Census 2000 PHC-T-10. Hispanic or Latino Origin for the United States, Regions, Divisions, States, and for Puerto Rico: 2000 Table 1-R3. Hispanic or Latino Origin for South Region: 2000 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, Summary File 1 and unpublished data. Internet Release date: October 22, 2001 (For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, see www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/sf1.pdf) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Group | Number | Percent ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN Total population 100,236,820 100.0 Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 11,586,696 11.6 Not Hispanic or Latino 88,650,124 88.4 HISPANIC OR LATINO BY TYPE Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 11,586,696 100.0 Mexican 6,548,081 56.5 Puerto Rican 759,305 6.6 Cuban 921,427 8.0 Other Hispanic or Latino 3,357,883 29.0 Dominican (Dominican Republic) 96,036 0.8 Central American (excludes Mexican) 610,450 5.3 Costa Rican 23,578 0.2 Guatemalan 98,442 0.8 Honduran 106,020 0.9 Nicaraguan 101,463 0.9 Panamanian 40,712 0.4 Salvadoran 215,840 1.9 Other Central American 24,395 0.2 South American 478,446 4.1 Argentinean 36,164 0.3 Bolivian 22,631 0.2 Chilean 24,375 0.2 Colombian 194,614 1.7 Ecuadorian 38,336 0.3 Paraguayan 2,618 -- Peruvian 78,187 0.7 Uruguayan 6,597 0.1 Venezuelan 57,765 0.5 Other South American 17,159 0.1 Spaniard 30,482 0.3 All other Hispanic or Latino 2,142,469 18.5 Checkbox only, other Hispanic 578,771 5.0 Write-in "Spanish" 163,460 1.4 Write in "Hispanic" 1,059,285 9.1 Write-in "Latino" 122,610 1.1 Not elsewhere classified 218,343 1.9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Percentage rounds to 0.0.