Arizona and Nevada. The states with the largest percent growth in their Hispanic populations include nine where the Latino population more than doubled, including a swath in the southeast United States—Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and South Carolina. The Hispanic population also more than doubled in Maryland and South Dakota.
Table 2 States with Largest Hispanic Population Growth, 2000-2010 (%) STATE
GROWTH, 2000-2010
South Carolina Alabama Tennessee Kentucky Arkansas North Carolina
148 145 134 122 114 111
Maryland Mississippi South Dakota Delaware Georgia Virginia
106 106 103 96 96 92
Source: Pew Hispanic Center tabulations of U.S. Census Bureau Redistricting_Files-PL_94-171 for states PEW HISPANIC CENTER
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In six states, growth in the Hispanic population accounted for all of those states’ population growth; if the Hispanic population had not grown, those states would not have grown. They included Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island. In Michigan, the state population declined over the decade but the Hispanic population grew. Looking at the Latino population by region, the West and South are home to the most Hispanics, while growth has been most rapid in the South and Midwest. In 2010, 20.6 million Hispanics lived in the West, 18.2 million lived in the South, 7 million lived in the Northeast and 4.7 million lived in the Midwest. Acknowledgments Paul Taylor provided editorial guidance in the drafting of this report. Daniel Dockterman prepared the charts and tables and checked the text; Gabriel Velasco checked its charts and tables. Michael Keegan prepared the website graphics for this report. Molly Rohal was the copy editor for this report.
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Appendix: Additional Charts and Tables Table 3 Hispanic Child and Adult Populations, 2010 and 2000 ALL
CHILDREN
ADULTS
Hispanic Population (thousands) 2010 2000 Hispanic Population Growth, 2000-2010 Growth (thousands) Growth (%)
50,478
17,132
33,346
35,306
12,342
22,964
15,172
4,790
10,382
43.0
38.8
45.2
Hispanic Share of Total (%) 2010 2000
16.3
23.1
14.2
12.5
17.1
11.0
Notes: Children are those younger than 18; Adults are those 18 years of age or older. Source: Pew Hispanic Center tabulations of U.S. Census Bureau Redistricting_FilesPL_94-171 for states PEW HISPANIC CENTER
Table 4 States with Largest Hispanic Populations, 2010
Table 5 States with Largest Hispanic Share of Total Population, 2010
(thousands)
(%)
STATE California Texas Florida New York Illinois Arizona New Jersey Colorado New Mexico Georgia North Carolina Washington
STATE
POPULATION
HISPANIC SHARE
2,028 1,895
New Mexico Texas California Arizona Nevada Florida
46.3% 37.6 37.6 29.6 26.5 22.5
1,555 1,039 953 854 800 756
Colorado New Jersey New York Illinois Connecticut Utah
20.7 17.7 17.6 15.8 13.4 13.0
14,014 9,461 4,224 3,417
Source: Pew Hispanic Center tabulations of U.S. Census Bureau Redistricting_Files-PL_94-171 for states
Source: Pew Hispanic Center tabulations of U.S. Census Bureau Redistricting_Files-PL_94-171 for states
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Figure 1 U.S. Population by Race and Ethnicity, 2010 and 2000
Figure 2 U.S. Population by Race and Ethnicity, 2010 and 2000
(%)
(%) 2010
2010
16.3
Hispanic
Hispanic
12.5
16.3% White
63.7%
63.7
White
Black
69.1
12.2%
12.2
Black Asian
Asian
4.7%
Other
3.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander
2000 Hispanic
12.5% White
69.1%
2000
Some other race Black
12.1%
Two or more races
12.1 4.7 3.6 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 1.9 1.6
Asian
3.6%
Other
2.7%
Notes: Racial groups include only non-Hispanics. Hispanics are of any race. Source: Pew Hispanic Center tabulations of U.S. Census Bureau Redistricting_Files-PL_94-171 for states PEW HISPANIC CENTER
Notes: Racial groups include only non-Hispanics. Hispanics are of any race. Source: Pew Hispanic Center tabulations of U.S. Census Bureau Redistricting_Files-PL_94-171 for states PEW HISPANIC CENTER
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Table 6: Hispanic Population by State, 2010 and 2000 HISPANIC POPULATION (thousands) 2010 Rank 2000 United States
HISPANIC GROWTH (%) 2000-2010 Rank
35,306
16.3
12.5
43
186 39 1,895 186 14,014
33 44 6 32 1
76 26 1,296 87 10,967
3.9 5.5 29.6 6.4 37.6
40 33 4 29 3
1.7 4.1 25.3 3.2 32.4
145 52 46 114 28
2 37 40 5 48
Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida
1,039 479 73 55 4,224
8 17 41 42 3
736 320 37 45 2,683
20.7 13.4 8.2 9.1 22.5
7 11 26 20 6
17.1 9.4 4.8 7.9 16.8
41 50 96 22 57
43 38 10 50 36
Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana
854 121 176 2,028 390
10 39 34 5 21
435 88 102 1,530 215
8.8 8.9 11.2 15.8 6.0
24 22 16 10 30
5.3 7.2 7.9 12.3 3.5
96 38 73 32 82
11 45 27 47 17
Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine
152 300 133 193 17
36 26 37 31 49
82 188 60 108 9
5.0 10.5 3.1 4.2 1.3
35 17 43 39 50
2.8 7.0 1.5 2.4 0.7
84 59 122 79 81
14 33 4 22 19
Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi
471 628 436 250 81
18 16 20 28 40
228 429 324 143 40
8.2 9.6 4.4 4.7 2.7
27 18 38 36 46
4.3 6.8 3.3 2.9 1.4
106 46 35 75 106
7 39 46 25 8
Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire
212 29 167 717 37
30 46 35 14 45
119 18 94 394 20
3.5 2.9 9.2 26.5 2.8
41 44 19 5 45
2.1 2.0 5.5 19.7 1.7
79 58 77 82 79
20 35 24 16 21
1,555 953 3,417 800 13
7 9 4 11 50
1,117 765 2,868 379 8
17.7 46.3 17.6 8.4 2.0
8 1 9 25 48
13.3 42.1 15.1 4.7 1.2
39 25 19 111 73
44 49 51 6 28
355 332 450 720 131
23 25 19 13 38
217 179 275 394 91
3.1 8.9 11.7 5.7 12.4
42 23 14 32 13
1.9 5.2 8.0 3.2 8.7
63 85 63 83 44
32 13 31 15 41
236 22 290 9,461 358
29 48 27 2 22
95 11 124 6,670 202
5.1 2.7 4.6 37.6 13.0
34 47 37 2 12
2.4 1.4 2.2 32.0 9.0
148 103 134 42 78
1 9 3 42 23
9 632 756 22 336 50
51 15 12 47 24 43
6 330 442 12 193 32
1.5 7.9 11.2 1.2 5.9 8.9
49 28 15 51 31 21
0.9 4.7 7.5 0.7 3.6 6.4
67 92 71 81 74 59
30 12 29 18 26 34
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California
New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
50,478
HISPANIC SHARE (%) 2010 Rank 2000
Note: Growth and share are computed from unrounded data. Source: Pew Hispanic Center tabulations of U.S. Census Bureau Redistricting_Files-PL_94-171 for states PEW HISPANIC CENTER
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Table 7: Hispanic Child Population by State, 2010 and 2000 HISPANIC POPULATION (thousands) Rank 2000 2010 United States
HISPANIC GROWTH (%) 2000-2010 Rank
12,342
23.1
17.1
39
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California
67 15 704 75 4,756
34 43 6 31 1
25 10 493 32 4,051
5.9 7.9 43.2 10.5 51.2
39 34 4 29 2
2.2 5.4 36.1 4.7 43.8
170 44 43 134 17
3 38 39 6 48
Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida
374 160 27 12 1,105
8 19 40 45 3
259 116 14 11 703
30.5 19.6 13.2 11.9 27.6
6 13 24 26 7
23.5 13.7 7.0 9.9 19.3
45 38 100 5 57
37 42 12 51 32
Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana
315 45 73 723 154
9 39 32 5 20
136 35 43 552 76
12.6 14.9 17.0 23.1 9.6
25 19 15 8 31
6.3 11.9 11.6 17.0 4.8
131 29 70 31 103
7 47 26 46 11
Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine
63 122 50 54 5
35 26 37 36 49
33 74 19 31 4
8.7 16.8 4.9 4.9 2.0
33 16 43 44 50
4.5 10.4 1.9 2.5 1.2
93 65 165 78 53
15 31 4 23 35
Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi
148 211 172 101 27
21 15 18 28 41
72 158 123 56 12
11.0 14.9 7.3 7.9 3.5
28 20 37 35 48
5.3 10.5 4.8 4.3 1.6
106 34 39 82 120
9 44 40 20 8
Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire
81 11 69 262 14
30 46 33 13 44
43 7 37 146 8
5.7 5.0 15.1 39.4 4.8
40 41 18 5 45
3.0 3.2 8.3 28.6 2.5
89 52 86 79 77
16 36 18 22 24
New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota
461 302 975 308 5
7 11 4 10 50
339 259 893 120 3
22.3 58.2 22.5 13.5 3.6
10 1 9 22 47
16.2 50.9 19.0 6.1 2.0
36 17 9 156 69
43 49 50 5 29
Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island
136 133 180 260 46
24 25 17 14 38
80 70 108 149 35
5.0 14.3 20.8 9.3 20.5
42 21 11 32 12
2.8 7.9 12.7 5.1 14.1
69 89 67 75 31
27 17 30 25 45
82 9 108 3,318 144
29 47 27 2 22
28 5 39 2,387 78
7.5 4.5 7.2 48.3 16.5
36 46 38 3 17
2.8 2.2 2.8 40.5 10.9
192 104 178 39 84
1 10 2 41 19
3 205 299 8 136 18
51 16 12 48 23 42
2 103 177 4 75 12
2.2 11.1 18.9 1.9 10.2 13.4
49 27 14 51 30 23
1.2 5.9 11.7 1.0 5.5 9.0
57 100 69 93 81 56
33 13 28 14 21 34
South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
17,132
HISPANIC SHARE (%) 2010 Rank 2000
Note: Growth and share are computed from unrounded data. Children are those younger than 18. Source: Pew Hispanic Center tabulations of U.S. Census Bureau Redistricting_Files-PL_94-171 for states PEW HISPANIC CENTER
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