Census 2000 PHC-T-10. Hispanic or Latino Origin for the United States, Regions, Divisions, States, and for Puerto Rico: 2000 Table 1-R4. Hispanic or Latino Origin for West Region: 2000 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, Summary File 1 and unpublished data.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 63,197,932 100.0 Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 15,340,503 24.3 Not Hispanic or Latino 47,857,429 75.7 HISPANIC OR LATINO BY TYPE Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 15,340,503 100.0 Mexican 11,413,265 74.4 Puerto Rican 246,936 1.6 Cuban 105,994 0.7 Other Hispanic or Latino 3,574,308 23.3 Dominican (Dominican Republic) 9,944 0.1 Central American (excludes Mexican) 650,727 4.2 Costa Rican 17,274 0.1 Guatemalan 164,305 1.1 Honduran 37,607 0.2 Nicaraguan 56,276 0.4 Panamanian 17,225 0.1 Salvadoran 299,790 2.0 Other Central American 58,250 0.4 South American 212,371 1.4 Argentinean 29,941 0.2 Bolivian 8,404 0.1 Chilean 19,838 0.1 Colombian 45,393 0.3 Ecuadorian 22,071 0.1 Paraguayan 908 -- Peruvian 55,793 0.4 Uruguayan 2,439 -- Venezuelan 9,645 0.1 Other South American 17,939 0.1 Spaniard 35,978 0.2 All other Hispanic or Latino 2,665,288 17.4 Checkbox only, other Hispanic 705,081 4.6 Write-in "Spanish" 372,853 2.4 Write in "Hispanic" 1,045,706 6.8 Write-in "Latino" 211,375 1.4 Not elsewhere classified 330,273 2.2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Percentage rounds to 0.0.