{"id":186651,"date":"2024-09-12T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T13:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=186651"},"modified":"2026-07-09T15:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:14:09","slug":"u-s-hispanics-preferences-among-pan-ethnic-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/2024\/09\/12\/u-s-hispanics-preferences-among-pan-ethnic-terms\/","title":{"rendered":"3. U.S. Hispanics\u2019 preferences among pan-ethnic terms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

No single pan-ethnic term has been fully embraced by U.S. adults with roots in Latin America or Spain. The more recognized terms Hispanic and Latino have faced their own criticism<\/a>. Hispanic has been criticized by some for its focus on Spain and Latin America\u2019s colonial past<\/a>, while Latino has faced backlash for being a gendered term used to describe the entire group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, this population continues to favor the terms Hispanic and Latino over the newer terms Latinx and Latine.[6.numoffset=”6″ These shares were similar in previous years. In a 2022 survey of U.S. Hispanic adults<\/a>, 53% said they preferred the term Hispanic to describe people who are of Hispanic or Latino origin and descent; 26% preferred Latino; 2% preferred Latinx; and 17% had no preference. The 2022 survey did not include Latine as a preset option.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n