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Latinos in the 2016 Election: Massachusetts

This profile provides key demographic information on Latino eligible voters1 and other major groups of eligible voters in Massachusetts.2 All demographic data are based on Pew Research Center tabulations of the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2014 American Community Survey.3

Hispanics in Massachusetts’s Eligible Voter Population

Population and Electorate in the United States and Massachusetts, 2014
  • The Hispanic population in Massachusetts is the 16th largest in the nation. About 729,000 Hispanics reside in Massachusetts, 1.3% of all Hispanics in the United States.
  • Massachusetts’s population is 11% Hispanic, the 18th largest Hispanic statewide population share nationally.
  • There are 372,000 Hispanic eligible voters in Massachusetts—the 11th largest Hispanic statewide eligible voter population nationally. California ranks first with 6.9 million.
  • Some 8% of Massachusetts eligible voters are Hispanic, the 15th largest Hispanic statewide eligible voter share nationally. New Mexico ranks first with 40%.
  • About half of Hispanics in Massachusetts are eligible to vote (51%), ranking Massachusetts 15th nationwide in the share of the Hispanic population that is eligible to vote. By contrast, 79% of the state’s white population is eligible to vote.
Characteristics of Eligible Voters in Massachusetts and the United States, 2014
Characteristics of Eligible Voters in Massachusetts, by Race and Ethnicity, 2014
  1. Eligible voters are defined as U.S. citizens ages 18 and older. Eligible voters are not the same as registered voters. To cast a vote, in all states except North Dakota, an eligible voter must first register to vote.↩
  2. The terms “Hispanic” and “Latino” are used interchangeably. References to other races and ethnicities are to the non-Hispanic components of those populations.↩
  3. This statistical profile of eligible voters is based on the Census Bureau’s 2014 American Community Survey (ACS). The ACS is the largest household survey in the United States, with a sample of about 3 million addresses. The data used for this statistical profile come from the 2014 ACS Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS), representing a 1% sample of the U.S. population. Like any survey, estimates from the ACS are subject to sampling error and (potentially) measurement error. More information is available on ACS sampling strategy and associated error.↩