Views of Hispanic identity may change in coming decades as broad societal changes, such as rising intermarriage rates, produce an increasingly diverse and multiracial U. For many Hispanics, the current census categories may not fully capture how they view their racial identity. For example, The next largest single-race group was White At the same time, more than 20 million Latinos identified with more than one race on the census, up from just 3 million in The increase in multiracial Latinos could be due to a number of factors, including changes to the census form that make it easier for people to identify with multiple races and growing racial diversity among Latinos.
At the same time, the number of Latinos who identify as White and no other race declined from Similar to race, Hispanics can be of any country of origin or ancestry. This results in varying patterns that relate to where people come from and how they choose to identify themselves on census surveys. For the most part, people who trace their ancestry to these countries are not counted as Hispanic by the Census Bureau, usually because most do not identify as Hispanic when they fill out their census forms.
These patterns likely reflect a growing recognition and acceptance of the official definition of Hispanics. But by , the shares identifying as Hispanic dropped to levels closer to those seen today. What people report on census forms is not subject to any independent checks, corroborations or corrections. The first year the Census Bureau asked everybody in the country about Hispanic ethnicity was in Some efforts were made before then to count people who today would be considered Hispanic.
A portion of the U. By , the current approach — in which someone is asked if they are Hispanic — had taken hold, with some tweaks made to the question and response categories since then. However, this change did not appear in the census. Note: This post was originally published on May 28, , by Jeffrey S. It has been updated several times since then.
This group represents In , among Hispanic subgroups, Mexicans ranked as the largest at Following this group are: Puerto Ricans 9. Another significant point is that in , Language Fluency : Language fluency varies among Hispanic subgroups who reside within the mainland United States.
Census data shows that Educational Attainment : According to a U. Census Bureau report, Economics : According to a U. In , the unemployment rate for Hispanics was 5. In , the U. Census Bureau reported that Insurance Coverage : It is significant to note that Hispanics have the highest uninsured rates of any racial or ethnic group within the United States. In , the Census Bureau reported that Among Hispanic subgroups, examples of coverage varied as follows: In , September 15 marks the start of National Hispanic Heritage Month.
Back in the s, Mora writes, U. Cuban-Americans were mostly relatively well-off professionals, concentrated in Florida, who viewed themselves as racially white. Puerto Ricans living on the mainland were clustered largely in the urban Northeast. Mexican-Americans—or Chicanos, as the more radical among them called themselves—lived largely in the Southwest and often understood themselves as an economically exploited minority group.
The group modeled much of its work on Black civil rights organizing. But it had a problem. Where African-American groups were able to draw on census data to make public policy arguments about issues like Black unemployment, Mexican-Americans had no such data. The group, with other Chicano organizations, began lobbying the Census Bureau to collect specific data on Mexican-Americans.
Select personalised content. Create a personalised content profile. Measure ad performance. Select basic ads. Create a personalised ads profile. Select personalised ads. Apply market research to generate audience insights. Measure content performance. Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. Are you wondering what the difference is between the terms Hispanic and Latino? While Hispanic usually refers to people with a background in a Spanish-speaking country, Latino is typically used to identify people who hail from Latin America.
These identities can be claimed by anyone, regardless of their heritage. Researchers and publishers including the U. Census do not dispute how people identify. In order to use these terms appropriately, it helps to understand their differences and when it is appropriate to use each one.
Knowing the origins of the Hispanic and Latino labels, what they mean, how they are used, and how people self-identify helps you gain that understanding. You might think of Hispanic and Latino as terms used to describe racial categories, similar to the terms White, Black, or Asian.
However, the groups that comprise Hispanics and Latinos are actually diverse in terms of race. The terms "Hispanic" and "Latino" refer to ethnicity, culture, and identity. They are groups based on shared culture rather than skin color, race, or other physical features. However, the groups are also broader than ethnicity, which can make the terms confusing. Hispanic refers to people who speak Spanish or who have a background in a Spanish-speaking country.
In other words, Hispanic refers to the language that a person speaks or that their ancestors spoke. Some Hispanic people speak Spanish, but others don't. For this reason, people who are Hispanic may vary in their race and also where they live or originate.
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