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contexts > demography > ethnic groups > Hispanic Americans
contexts > demography > population groups > ethnic groups > Hispanic Americans

Preferred term

Hispanic Americans  

Definition(s)

  • Hispanics, also known as Chicanas/os or Latinas/os, are the largest ethnic minority group in the United States. In 2001, the U.S. Census reported that Hispanics constituted 12% of the U.S. population, with 66% of these identifying as Mexican-heritage. [Source: Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology; Hispanic Americans]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-G1932JZQ-0

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