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Meanwhile, 67% of Hispanic adults overall are English proficient, as are 94% of Hispanic adults with origins in Spain.

Meanwhile, 67% of Hispanic adults overall are English proficient, as are 94% of Hispanic adults with origins in Spain. Pew Research Center’s fact sheets on U.S. Latinos and the accompanying blog post examine the Latino population of the United States overall and by its 17 largest origin groups – Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Salvadorans , Dominicans, Cubans, Guatemalans, Colombians, Hondurans, Spaniards, Ecuadorians, Peruvians, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, Argentines, Panamanians, Chileans and Costa Ricans.  These sheets provide detailed geographic, demographic and economic characteristics for all Latinos and for each Latino origin group. They are based on the Center’s tabulations of the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2010 and 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) and the 2000 U.S. decennial census. The ACS is the largest household survey in the United States, with a sample of more than 3 million addresses. It covers the topics previously covered in the long form of the decennial census. The ACS is d...

Among Hispanics in the U.S., 32% are foreign born, compared with 12% of U.S. Spaniards.

Among Hispanics in the U.S., 32% are foreign born, compared with 12% of U.S. Spaniards.   57% of foreign-born Spaniards have been in the U.S. for over 20 years, and 57% of foreign-born Spaniards are U.S. citizens   20% of U.S. Hispanics ages 25 and older have obtained at least a bachelor’s degree, compared with 40% of Spaniards.   Among Spaniards ages 25 and older, the U.S. born are less likely than the foreign born to  Among U.S. Hispanics, the median annual personal earnings for those ages 16 and older was  The share of U.S. Hispanics overall who live in poverty (18%) is greater than the share among  Top states of residence The Hispanic population with origins from Spain is concentrated in California (18%), Texas (11%), New Mexico (10%), Florida (9%) and New York (6%). Age   The median age of U.S. Hispanics  (29.5) is lower than that of Spaniards (34.2) and the U.S.  U.S. Hispanics ages 18 and older are about as likely to be married (46%) a...