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Characteristics of the U.S. Hispanic population: 2015
There were 56.5 million Hispanics in the United States in 2015, comprising 17.6% of the total U.S. population. In 1980, with a population of 14.8 million, Hispanics made up just 6.5% of the total U.S. population. Click on the expand buttons below the summary tables to see detailed tables for each.
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For a profile of the foreign-born population in the United States, click here.
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| Population (#) | 56,476,777 |
| Mexican | 63.3% |
| Foreign born | 34.4% |
| Speaking English at least very well (ages 5 and older) | 69.0% |
| White | 66.3% |
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| Median age (in years) | 28 |
| Female | 49.5% |
| Married (ages 18 and older) | 45.8% |
| Women ages 15-44 giving birth in past year | 6.7% |
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| High school graduate or less | 61.4% |
| Two-year degree/Some college | 23.6% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more | 15.0% |
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| In labor force (among civilian population) | 67.0% |
| Median annual personal earnings (in 2015 dollars, among those with earnings) | $24,000 |
| Median annual household income (in 2015 dollars) | $44,800 |
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| Living in poverty | 21.9% |
| Uninsured | 19.7% |
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| In family households | 90.6% |
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| West | 40.0% |
| California | 26.9% |
| South | 36.9 |
| Texas | 18.9% |
| Florida | 8.8% |
| Northeast | 14.0% |
| New York | 6.6% |
| Midwest | 9.1% |
| Illinois | 3.8% |
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Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2015 American Community Survey (1% IPUMS) “Statistical Portrait of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 2015”
