List of U.S. states by Hispanic and Latino population

Percent of Hispanic and Latino population by state in 2012.

Hispanic and Latino population by counties in the U.S. (2010 US Census)

Population change in Hispanic and Latino population from 2000 to 2010. As of 2010, Hispanic and Latinos were the fastest growing population demographic in the United States

The following are lists of the Hispanic and Latino population per each state in the United States of America.

As of 2012, Hispanics and Latinos make up about 17% of the total U.S. population. The state with the largest percentage of Hispanics and Latinos is New Mexico at 47%. The state with the largest Hispanic and Latino population overall is California with over 14 million Hispanics and Latinos.

2010 US Census results

Hispanic and Latino Population by state or territory (2000–2010)^[1][2]

State/Territory	Pop 2000	% pop 2000	Pop 2010	% pop 2010	% growth 2000-2010	%pop 2012
Alabama	75,830	1.7%	185,602	3.9%	+144.8%	4.1%
Alaska	25,852	4.1%	39,250	5.5%	+51.8%	6.1%
Arizona	1,295,617	25.3%	1,895,149	29.6%	+46.3%	30.2%
Arkansas	86,866	3.2%	186,050	6.4%	+114.2%	6.8%
California	10,966,556	32.4%	14,013,719	37.6%	+27.8%	38.2%
Colorado	735,801	17.1%	1,038,687	20.7%	+41.2%	21.0%
Connecticut	320,323	9.4%	479,087	13.4%	+49.6%	14.2%
Delaware	37,277	4.8%	73,221	8.2%	+96.4%	8.6%
District of Columbia	44,953	7.9%	54,749	9.1%	+21.8%	9.9%
Florida	2,682,715	16.8%	4,223,806	22.5%	+57.4%	23.2%
Georgia	435,227	5.3%	853,689	8.8%	+96.1%	9.2%
Hawaii	87,699	7.2%	120,842	8.9%	+37.8%	9.5%
Idaho	101,690	7.9%	175,901	11.2%	+73.0%	11.6%
Illinois	1,530,262	12.3%	2,027,578	15.8%	+32.5%	16.3%
Indiana	214,536	3.5%	389,707	6.0%	+81.7%	6.3%
Iowa	82,473	2.8%	151,544	5.0%	+83.7%	5.3%
Kansas	188,252	7.0%	300,042	10.5%	+59.4%	11.0%
Kentucky	59,939	1.5%	132,836	3.1%	+121.6%	3.2%
Louisiana	107,738	2.4%	192,560	4.2%	+78.7%	4.5%
Maine	9,360	0.7%	16,935	1.3%	+80.9%	1.4%
Maryland	227,916	4.3%	470,632	8.2%	+106.5%	8.7%
Massachusetts	428,729	6.8%	627,654	9.6%	+46.4%	10.1%
Michigan	323,877	3.3%	436,358	4.4%	+34.7%	4.6%
Minnesota	143,382	2.9%	250,258	4.7%	+74.5%	4.9%
Mississippi	39,569	1.4%	81,481	2.7%	+105.9%	2.9%
Missouri	118,592	2.1%	212,470	3.5%	+79.2%	3.7%
Montana	18,081	2.0%	28,565	2.9%	+58.0%	3.1%
Nebraska	94,425	5.5%	167,405	9.2%	+77.3%	9.7%
Nevada	393,970	19.7%	716,501	26.5%	+81.9%	27.3%
New Hampshire	20,489	1.7%	36,704	2.8%	+79.1%	3.0%
New Jersey	1,117,191	13.3%	1,555,144	17.7%	+39.2%	18.5%
New Mexico	765,386	42.1%	953,403	46.3%	+24.6%	47.0%
New York	2,867,583	15.1%	3,416,922	17.6%	+19.2%	18.2%
North Carolina	378,963	4.7%	800,120	8.4%	+111.1%	8.7%
North Dakota	7,786	1.2%	13,467	2.0%	+73.0%	2.5%
Ohio	217,123	1.9%	354,674	3.1%	+63.4%	3.3%
Oklahoma	179,304	5.2%	332,007	8.9%	+85.2%	9.3%
Oregon	275,314	8.0%	450,062	11.7%	+63.5%	12.2%
Pennsylvania	394,088	3.2%	719,660	5.7%	+82.6%	6.1%
Rhode Island	90,820	8.7%	130,655	12.4%	+43.9%	13.2%
South Carolina	95,076	2.4%	235,682	5.1%	+147.9%	5.3%
South Dakota	10,903	1.4%	22,119	2.7%	+102.9%	3.1%
Tennessee	123,838	2.2%	290,059	4.6%	+134.2%	4.8%
Texas	6,669,666	32.0%	9,460,921	37.6%	+41.8%	38.2%
Utah	201,559	9.0%	358,340	13.0%	+77.8%	13.3%
Vermont	5,504	0.9%	9,208	1.5%	+67.3%	1.6%
Virginia	329,540	4.7%	631,825	7.9%	+91.7%	8.4%
Washington	441,509	7.5%	755,790	11.2%	+71.2%	11.7%
West Virginia	12,279	0.7%	22,268	1.2%	+81.4%	1.3%
Wisconsin	192,921	3.6%	336,056	5.9%	+74.2%	6.2%
Wyoming	31,669	6.4%	50,231	8.9%	+58.6%	9.5%
American Samoa
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico	3,762,746	98.8%	3,688,455	99.0%	+0.2%	99.5%
U.S. Virgin Islands	15,196	14.0%	18,514	17.4% [3]
United States of America	35,305,818	12.5%	50,477,594	16.3%	+43.0%	16.9%

US states by Mexican American population

State/Territory	Mexican American Population (2010 Census)[4]	Percentage
Alabama	122,911	2.6
Alaska	21,642	3.0
Arizona	1,657,668	25.9
Arkansas	138,194	4.7
California	11,423,146	30.7
Colorado	757,181	15.1
Connecticut	50,658	1.4
Delaware	30,283	3.0
District of Columbia	8,507	1.4
Florida	629,718	3.3
Georgia	519,502	5.4
Hawaii	35,415	2.6
Idaho	148,923	9.5
Illinois	1,602,403	12.5
Indiana	295,373	4.6
Iowa	117,090	3.8
Kansas	247,297	8.7
Kentucky	82,110	1.9
Louisiana	78,643	1.7
Maine	5,134	0.4
Maryland	88,004	1.5
Massachusetts	38,379	0.6
Michigan	317,903	3.2
Minnesota	176,007	3.3
Mississippi	52,459	1.8
Missouri	147,254	2.5
Montana	20,048	2.0
Nebraska	128,060	7.0
Nevada	540,978	20.0
New Hampshire	7,822	0.6
New Jersey	217,715	2.5
New Mexico	590,890	28.7
New York	457,288	2.4
North Carolina	486,960	5.1
North Dakota	9,223	1.4
Ohio	172,029	1.5
Oklahoma	267,016	7.1
Oregon	369,817	9.7
Pennsylvania	129,568	1.0
Rhode Island	9,090	0.9
South Carolina	138,350	3.0
South Dakota	13,839	1.7
Tennessee	186,615	2.9
Texas	7,951,193	31.6
Utah	258,905	9.4
Vermont	2,534	0.4
Virginia	155,067	1.9
Washington	601,768	8.9
West Virginia	9,704	0.5
Wisconsin	244,248	4.3
Wyoming	37,719	6.7
Total US	31,798,258	10.3

US states by Puerto Rican population

State/Territory	Puerto Rican-American Population (2010 Census)[5][6]	Percentage[note 1][7]
Alabama	12,225	0.3
Alaska	4,502	0.6
Arizona	34,787	0.5
Arkansas	4,789	0.2
California	189,945	0.5
Colorado	22,995	0.5
Connecticut	252,972	7.1
Delaware	22,533	2.5
District of Columbia	3,129	0.5
Florida	847,550	4.5
Georgia	71,987	0.7
Hawaii	44,116	3.2
Idaho	2,910	0.2
Illinois	182,989	1.4
Indiana	30,304	0.5
Iowa	4,885	0.2
Kansas	9,247	0.3
Kentucky	11,454	0.3
Louisiana	11,603	0.3
Maine	4,377	0.3
Maryland	42,572	0.7
Massachusetts	266,125	4.1
Michigan	37,267	0.4
Minnesota	10,807	0.2
Mississippi	5,888	0.2
Missouri	12,236	0.2
Montana	1,491	0.2
Nebraska	3,242	0.2
Nevada	20,664	0.8
New Hampshire	11,729	0.9
New Jersey	434,092	4.9
New Mexico	7,964	0.4
New York	1,070,558	5.5
North Carolina	71,800	0.8
North Dakota	987	0.1
Ohio	94,965	0.8
Oklahoma	12,223	0.3
Oregon	8,845	0.2
Pennsylvania	366,082	2.9
Rhode Island	34,979	3.3
South Carolina	26,493	0.6
South Dakota	1,483	0.2
Tennessee	21,060	0.3
Texas	130,576	0.5
Utah	7,182	0.3
Vermont	2,261	0.4
Virginia	73,958	0.9
Washington	25,838	0.4
West Virginia	3,701	0.2
Wisconsin	46,323	0.8
Wyoming	1,026	0.2
USA	4,623,716	1.5

Historic Hispanic/Latino population (1910-2012)

% of Population of Mexican Origin (1910-1930) and of Hispanic/Latino Origin (1940-2010) by U.S. State^{[8][9][10][11][a]}

State/Territory	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2012
United States of America	0.4%	0.7%	1.2%	1.4%	16	15	4.720	6.4%	9.0%	12.5%	16.3%	16.9%
Alabama	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%			0.4%	0.9%	0.6%	1.7%	3.9%	4.1%
Alaska							2.1%	2.4%	3.2%	4.1%	5.5%	6.1%
Arizona	28.6%	30.4%	30.2%	20.4%	17.2%	14.9%	17.3%	16.2%	18.8%	25.3%	29.6%	30.2%
Arkansas	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%			0.5%	0.8%	0.8%	3.2%	6.4%	6.8%
California	2.1%	3.7%	6.8%	6.0%	7.2%	9.1%	13.7%	19.2%	25.8%	32.4%	37.6%	38.2%
Colorado	0.4%	1.6%	5.7%	8.2%	9.0%	9.0%	11.6%	11.8%	12.9%	17.1%	20.7%	21.0%
Connecticut	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%			2.4%	4.0%	6.5%	9.4%	13.4%	14.2%
Delaware	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%			1.1%	1.6%	2.4%	4.8%	8.2%	8.6%
District of Columbia	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%			2.1%	2.8%	5.4%	7.9%	9.1%	9.9%
Florida	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.3%			6.6%	8.8%	12.2%	16.8%	22.5%	23.2%
Georgia	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%			0.6%	1.1%	1.7%	5.3%	8.8%	9.2%
Hawaii							3.0%	7.4%	7.3%	7.2%	8.9%	9.5%
Idaho	0.0%	0.3%	0.3%	0.5%			2.6%	3.9%	5.3%	7.9%	11.2%	11.6%
Illinois	0.0%	0.1%	0.4%	0.3%			3.3%	5.6%	7.9%	12.3%	15.8%	16.3%
Indiana	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.2%			1.3%	1.6%	1.8%	3.5%	6.0%	6.3%
Iowa	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%			0.6%	0.9%	1.2%	2.8%	5.0%	5.3%
Kansas	0.5%	0.9%	1.1%	0.7%			2.1%	2.7%	3.8%	7.0%	10.5%	11.0%
Kentucky	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%			0.3%	0.7%	0.6%	1.5%	3.1%	3.2%
Louisiana	0.1%	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%			1.9%	2.4%	2.2%	2.4%	4.2%	4.5%
Maine	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%			0.4%	0.4%	0.6%	0.7%	1.3%	1.4%
Maryland	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.4%	1.5%	2.6%	4.3%	8.2%	8.7%
Massachusetts	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%			1.1%	2.5%	4.8%	6.8%	9.6%	10.1%
Michigan	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.2%			1.4%	1.8%	2.2%	3.3%	4.4%	4.6%
Minnesota	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%			0.6%	0.8%	1.2%	2.9%	4.7%	4.9%
Mississippi	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%			0.4%	1.0%	0.6%	1.4%	2.7%	2.9%
Missouri	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%			0.9%	1.1%	1.2%	2.1%	3.5%	3.7%
Montana	0.0%	0.1%	0.5%	0.4%			1.1%	1.3%	1.5%	2.0%	2.9%	3.1%
Nebraska	0.0%	0.2%	0.5%	0.4%			1.4%	1.8%	2.3%	5.5%	9.2%	9.7%
Nevada	1.1%	1.8%	3.7%	2.8%			5.6%	6.7%	10.4%	19.7%	26.5%	27.3%
New Hampshire	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%			0.4%	0.6%	1.0%	1.7%	2.8%	3.0%
New Jersey	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%			4.3%	6.7%	9.6%	13.3%	17.7%	18.5%
New Mexico	6.9%	9.8%	15.2%	41.7%	36.5%	28.3%	37.4%	36.6%	38.2%	42.1%	46.3%	47.0%
New York	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.0%			8.0%	9.5%	12.3%	15.1%	17.6%	18.2%
North Carolina	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%			0.4%	1.0%	1.2%	4.7%	8.4%	8.7%
North Dakota	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%			0.3%	0.6%	0.7%	1.2%	2.0%	2.5%
Ohio	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%			0.9%	1.1%	1.3%	1.9%	3.1%	3.3%
Oklahoma	0.3%	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%			1.4%	1.9%	2.7%	5.2%	8.9%	9.3%
Oregon	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%			1.7%	2.5%	4.0%	8.0%	11.7%	12.2%
Pennsylvania	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%			0.9%	1.3%	2.0%	3.2%	5.7%	6.1%
Rhode Island	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%			0.7%	2.1%	4.6%	8.7%	12.4%	13.2%
South Carolina	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%			0.4%	1.1%	0.9%	2.4%	5.1%	5.3%
South Dakota	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%			0.4%	0.6%	0.8%	1.4%	2.7%	3.1%
Tennessee	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%			0.4%	0.7%	0.7%	2.2%	4.6%	4.8%
Texas	7.1%	9.9%	13.8%	11.5%	13.3%	14.8%	17.7%	21.0%	25.5%	32.0%	37.6%	38.2%
Utah	0.0%	0.3%	0.8%	0.5%			4.1%	4.1%	4.9%	9.0%	13.0%	13.3%
Vermont	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%			0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	0.9%	1.5%	1.6%
Virginia	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0%	1.5%	2.6%	4.7%	7.9%	8.4%
Washington	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%			2.1%	2.9%	4.4%	7.5%	11.2%	11.7%
West Virginia	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%			0.4%	0.7%	0.5%	0.7%	1.2%	1.3%
Wisconsin	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%			0.9%	1.3%	1.9%	3.6%	5.9%	6.2%
Wyoming	0.2%	1.1%	3.2%	2.4%			5.6%	5.2%	5.7%	6.4%	8.9%	9.5%
Puerto Rico										98.8%	99.0%	99.5%

See also

• Mexican migration
• Demographics of Hispanic and Latino Americans
• Illegal immigrant population of the United States
• Christianity among Hispanic and Latino Americans

Cities and neighborhoods:

• List of U.S. cities with large Hispanic populations
• List of U.S. cities by Spanish-speaking population
• List of Hispanic neighborhoods
• List of California communities with Hispanic majority populations in the 2010 census

Notes

1. Percentage of the state population that identifies itself as Puerto Rican relative to the state/territory" population as a whole.

References

1. US Census Bureau: "Redistricting Data, First Look at Local 2010 Census Results"
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