American Latinos
| Total population | |
|---|---|
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c. 57,470,287 17.8% of the total U.S. population (2016) |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| The southwestern United States, the New York City metropolitan area, and Florida, as well as in other urban areas. | |
| Languages | |
| American English, Spanish, Spanglish, Portuguese, Portuñol and Amerindian languages. | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Christianity: Roman Catholic; minority of Protestants. Minorities in numerous other religions. |
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| Related ethnic groups | |
| Latin Americans, White Latin Americans, Amerindian, Afro-Latin Americans, Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans, Mestizos, Zamboes, Mulattoes, Pardos, Castizos, Tejanos, Louisiana Creole people, Chicanos, Nuyoricans. |
Hispanic Americans and Latino Americans (Spanish: hispanos; [isˈpanos]) are people in the United States who are descendants of countries of Latin America and Spain. It is the largest population of Latino Americans and Hispanics outside of Latin America. More generally, it includes all persons in the United States who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino, whether of full or partial ancestry. For the 2010 United States Census, people counted as "Hispanic" or "Latino" were those who identified as one of the specific Hispanic or Latino categories listed on the census questionnaire ("Mexican," "Puerto Rican," or "Cuban") as well as those who indicated that they were "other Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino." The national origins classified as Hispanic or Latino by the United States Census Bureau are the following: Argentine, Cuban, Colombian, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Mexican, Costa Rican, Guatemalan, Honduran, Nicaraguan, Panamanian, Salvadoran, Bolivian, Chilean, Ecuadorian, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Uruguayan, and Venezuelan. Other U.S. government agencies have slightly different definitions of the term, including Brazilians and other Portuguese-speaking groups. The Census Bureau uses the terms Hispanic and Latino interchangeably. This is not to be mistaken with people who are originally from Spain or Portugal, except their current residents or citizens from other continents of different race ancestry, as those are European and by American standards considered white like any other European person.
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