The 10 Largest Hispanic Origin Groups: Characteristics, Rankings, Top Counties

V. Economics and Health Insurance

In 2010, the median household income for Hispanics in the U.S. was $40,000, less than the U.S. median of $49,800.
Ecuadorians have the highest median household income among these groups, at $50,000. The median household incomes for Colombians ($49,500) and Peruvians ($48,000) are slightly less than that.
Dominicans ($34,000), Puerto Ricans ($36,000) and Hondurans ($38,900) rank in the bottom three on the measure of median household income.

The poverty rate among Hispanics was 25% in 2010. That compares with a 15% rate for the entire U.S. A recent Pew Hispanic Center report showed that more Latino children are living in poverty than any other major racial or ethnic group (Lopez and Velasco, 2011).
The poverty rate is highest among Hondurans, Puerto Ricans and Mexicans (27%). They are closely followed by two groups at 26%— Dominicans and Guatemalans.
Only Colombians and Peruvians have poverty rates below the total U.S. rate (15%). At 13%, the poverty rate is lowest among Columbians. They are followed closely by Peruvians (14%).

Some 31% of Hispanics do not have health insurance, about twice the share of the overall U.S. population (16%).
Half of Hondurans are uninsured. The next most likely to lack insurance are Guatemalans (48%) and Salvadorans (41%).
Puerto Ricans (15%), Dominicans (22%) and Cubans (25%) are the groups least likely to lack health insurance.

Fewer than half (47%) of Hispanic household heads own their homes, lower than the overall U.S. rate of 65%.
Nearly six-in-ten (57%) Cubans own their homes—the highest homeownership rate among the 10 largest Hispanic origin groups. Mexicans have the second highest homeownership rate at 50%. They are followed by Colombians and Peruvians—both with homeownership rates of 49%.
The three groups least likely to be homeowners are Dominicans (24%), Hondurans (29%) and Guatemalans (30%).

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