{"id":18994,"date":"2014-02-26T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T14:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/the-u-s-hispanic-population-has-increased-sixfold-since-1970\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:44:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:44:18","slug":"the-u-s-hispanic-population-has-increased-sixfold-since-1970","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2014\/02\/26\/the-u-s-hispanic-population-has-increased-sixfold-since-1970\/","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. Hispanic population has increased sixfold since 1970"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hispanic population grew to 53 million in 2012, a 50% increase since 2000 and nearly six times the population in 1970, according to the most recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/popest\/data\/national\/asrh\/2012\/index.html\">U.S. Census Bureau data<\/a>. Meanwhile, the overall U.S. population increased by only 12% from 2000 to 2012. Hispanic population growth accounted for more than half of the country\u2019s growth in this time period.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!--more--><\/p>\n\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-255750\" alt=\"U.S. Hispanic Population in 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/02\/PH_14.02.04_DataGallery.png\" width=\"280\" height=\"250\"><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much of the growth is occurring in a relatively small geographic area. A <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/2013\/08\/29\/iii-ranking-latino-populations-in-the-nations-counties\/\">Pew Research Center analysis<\/a> last year found that the 10 largest counties by Hispanic population accounted for 22% of the national Hispanic population growth between 2000 and 2011. Half of these counties are located in California.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nationally, Mexicans are the largest Hispanic origin group but the composition of origin groups varies by geographic area. For example, while Mexicans represent a majority of Hispanics in all but 11 states, Puerto Ricans are the largest group in New York and New Jersey and Cubans are most populous in Florida.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/2013\/06\/19\/hispanic-origin-profiles\/\">demographics of each origin group<\/a> vary significantly.\u00a0For example, Hispanics of Mexican origin are the youngest out of the 14 largest origin groups, with a median age of 25, compared with Cubans\u2019\u00a0 median age of 40. Venezuelans are the most likely to have a college degree (51%), compared with 7% of both Guatemalans and Salvadorans.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Hispanic population in 2012 was 53,027,708, nearly six times the population in 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