{"id":6286,"date":"2016-01-19T13:28:45","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T18:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=6286"},"modified":"2024-04-13T23:04:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T04:04:10","slug":"latinos-in-the-2016-election-texas","status":"publish","type":"fact-sheet","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/fact-sheet\/latinos-in-the-2016-election-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Latinos in the 2016 Election: Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This profile provides key demographic information on Latino eligible voters[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.] and other major groups of eligible voters in Texas.[2. The terms \u201cHispanic\u201d and \u201cLatino\u201d are used interchangeably. References to other races and ethnicities are to the non-Hispanic components of those populations.] All demographic data are based on Pew Research Center tabulations of the U.S. Census Bureau\u2019s 2014 American Community Survey.[3. This statistical profile of eligible voters is based on the Census Bureau&#8217;s 2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/acs\/www\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Community Survey<\/a> (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 (<a href=\"http:\/\/usa.ipums.org\/usa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IPUMS<\/a>), 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/usa.ipums.org\/usa\/design.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ACS sampling strategy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/usa.ipums.org\/usa\/resources\/codebooks\/AccuracyACS_2014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">associated error<\/a>.]<\/p>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;hispanics-in-texass-eligible-voter-population&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"hispanics-in-texass-eligible-voter-population\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hispanics in Texas\u2019s Eligible Voter Population<\/h3>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/fact-sheets\/2016-state-election-fact-sheets\/latinos-in-the-2016-election-texas\/ph_election-fact-sheet-2016_texas-01\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23615\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f1efef\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f1efef;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" class=\"wp-image-23615 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/PH_Election-Fact-Sheet-2016_Texas-01.png\" alt=\"Population and Electorate in the United States and Texas, 2014\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Hispanic population in Texas is the second largest in the nation. About 10.4 million Hispanics reside in Texas, 18.8% of all Hispanics in the United States.<\/li>\n<li>Texas\u2019s population is 39% Hispanic, the third largest Hispanic statewide population share nationally.<\/li>\n<li>There are 4.8 million Hispanic eligible voters in Texas\u2014the second largest Hispanic statewide eligible voter population nationally. California ranks first with 6.9 million.<\/li>\n<li>Some 28% of Texas eligible voters are Hispanic, the second largest Hispanic statewide eligible voter share nationally. New Mexico ranks first with 40%.<\/li>\n<li>Some 46% of Hispanics in Texas are eligible to vote, ranking Texas 23rd nationwide in the share of the Hispanic population that is eligible to vote. By contrast, 79% of the state\u2019s white population is eligible to vote.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;characteristics-of-eligible-voters&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"characteristics-of-eligible-voters\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Characteristics of Eligible Voters<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Age.<\/strong> One-third (32%) of Hispanic eligible voters in Texas are ages 18 to 29, similar to the share of all Latino eligible voters nationwide (33%) in that age range. By contrast, only 24% of all Texas eligible voters and 22% of all U.S. eligible voters are ages 18 to 29.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Citizenship and Nativity.<\/strong> Among Hispanic eligible voters in Texas, 16% are naturalized U.S. citizens. This is less than the 25% of Hispanic eligible voters in the U.S., but just 9% of all eligible voters in Texas and of eligible voters in the U.S. overall are naturalized U.S. citizens.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hispanic Origin.<\/strong> Hispanic eligible voters in Texas have a different Hispanic origin profile from Hispanic eligible voters nationwide. Fully 87% are Mexican, greater than the 59% rate nationwide. An additional 2% are of Puerto Rican origin and 2% are Salvadoran. In the U.S., 14% of Hispanic eligible voters are Puerto Rican and 3% are Salvadoran.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Educational Attainment.<\/strong> About one-quarter of Latino eligible voters in Texas (24%) have not completed high school, almost twice the 13% of all Texas eligible voters who have not completed high school and somewhat higher than the 22% of Hispanics nationwide who have not completed high school.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Homeownership.<\/strong> Almost two-thirds of Hispanic eligible voters in Texas (65%) live in owner-occupied homes, larger than the share of all Hispanic eligible voters nationwide (55%) and similar to the share of all eligible voters in the state (66%). Nationwide, 67% of eligible voters live in owner-occupied homes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/fact-sheets\/2016-state-election-fact-sheets\/latinos-in-the-2016-election-texas\/ph_election-fact-sheet-2016_texas-02\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23616\"><img data-dominant-color=\"dde2e5\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #dde2e5;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" class=\"wp-image-23616 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/PH_Election-Fact-Sheet-2016_Texas-02.png\" alt=\"Characteristics of Eligible Voters in Texas and the United States, 2014\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h3 data-is-section=\"true\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;characteristics-of-eligible-voters-in-texas-by-race-and-ethnicity&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"{&quot;namespace&quot;:&quot;prc-block\\\/table-of-contents&quot;}\" id=\"characteristics-of-eligible-voters-in-texas-by-race-and-ethnicity\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Characteristics of Eligible Voters in Texas, by Race and Ethnicity<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Number of Eligible Voters.<\/strong> There are about twice as many white eligible voters as Hispanic eligible voters in Texas. Hispanic eligible voters outnumber black eligible voters by about 2 to 1 and Asian eligible voters by about 8 to 1.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Age.<\/strong> Latino eligible voters are younger than white, black and Asian eligible voters in Texas. Some 32% of Latinos are ages 18 to 29, compared with 19% of white eligible voters, 26% of black eligible voters and 21% of Asian eligible voters.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Educational Attainment.<\/strong> Hispanic eligible voters have lower levels of education than do white, black and Asian eligible voters in Texas. Some 24% of Hispanic eligible voters have not obtained a high school diploma, compared with 7% of white eligible voters, 12% of black eligible voters and 11% of Asian eligible voters.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Homeownership.<\/strong> Hispanic eligible voters (65%) are more likely to live in owner-occupied homes than black eligible voters (46%) in Texas, but are less likely to live in owner-occupied homes than white (71%) or Asian (78%) eligible voters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/hispanic\/fact-sheets\/2016-state-election-fact-sheets\/latinos-in-the-2016-election-texas\/ph_election-fact-sheet-2016_texas-03\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23617\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f0eaea\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f0eaea;\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" class=\"wp-image-23617 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/PH_Election-Fact-Sheet-2016_Texas-03.png\" alt=\"Characteristics of Eligible Voters in Texas, by Race and Ethnicity, 2014\" ><\/a><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This profile provides key demographic information on Latino eligible voters[1. Eligible voters are defined as U.S. citizens ages 18 and older. Eligible voters are not the same as registered voters. 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