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Key Charts<\/a><\/div>\n
2015 Data<\/div>\n
Trend Data<\/a><\/div>\n
Previous Years’ Data<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

*Visit the most recent data on U.S. Hispanics<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Characteristics of the U.S. Hispanic population: 2015<\/h3>\n\n

There were 56.5 million Hispanics in the United States in 2015, comprising 17.6% of the total U.S. population. In 1980, with a population of 14.8 million, Hispanics made up just 6.5% of the total U.S. population. Click on the expand buttons below the summary tables to see detailed tables for each.<\/p>\n\n

Click here<\/a> for a PDF of all the tables below and read the accompanying blog post, “How the U.S. Hispanic population is changing<\/a>.” Download the Excel workbook<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

For a profile of the foreign-born population in the United States, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

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Population (#)<\/td>\n56,476,777<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mexican<\/td>\n63.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Foreign born<\/td>\n34.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Speaking English at least very well (ages 5 and older)<\/td>\n69.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
White<\/td>\n66.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

[\/portrait]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Median age (in years)<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Female<\/td>\n49.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Married (ages 18 and older)<\/td>\n45.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Women ages 15-44 giving birth in past year<\/td>\n6.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

[\/portrait]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
High school graduate or less<\/td>\n61.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Two-year degree\/Some college<\/td>\n23.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bachelor’s degree or more<\/td>\n15.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

[\/portrait]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
In labor force (among civilian population)<\/td>\n67.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Median annual personal earnings (in 2015 dollars, among those with earnings)<\/td>\n$24,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Median annual household income (in 2015 dollars)<\/td>\n$44,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

[\/portrait]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Living in poverty<\/td>\n21.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uninsured<\/td>\n19.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

[\/portrait]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
In family households<\/td>\n90.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

[\/portrait]<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
West<\/td>\n40.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California<\/td>\n26.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South<\/td>\n36.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Texas<\/td>\n18.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Florida<\/td>\n8.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northeast<\/td>\n14.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New York<\/td>\n6.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Midwest<\/td>\n9.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Illinois<\/td>\n3.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

[\/portrait]<\/p>\n\n\n

Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2015 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS)\n“Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2015”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Key Charts 2015 Data Trend Data Previous Years’ Data *Visit the most recent data on U.S. Hispanics. Characteristics of the U.S. Hispanic population: 2015 There were 56.5 million Hispanics in the United States in 2015, comprising 17.6% of the total U.S. population. 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