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Hispanic Population in Select U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 2010

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Top 60 Hispanic Metropolitan Areas

Rank Metro Area HISPANIC POPULATION SHARE HISPANIC AMONG POPULATION AMONG HISPANICS, SHARE FOREIGN BORN AMONG UNDER 18, SHARE HISPANIC TOP THREE HISPANIC ORIGIN GROUPS
(GROUP, SHARE)
1 Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA 5,724,000 44.5% 42.5% 58.5% Mexican
Salvadoran
Guatemalan
78.4%
7.4%
4.7%
2 New York-Northeastern NJ 4,243,000 23.9% 44.5% 29.2% Puerto Rican
Dominican
Mexican
27.4%
20.6%
12.9%
3 Houston-Brazoria, TX 2,044,000 36.3% 40.8% 45.9% Mexican
Salvadoran
Honduran
78.6%
7.2%
2.5%
4 Riverside-San Bernardino,CA 2,012,000 47.4% 33.0% 60.6% Mexican
Salvadoran
Guatemalan
87.6%
3.0%
1.5%
5 Chicago, IL 1,934,000 21.1% 40.0% 29.8% Mexican
Puerto Rican
Guatemalan
79.7%
10.2%
1.5%
6 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX 1,746,000 27.9% 40.2% 37.7% Mexican
Salvadoran
Puerto Rican
85.5%
3.9%
2.0%
7 Miami-Hialeah, FL 1,610,000 65.7% 66.5% 60.9% Cuban
Colombian
Nicaraguan
53.9%
7.5%
6.2%
8 Phoenix, AZ 1,136,000 29.7% 31.7% 43.3% Mexican
Puerto Rican
Spaniard
89.7%
1.9%
1.3%
9 San Antonio, TX 1,090,000 55.5% 17.8% 65.7% Mexican
Puerto Rican
Spaniard
91.0%
1.9%
0.7%
10 San Francisco-Oakland-Vallejo, CA 1,088,000 22.2% 41.8% 32.2% Mexican
Salvadoran
Guatemalan
71.0%
7.8%
3.3%
11 San Diego, CA 1,000,000 32.2% 37.4% 45.7% Mexican
Puerto Rican
Spaniard
90.4%
1.8%
1.5%
12 Washington, DC/MD/VA 774,000 14.0% 56.2% 17.9% Salvadoran
Mexican
Guatemalan
34.4%
15.8%
6.4%
13 McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr-Mission, TX 707,000 90.7% 30.8% 95.3% Mexican
Spaniard
Cuban
97.7%
0.2%
0.2%
14 El Paso, TX 662,000 82.3% 30.0% 87.9% Mexican
Puerto Rican
Spaniard
96.0%
1.0%
0.6%
15 Denver-Boulder, CO 596,000 23.1% 29.2% 34.1% Mexican
Spaniard
Puerto Rican
81.8%
4.8%
1.6%
16 Las Vegas, NV 571,000 29.2% 41.3% 42.2% Mexican
Cuban
Salvadoran
76.6%
4.2%
3.7%
17 Fresno, CA 552,000 50.9% 31.6% 63.3% Mexican
Salvadoran
Puerto Rican
95.1%
0.9%
0.8%
18 Orlando, FL 543,000 25.4% 26.0% 32.0% Puerto Rican
Mexican
Cuban
51.3%
11.4%
8.3%
19 Atlanta, GA 530,000 10.8% 53.8% 14.7% Mexican
Puerto Rican
Salvadoran
58.5%
7.6%
6.7%
20 Austin, TX 502,000 31.0% 28.9% 42.3% Mexican
Puerto Rican
Salvadoran
82.0%
2.1%
1.5%
21 San Jose, CA 482,000 27.0% 36.8% 36.6% Mexican
Salvadoran
Spaniard
83.7%
3.4%
2.0%
22 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 456,000 16.4% 34.7% 23.6% Puerto Rican
Mexican
Cuban
30.8%
21.8%
20.5%
23 Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach, FL 442,000 25.2% 51.8% 28.6% Puerto Rican
Cuban
Colombian
18.5%
17.3%
16.3%
24 Philadelphia, PA/NJ/NJ 420,000 7.9% 24.7% 11.6% Puerto Rican
Mexican
Dominican
52.5%
17.1%
7.2%
25 Bakersfield, CA 416,000 49.4% 33.7% 61.9% Mexican
Salvadoran
Guatemalan
91.0%
2.6%
1.5%
26 Albuquerque, NM 411,000 47.0% 15.9% 60.5% Mexican
Spaniard
Puerto Rican
49.7%
7.0%
0.7%
27 Boston, MA-NH 403,000 9.9% 42.1% 14.5% Puerto Rican
Dominican
Salvadoran
27.4%
26.4%
8.4%
28 Sacramento, CA 375,000 19.2% 27.5% 27.8% Mexican
Puerto Rican
Spaniard
81.2%
3.9%
2.7%
29 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX 359,000 88.1% 27.5% 93.9% Mexican
Spaniard
96.4%
0.3%
30 Tucson, AZ 341,000 34.7% 25.4% 51.8% Mexican
Puerto Rican
Spaniard
92.0%
1.9%
0.5%
31 Ventura-Oxnard-Simi Valley, CA 333,712 40.4% 37.8% 53.2% Mexican
Puerto Rican
Salvadoran
88.9%
1.6%
1.4%
32 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA 269,611 60.8% 33.3% 73.7% Mexican
Spaniard
97.5%
0.4%
33 Stockton, CA 268,103 39.0% 31.5% 50.6% Mexican
Puerto Rican
Salvadoran
89.1%
3.2%
2.4%
34 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL 253,108 19.1% 53.3% 26.4% Mexican
Cuban
Puerto Rican
21.7%
17.2%
13.5%
35 Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT 242,681 15.4% 36.2% 20.2% Mexican
Salvadoran
Peruvian
79.2%
2.3%
2.3%
36 Laredo, TX 240,864 95.7% 30.4% 97.4% Mexican
Puerto Rican
Honduran
94.4%
0.9%
0.5%
37 Seattle-Everett, WA 238,560 9.0% 41.1% 14.5% Mexican
Puerto Rican
Peruvian
77.3%
3.7%
2.3%
38 Portland, OR-WA 226,356 10.9% 38.0% 18.4% Mexican
Guatemalan
Puerto Rican
79.0%
3.4%
3.1%
39 Modesto, CA 216,473 42.0% 31.8% 55.9% Mexican
Puerto Rican
Salvadoran
93.0%
1.7%
1.5%
40 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 189,279 9.7% 50.3% 14.0% Mexican
Salvadoran
Puerto Rican
50.5%
9.7%
8.6%
41 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA 182,941 43.1% 37.5% 62.3% Mexican
Salvadoran
Puerto Rican
90.8%
1.9%
1.3%
42 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN 175,426 5.6% 42.3% 8.8% Mexican
Puerto Rican
Salvadoran
69.5%
5.2%
4.4%
43 Raleigh-Durham, NC 171,551 10.7% 51.8% 16.1% Mexican
Puerto Rican
Salvadoran
59.7%
8.7%
6.1%
44 Detroit, MI 167,569 3.9% 28.9% 6.1% Mexican
Puerto Rican
Cuban
74.2%
9.0%
2.7%
45 Kansas City, MO-KS 161,062 8.6% 37.8% 13.0% Mexican
Salvadoran
Spaniard
77.1%
4.2%
2.9%
46 Corpus Christi, TX 157,275 54.1% 6.7% 63.9% Mexican
Puerto Rican
Honduran
90.5%
1.5%
0.7%
47 Milwaukee, WI 147,510 9.5% 26.9% 15.0% Mexican
Puerto Rican
Salvadoran
63.8%
25.3%
1.9%
48 Merced, CA 141,097 55.1% 32.8% 67.0% Mexican
Salvadoran
96.1%
1.0%
49 Salinas-Sea Side-Monterey, CA 139,394 51.5% 40.8% 70.2% Mexican
Spaniard
Salvadoran
90.8%
2.2%
2.0%
50 Las Cruces, NM 138,829 65.9% 25.1% 79.9% Mexican
Spaniard
93.7%
1.7%
51 Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, MA/RI 134,815 13.0% 38.1% 21.4% Dominican
Puerto Rican
Guatemalan
33.5%
30.8%
12.9%
52 Oklahoma City, OK 130,397 12.8% 40.6% 20.3% Mexican
Guatemalan
Puerto Rican
80.6%
5.6%
2.3%
53 Hartford-Bristol-Middleton-New Britain, CT 127,897 17.3% 17.9% 25.7% Puerto Rican
Mexican
Colombian
71.0%
6.1%
4.7%
54 Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC 126,593 8.9% 52.3% 15.1% Mexican
Puerto Rican
Salvadoran
66.8%
10.3%
5.6%
55 Odessa, TX 124,633 45.5% 17.8% 58.5% Mexican 94.9%
56 Baltimore, MD 123,029 4.6% 45.0% 6.5% Mexican
Puerto Rican
Salvadoran
26.7%
16.7%
15.9%
57 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 121,330 25.0% 39.9% 40.8% Mexican
Salvadoran
Guatemalan
85.0%
5.7%
1.3%
58 Yuma, AZ 117,471 59.8% 35.3% 77.6% Mexican
Puerto Rican
95.1%
1.4%
59 Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL 113,839 18.4% 46.3% 31.0% Mexican
Cuban
Puerto Rican
25.0%
22.4%
20.1%
60 Indianapolis, IN 112,857 6.1% 48.2% 9.4% Mexican
Honduran
Puerto Rican
74.8%
5.1%
3.3%

Rankings by Hispanic Origin Population

Mexican

Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA   4,489,000
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA   1,761,000
Houston-Brazoria, TX   1,606,000
Chicago, IL   1,542,000
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX   1,542,000
Phoenix, AZ   1,493,000
San Antonio, TX   1,018,000
San Diego, CA   992,000
San Francisco-Oakland-Vallejo, CA   904,000
McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr-Mission, TX   773,000

Puerto Rican

New York-Northeastern NJ   1,161,000
Orlando, FL   279,000
Philadelphia, PA/NJ   220,000
Chicago, IL   198,000
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL   141,000
Boston, MA-NH   110,000
Miami-Hialeah, FL   95,000
Hartford-Bristol, CT   91,000
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, FL   82,000
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA   58,000

Cuban

Miami-Hialeah, FL   868,000
New York-Northeastern NJ   134,000
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL   93,000
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, FL   77,000
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA   55,000
Orlando, FL   45,000
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL   44,000
Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL   26,000
Las Vegas, NV   24,000
Chicago, IL   23,000

Salvadoran

Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA   423,000
Washington, DC/MD/VA   266,000
New York-Northeastern NJ   200,000
Houston-Brazoria,TX   147,000
San Francisco-Oakland-Vallejo, CA   85,000
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX   68,000
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA   61,000
Atlanta, GA   35,000
Boston, MA-NH   34,000
Las Vegas, NV   21,000

Dominican

New York-Northeastern NJ   875,000
Boston, MA-NH   107,000
Miami-Hialeah, FL   56,000
Providence-Fall River, MA/RI   45,000
Orlando, FL   35,000
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, FL   32,000
Philadelphia, PA/NJ   30,000
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL   18,000
Atlanta, GA   17,000
Washington, DC/MD/VA   15,000

Guatemalan

Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA   272,000
New York-Northeastern NJ   89,000
Washington, DC/MD/VA   50,000
Houston-Brazoria, TX   44,000
San Francisco-Oakland-Vallejo, CA   36,000
Boston, MA-NH   33,000
Riverside-San Bernardino, CA   30,000
Chicago, IL   30,000
Miami-Hialeah, FL   23,000
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL   23,000

Rankings by Hispanic Origin Share

Mexican

McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr-Mission, TX   97.7%
Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA   97.5%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX   96.4%
Merced, CA   96.1%
El Paso, TX   96.0%
Fresno, CA   95.1%
Yuma, AZ   95.1%
Odessa, TX   94.9%
Laredo, TX   94.4%
Las Cruces, NM   93.7%

Puerto Rican

Hartford-Bristol, CT   71.0%
Philadelphia, PA/NJ   52.5%
Orlando, FL   51.3%
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL   30.8%
Providence-Fall River, MA/RI   30.8%
Boston, MA-NH   27.4%
New York-Northeastern NJ   27.4%
Milwaukee, WI   25.3%
Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL   20.1%
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, FL   18.5%

Cuban

Miami-Hialeah, FL   53.9%
Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL   22.4%
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL   20.5%
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywod, FL   17.3%
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL   17.2%
Orlando, FL   8.3%
Las Vegas, NV   4.2%
Raleigh-Durham, NC   3.4%
New York-Northeastern NJ   3.2%
Atlanta, GA   3.1%

Salvadoran

Washington, DC/MD/VA   34.4%
Baltimore, MD   15.9%
Charlotte-Gastonia, NC-SC   9.7%
Boston, MA-NH   8.4%
San Francisco-Oakland-Vallejo, CA   7.8%
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA   7.4%
Houston-Brazoria, TX   7.2%
Atlanta, GA   6.7%
Raleigh-Durham, NC   6.1%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA   5.7%

Dominican

Providence-Fall River, MA/RI   33.5%
Boston, MA-NH   26.4%
New York-Northeastern NJ   20.6%
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, FL   7.3%
Philadelphia, PA/NJ   7.2%
Orlando, FL   6.4%
Baltimore, MD   5.3%
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL   3.9%
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL   3.8%
Miami-Hialeah, FL   3.5%

Guatemalan

Providence-Fall River, MA/RI   12.9%
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL   9.1%
Boston, MA-NH   8.2%
Washington, DC/MD/VA   6.4%
Baltimore, MD   6.1%
Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL   5.9%
Oklahoma City, OK   5.6%
Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA   4.7%
Atlanta, GA   4.4%
Portland, OR-WA   3.4%
  1. Hispanic origin is based on self-described family ancestry or place of birth in response to a question on the Census Bureau's American Community Survey. Ancestry is not necessarily the same as the place of birth of the respondent, nor is it indicative of immigrant or citizenship status.