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) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
- 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.





