Distribution of Hispanic or Latino People in the US

Explore the map and tables to see where people of this ethnic group have settled in the United States by county and state. Ethnic and ancestry information for these tables includes people of partial descent and is based on self identification.

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Hispanic or Latino

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5.75%
11.5%
17.25%
23%
34.5%
46%
57.5%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Barranquitas Municipio, Puerto Rico	100%
2	Yabucoa Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.92%
3	Hatillo Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.89%
4	Naranjito Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.87%
5	Cabo Rojo Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.87%
6	San Lorenzo Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.85%
7	Juana D, Puerto Rico	99.85%
8	Maricao Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.84%
9	Sabana Grande Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.83%
10	Hormigueros Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.8%
11	Barceloneta Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.79%
12	Arroyo Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.79%
13	Villalba Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.75%
14	Lo, Puerto Rico	99.75%
15	Patillas Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.75%
16	Yauco Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.74%
17	Can, Puerto Rico	99.73%
18	Las Piedras Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.72%
19	Cayey Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.71%
20	Pe, Puerto Rico	99.69%

Top Counties by Population of Hispanic or Latino

#	County	Population
1	Los Angeles County, California	4,893,603
2	Harris County, Texas	1,958,963
3	Miami-Dade County, Florida	1,845,646
4	Cook County, Illinois	1,314,232
5	Maricopa County, Arizona	1,311,091
6	Bexar County, Texas	1,155,505
7	Riverside County, California	1,154,517
8	San Bernardino County, California	1,127,813
9	San Diego County, California	1,106,925
10	Orange County, California	1,080,195
11	Dallas County, Texas	1,033,000
12	Bronx County, New York	803,636
13	Hidalgo County, Texas	781,681
14	El Paso County, Texas	690,189
15	Clark County, Nevada	662,081
16	Queens County, New York	643,563
17	Tarrant County, Texas	576,242
18	Broward County, Florida	554,609
19	Fresno County, California	515,907
20	Kings County, New York	499,279

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Puerto Rico	98.89%	3,349,340
2	New Mexico	48.54%	1,015,751
3	Texas	39.17%	10,921,556
4	California	38.88%	15,221,577
5	Arizona	31.14%	2,163,312
6	Nevada	28.45%	831,597
7	Florida	25.17%	5,184,720
8	Colorado	21.42%	1,184,794
9	New Jersey	19.91%	1,768,020
10	New York	18.89%	3,705,588
11	Illinois	16.96%	2,174,842
12	Connecticut	15.69%	561,791
13	Rhode Island	15.03%	158,858
14	Utah	13.86%	422,123
15	Oregon	12.84%	523,956
16	Washington	12.5%	911,573
17	Idaho	12.39%	209,073
18	Kansas	11.71%	340,616
19	Massachusetts	11.55%	789,127
20	District of Columbia	10.92%	74,776
21	Nebraska	10.67%	203,281
22	Hawaii	10.41%	147,962
23	Oklahoma	10.4%	407,521
24	Maryland	9.81%	588,912
25	Wyoming	9.79%	56,966
26	Georgia	9.4%	968,463
27	North Carolina	9.22%	935,950
28	Virginia	9.17%	771,177
29	Delaware	9.09%	86,315
30	Arkansas	7.32%	219,052
31	Pennsylvania	7.08%	905,156
32	Alaska	6.93%	51,186
33	Indiana	6.78%	450,267
34	Wisconsin	6.68%	385,779
35	Iowa	5.85%	183,296
36	South Carolina	5.56%	275,685
37	Tennessee	5.3%	352,402
38	Minnesota	5.3%	292,764
39	Louisiana	5.04%	234,920
40	Michigan	5%	497,897
41	Alabama	4.18%	203,146
42	Missouri	4.09%	249,105
43	Montana	3.75%	39,019
44	Ohio	3.71%	431,327
45	South Dakota	3.7%	31,995
46	New Hampshire	3.6%	48,356
47	Kentucky	3.58%	158,744
48	North Dakota	3.53%	26,529
49	Mississippi	3.03%	90,493
50	Vermont	1.87%	11,677
51	Maine	1.61%	21,421
52	West Virginia	1.5%	27,522

Top States and Territories by Population of Hispanic or Latino

#	State	Population
1	California	15,221,577
2	Texas	10,921,556
3	Florida	5,184,720
4	New York	3,705,588
5	Puerto Rico	3,349,340
6	Illinois	2,174,842
7	Arizona	2,163,312
8	New Jersey	1,768,020
9	Colorado	1,184,794
10	New Mexico	1,015,751
11	Georgia	968,463
12	North Carolina	935,950
13	Washington	911,573
14	Pennsylvania	905,156
15	Nevada	831,597
16	Massachusetts	789,127
17	Virginia	771,177
18	Maryland	588,912
19	Connecticut	561,791
20	Oregon	523,956
21	Michigan	497,897
22	Indiana	450,267
23	Ohio	431,327
24	Utah	422,123
25	Oklahoma	407,521
26	Wisconsin	385,779
27	Tennessee	352,402
28	Kansas	340,616
29	Minnesota	292,764
30	South Carolina	275,685
31	Missouri	249,105
32	Louisiana	234,920
33	Arkansas	219,052
34	Idaho	209,073
35	Nebraska	203,281
36	Alabama	203,146
37	Iowa	183,296
38	Rhode Island	158,858
39	Kentucky	158,744
40	Hawaii	147,962
41	Mississippi	90,493
42	Delaware	86,315
43	District of Columbia	74,776
44	Wyoming	56,966
45	Alaska	51,186
46	New Hampshire	48,356
47	Montana	39,019
48	South Dakota	31,995
49	West Virginia	27,522
50	North Dakota	26,529
51	Maine	21,421
52	Vermont	11,677

Source Data

This data was sourced from the 2013-2018 American Communities Survey. As this is freely available government data, feel free to use and share these numbers and metrics.