{"id":63079,"date":"2012-09-19T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2012\/09\/19\/characteristics-of-the-60-largest-metropolitan-areas-by-hispanic-population\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:14:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:14:53","slug":"characteristics-of-the-60-largest-metropolitan-areas-by-hispanic-population","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/2012\/09\/19\/characteristics-of-the-60-largest-metropolitan-areas-by-hispanic-population\/","title":{"rendered":"Characteristics of the 60 Largest Metropolitan Areas by Hispanic Population"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview<\/h2>\n\n
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Nearly half (45%) of the nation\u2019s Hispanic[1. The terms \u201cHispanic\u201d and \u201cLatino\u201d are used interchangeably throughout this report.]\u00a0population lives in just 10 metropolitan areas, according to tabulations of the 2010 American Community Survey (ACS) by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center.[2. When discussing the largest metropolitan areas, the report is referring to the largest areas by Hispanic population.]<\/p>\n\n

The Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif., metropolitan area has the nation\u2019s largest Hispanic population\u20145.7 million\u2014and alone accounts for more than one-in-ten (11%) Hispanics nationally.[3. All population estimates presented in this report are for Hispanics living in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.]\u00a0All population estimates presented in this report are for Hispanics living in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.\u00a0 The New York-Northeastern New Jersey metropolitan area is the second largest by Hispanic population (4.2 million) and is home to 8% of Hispanics nationwide.<\/p>\n\n

Six of the 10 largest Hispanic metropolitan populations are in just two states. California has three\u2013Los Angeles (#1), Riverside-San Bernardino (#4) and San Francisco-Oakland-Vallejo (#10). Texas is also home to three of the 10 largest Hispanic metropolitan areas\u2014Houston-Brazoria (#3), Dallas-Fort Worth (#6) and San Antonio (#9). The other four largest Hispanic metropolitan populations are New York (#2); Chicago, Ill. (#5); Miami-Hialeah, Fla. (#7); and Phoenix, Ariz. (#8). Overall, each of the 10 largest Hispanic metropolitan areas has a Hispanic population of more than 1 million and Hispanics are the largest minority or ethnic group in each.<\/p>\n\n

While these 10 metropolitan areas represent the largest Hispanic populations, within each area, the Hispanic share varies, as do the characteristics of the Hispanic population that resides in each area.<\/p>\n\n

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For example, the Hispanic share in each of the 10 largest metro area populations ranges from a low of 21% in Chicago to a high of 66% in Miami. Miami and San Antonio (55%) are the only two metro areas among the 10 largest where Hispanics are a majority of the population. Among the top 60, Hispanics are a majority in 11 additional metropolitan areas.<\/p>\n\n

Overall, Los Angeles and New York have the largest Hispanic populations. In Los Angeles, Hispanics make up 45% of the area\u2019s residents. In the New York metropolitan area, Hispanics make up about one-in-four (24%) of all residents.<\/p>\n\n

Among the 60 metropolitan areas with the largest Latino populations, two have Latino population shares above 90%. The population of Laredo, Texas\u2014with the 36th largest Latino population\u2014is 96% Latino. The McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr-Mission, Texas, metropolitan area\u2014which has the 13th largest Hispanic population\u2014is 91% Latino.<\/p>\n\n

The Hispanic origin composition in the top 60 metropolitan areas also varies. For example, Cubans are the largest Hispanic origin group in Miami and make up more than half (54%) of all Hispanics there. In the Washington, D.C.\/Maryland\/Virginia, area\u2014the 12th largest Hispanic metropolitan population\u2014the largest Hispanic origin group is Salvadoran, making up 34% of the area\u2019s Hispanic population. Puerto Ricans are the largest Hispanic origin group in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania\/New Jersey\u2014the 24th largest Hispanic metropolitan area\u2014making up more than half (53%) of all Hispanics there.<\/p>\n\n

Mexican-Americans are by far the nation\u2019s largest Hispanic origin group, comprising 65% of the total Hispanic population in the United States. They are also the largest Hispanic origin group in 50 of the 60 metropolitan areas covered by this report, and make up more than half of the Hispanic population in 46 of them. In 33 of these metro areas Mexicans are not only the largest Hispanic origin group, they are also bigger than any other racial or ethnic group.<\/p>\n\n

This report compares the 10 metropolitan areas with the largest Hispanic populations on a range of demographic and socioeconomic variables\u2014including Hispanic origin, age, nativity, citizenship, education, English proficiency, household income, homeownership, poverty and health insurance.<\/p>\n\n

Accompanying this report are statistical profiles<\/a> for each of the 60 largest metropolitan areas by Hispanic population. Each statistical profile describes the demographic, employment and income characteristics of the Hispanic population in that metropolitan area, as well as the area\u2019s non-Hispanic white and black populations. Also accompanying the report are two interactive maps showing key characteristics of the Hispanic population in each of the nation\u2019s 60 largest metropolitan areas<\/a> by Hispanic population and the distribution of the six largest Hispanic origin groups<\/a> across the nation\u2019s more than 3,000 counties.<\/p>\n\n

About this Report<\/h3>\n\n

This report examines the Hispanic populations in the United States\u2019 10 metropolitan areas with the largest number of Hispanics. It also contains detailed information on the next 50 largest metropolitan areas by Hispanic population.<\/p>\n\n

The data for this report are derived from the 2010 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS), which provides detailed geographic, demographic and economic characteristics for each group.<\/p>\n\n

Accompanying this report are statistical profiles<\/a> of the 60 largest metropolitan areas by Hispanic population. Each statistical profile describes the demographic and economic characteristics of the Hispanic, non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black populations in that metropolitan area.<\/p>\n\n

Also accompanying the report are two interactive maps. The first shows key characteristics of the Hispanic population in each of the nation\u2019s 60 largest Hispanic metropolitan areas<\/a>. The interactive also shows the largest Hispanic metropolitan populations<\/a> and shares<\/a> for the six largest Hispanic origin groups\u2014Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Salvadorans, Cubans, Dominicans and Guatemalans. The second interactive map shows the distribution of the six largest Hispanic origin groups<\/a> across the nation\u2019s more than 3,000 counties.<\/p>\n\n

About the Authors<\/h3>\n\n

Seth Motel is a research assistant at the Pew Hispanic Center. Motel earned his B.A. in political science from Brown University.<\/p>\n\n

Eileen Patten is a research assistant at the Pew Hispanic Center. Patten earned her B.A. in sociology and English from the University of Michigan.<\/p>\n\n

Acknowledgements<\/h3>\n\n

The authors thank Paul Taylor and Mark Hugo Lopez for editorial guidance. Lopez and Rakesh Kochhar provided comments on earlier drafts of this report. Lopez checked numbers in the report. Molly Rohal was the copy editor.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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