latino population

What percentage of the U.S. population was Latino in 2024?

20% (68 million people)

Between 2000 and 2024, what share of total U.S. population growth did Latinos account for?

56% (more than any other racial or ethnic group)

What was the median age of U.S. Latinos in 2024, and how does it compare to non-Hispanic Whites?

31.2 years for Latinos vs. 43.2 years for non-Hispanic Whites

In 2024, what percentage of all U.S. Latinos were U.S. citizens?

79% (67% by birth, 13% naturalized)

What share of Latinos in 2024 were immigrants (foreign-born)?

33% (down from 40% in 2000, with a small uptick in 2024)

Of the roughly 40 million people of Mexican origin in the U.S. in 2024, what percentage of the total Latino population did they represent?

57%

Which Latino origin group grew the fastest between 2019 and 2024?

Venezuelans (more than doubled in size)

In which two states did Latinos become the largest racial/ethnic group, and in what years?

California in 2014 (now 41%) and Texas in 2021 (now 40%)

In 2024, what percentage of all babies born in the United States had at least one Hispanic parent?

32% (much higher than Latinos’ 20% share of the total population)

From 2022–2024, what was the main driver of rapid Latino population growth (after births had dominated 2000–2021)?

A sharp increase in immigration from Latin America (both legal and unauthorized)

According to 2025 projections in the report, what will again become the primary source of Latino population growth after recent policy changes?

U.S. births (immigration expected to drop again)

Name the five states with the largest Latino populations in 2024 (in order).

California, texas, florida, new york, Illinois