Hispanic Population as a Percent of Total Population by State

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The Hispanic population as a percent of the state’s total population is shown on this slide.

About 44 percent of Hispanics lived in the West and 33 percent in the South. The Northeast and the Midwest accounted for 15 percent and 9 percent respectively of the Hispanic population.

Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans were concentrated in different regions. The largest Mexican populations (more than a million) were in California, Texas, Illinois and Arizona. The largest Puerto Rican populations (more than 250,000) were in New York, Florida, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. About two-thirds of all Cubans lived in Florida.