Top 25 Counties in the U.S. ranked by Highest 
  Percentage Hispanic or Latino Population /1, 2000

County, State                         Percent      Rank
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Starr, TX                                97.5         1
Maverick, TX                             95.0         2
Webb, TX                                 94.3         3
Brooks, TX                               91.6         4
Zavala, TX                               91.2         5
Jim Hogg, TX                             90.0         6
Hidalgo, TX                              88.3         7
Duval, TX                                88.0         8
Willacy, TX                              85.7         9
Dimmit, TX                               85.0        10
Zapata, TX                               84.8        11
Presidio, TX                             84.4        12
Cameron, TX                              84.3        13
Mora, NM                                 81.6        14
Guadalupe, NM                            81.2        15
Santa Cruz, AZ                           80.8        16
Kenedy, TX                               79.0        17
El Paso, TX                              78.2        18
San Miguel, NM                           78.0        19
La Salle, TX                             77.1        20
Jim Wells, TX                            75.7        21
Val Verde, TX                            75.5        22
Hudspeth, TX                             75.0        23
Frio, TX                                 73.8        24
Reeves, TX                               73.4        25

/1 Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin 
     may be of any race.

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau,
         County and City Data Book: 2000,
         Table B-1.