Percent Distribution of the Hispanic Population by Type: 2000

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Of the 35.3 million Hispanics in the United States in 2000, the Mexican-origin population numbered almost 21 million persons and was the largest Hispanic group. Puerto Ricans were 10 percent and Cubans were 3.5 percent of the Hispanic population. The remaining 28 percent were of other Hispanic origin, up from 23 percent in 1990.

Most “Other” Hispanics did not specify a detailed Hispanic origin, but either checked the Spanish/Hispanic/Latino box without providing any additional information or wrote in answers such as “Hispanic” or “Latino” or “Spanish.” At 17 percent (6.1 million) of the total Hispanic population, Hispanic respondents who did not give a detailed origin answer were second only in size to the Mexican-origin group.