{"id":303151,"date":"2026-05-07T16:15:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=short-read&p=303151"},"modified":"2026-05-08T09:16:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:16:01","slug":"10-facts-about-cubans-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2026\/05\/07\/10-facts-about-cubans-in-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"10 facts about Cubans in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Children hold a Cuban flag during a celebration honoring the country’s patron saint in Hialeah, Florida, on Sept. 7, 2024. (Giorgio Viera\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Cubans and Americans have a long history that predates the founding of the United States. Cuba and Florida were both Spanish colonies in the 1500s<\/a>. Over the last 70 years<\/a>, political events and economic conditions on the island have led to Cubans coming to the U.S. in waves<\/a>, including many who arrived following the Cuban Revolution in 1959.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, there are millions of people living in the U.S. who trace their origin to Cuba. Here are 10 facts about this population, primarily based on a Pew Research Center analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau\u2019s 2024 American Community Survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About this research<\/summary>\n

This Pew Research Center analysis summarizes key facts about Cubans in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why did we do this?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pew Research Center conducts demographic studies, opinion surveys and other research to better understand people in the United States and around the world. The Center has long studied changes in the U.S. population, including changes among Hispanics<\/a>. This analysis focuses on Cuban Americans and builds on a larger body of work about Hispanic origin groups in the U.S., including Mexicans<\/a>, Puerto Ricans<\/a> and Venezuelans<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Pew Research Center<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did we do this?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this analysis, we primarily used data from the U.S. Census Bureau\u2019s American Community Survey<\/a> (ACS) provided by IPUMS USA<\/a> at the University of Minnesota. ACS figures reported in the text are rounded to the nearest 1,000. Growth rates and population shares are computed from unrounded numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Information on the legal status of immigrants is based on our August 2025 report<\/a>. Data on the CHNV parole program and other admissions at the southwestern border comes from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security<\/a>. Data about Cuban Americans\u2019 political leanings and their views about Trump administration policies comes from Center surveys conducted in 2020<\/a> and 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Terminology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Immigrants, or the foreign-born population, are U.S. residents born in foreign countries to parents who are not U.S. citizens. The U.S.-born population includes people born in the U.S. or its territories or born in foreign countries to at least one U.S. citizen parent.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Cubans are the third-largest Hispanic origin group in the U.S., after Mexicans and Puerto Ricans. <\/strong>As of 2024, there were 2.9 million people of Cuban origin in the U.S. \u2013 23% more than in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n

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U.S. Cuban population reached 2.9 million in 2024<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Source: Pew Research Center analysis of the 2006, 2010, 2015, 2019 and 2024 American Community Surveys (IPUMS), and 1980-2000 decennial census 1% samples (IPUMS).<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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