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Hispanic and Latino Americans
Total population
	c. 57,470,287; 17.79% of the total U.S. population (2016)
Regions with significant populations
	Across the country, especially in the Southwestern United States, the New York City metropolitan area, and Florida, as well as in other urban areas.
Languages
	American English, Spanish, Spanglish, Portuguese, Creoles, French and Amerindian languages.
Religion
	Predominantly Roman Catholic;; minority of Protestants.; Minorities in numerous other religions.
Related ethnic groups
	Latin Americans, White Latin Americans, Amerindian, Afro-Latin Americans, Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans, Mestizos, Zamboes, Mulattoes, Pardos, Castizos, Tejanos, Louisiana Creole people, Chicanos, Nuyoricans,

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Hispanic Americans and Latin Americans (Spanish: hispanos; [isˈpanos]) are people in the United States of America who are descendants of the Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking countries of Latin America and Spain.^[6]^[7]^[8] It is the largest population of Latino Americans and Hispanics outside of Latin America.^[9] More generally, it includes all persons in the United States who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino, whether of full or partial ancestry.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13] For the 2010 United States Census, people counted as "Hispanic" or "Latino" were those who identified as one of the specific Hispanic or Latino categories listed on the census questionnaire ("Mexican," "Puerto Rican," or "Cuban") as well as those who indicated that they were "other Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino." The national origins classified as Hispanic or Latino by the United States Census Bureau are the following: Spanish, Argentine, Cuban, Colombian, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Dominican, Costa Rican, Guatemalan, Honduran, Nicaraguan, Panamanian, Salvadoran, Bolivian, Chilean, Ecuadorian, Paraguayan, Peruvian, Uruguayan, and Venezuelan. Other U.S. government agencies have slightly different definitions of the term, including Brazilians and other Portuguese-speaking groups. The Census Bureau uses the terms Hispanic and Latino interchangeably.^[14]

"Origin" can be viewed as the ancestry, nationality group, lineage, or country of birth of the person or the person's parents or ancestors before their arrival in the United States. People who identify as Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino may be of any race.^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18] As the only specifically designated category of ethnicity in the United States (other than non-Hispanic/Latino)^{[clarification needed]}, Hispanics form a pan-ethnicity incorporating a diversity of inter-related cultural and linguistic heritages. Most Hispanic Americans are of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Salvadoran, Dominican, Guatemalan, or Colombian origin. The predominant origin of regional Hispanic populations varies widely in different locations across the country.^[16]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]

Hispanic Americans are the second fastest-growing ethnic group by percentage growth in the United States after Asian Americans.^[23] Hispanic/Latinos overall are the second-largest ethnic group in the United States, after non-Hispanic Whites (a group which, like Hispanics and Latinos, is composed of dozens of sub-groups of differing national origin).^[24]

Hispanics have lived within what is now the United States continuously^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28] since the founding of St. Augustine by the Spanish in 1565. After Native Americans, Hispanics are the oldest ethnic group to inhabit much of what is today the United States. Many have Native American ancestry.^[29]^[30]^[31]^[32] Spain colonized large areas of what is today the American Southwest and West Coast, as well as Florida. Its holdings included present-day California, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Texas, all of which were part of the Republic of Mexico from its independence in 1821 until the end of the Mexican–American War in 1848. Conversely, Hispanic immigrants to the New York City metropolitan area derive from a broad spectrum of Latin American states.^[2]

A study published in 2015 in the American Journal of Human Genetics, based on 23andMe data from 8,663 self-described Latinos, estimated that Latinos in the United States carried a mean of 65.1% European ancestry, 18.0% Native American ancestry, and 6.2% African ancestry. The study found that self-described Latinos from the Southwest, especially those along the Mexican border, had the highest mean levels of Native American ancestry, while self-described Latinos from the South, Midwest, and Atlantic Coast had the highest mean levels of African ancestry.^[33]

Terminology

The terms "Hispanic" and "Latino" refer to an ethnicity; people of this group may be of any race. Hispanic people may share some commonalities in their language, culture, history, and heritage. According to the Smithsonian Institution, the term "Latino" includes peoples with Portuguese roots, such as Brazilians, as well as those of Spanish-language origin.^[34]^[35] In the United States, many Hispanics and Latinos are of both European and Native American ancestry (mestizo). Others are wholly or predominately of European ancestry, or wholly or predominantly of Amerindian ancestry. Many Hispanics and Latinos from the Caribbean, as well as other regions of Latin America where African slavery was widespread, may be of sub-Saharan African descent as well.^[34]^[36]

The difference between the terms Hispanic and Latino is confusing to some. The U.S. Census Bureau equates the two terms and defines them as referring to anyone from Spain and the Spanish-speaking countries of the Americas. The term Latino has developed a number of definitions. One definition of Latino is "a Latin male in the United States".^[37] This is the oldest and the original definition used in the United States, first used in 1946.^[37] This definition encompasses Spanish speakers from both Europe and the Americas. Under this definition, immigrants from Spain and immigrants from Latin America are both Latino. This definition is consistent with the 21st-century usage by the U.S. Census Bureau and OMB, as the two agencies use both terms Hispanic and Latino interchangeably.

A later definition of Latino is as a condensed form of the term "Latino-Americano", the Spanish word for Latin-American, or someone who comes from Latin America. Under this definition a Mexican American or Puerto Rican, for example, is both a Hispanic and a Latino. A Brazilian American is also a Latino by this definition, which includes those of Portuguese-speaking origin from Latin America. An immigrant from Spain, however, would be classified as Hispanic but not Latino by this definition.^[38]^[39]^[40]^[41]^[42]^[43]

While the U.S. Census Bureau's definition of "Hispanic" is limited to Spain and Spanish-speaking Latin America, other government agencies have slightly different definitions of the term. The US Department of Transportation defines "Hispanic" as "persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central or South American, or other Spanish or Portuguese culture or origin, regardless of race."^[44] This definition has been adopted by the Small Business Administration as well as by many federal, state, and municipal agencies. Unlike the Census Bureau's definition, this clearly includes people with origins in Portuguese-speaking countries.

Preference of use between the terms among Hispanics and Latinos in the United States often depends on where persons reside. Those in the Eastern United States tend to prefer the term Hispanic, whereas those in the West tend to prefer Latino.^[15] Both terms refer to ethnicity, as a person of Latino or Hispanic origin can be of any race.^[16]^[45]

In Spanish, Latina is used for persons of feminine gender; Latino is used for those of masculine gender, or by default. For example, a group of mixed or unknown gender would be referred to as Latinos. In the 21st century, the neologisms Latinx and Latin@^[46] were coined as a gender-neutral alternative to this traditional usage.^[47] The X functions as a variable, encompassing those who identify as male, female, or non-binary. The @ symbol is seen as containing both the masculine 'o' and feminine 'a', thus serving a similar purpose.^[48] Neither has been widely adopted.

History

16th and 17th centuries

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1850	116,943	—
1880	393,555	—
1900	503,189	—
1910	797,994	58.6%
1920	1,286,154	61.2%
1930	1,653,987	28.6%
1940	2,021,820	22.2%
1950	3,231,409	59.8%
1960	5,814,784	79.9%
1970	8,920,940	53.4%
1980	14,608,673	63.8%
1990	22,354,059	53.0%
2000	35,305,818	57.9%
2010	50,477,594	43.0%
2014 (est.)	55,387,539	9.7%
Sources: ^[49]

Hispanic/Latinos have been settled continuously in the territory of the United States since the late 16th century,^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28] earlier than any other colonial group of European origin. Spanish explorers were pioneers in the territory of the present-day United States. The first confirmed European landing in the continental U.S. was by Juan Ponce de León, who landed in 1513 at a lush shore he christened La Florida.

Within three decades of Ponce de León's landing, the Spanish became the first Europeans to reach the Appalachian Mountains, the Mississippi River, the Grand Canyon and the Great Plains. Spanish ships sailed along the East Coast, penetrating to present-day Bangor, Maine, and up the Pacific Coast as far as Oregon. From 1528 to 1536, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and three fellows (including an African named Estevanico), from a Spanish expedition that foundered, journeyed from Florida to the Gulf of California, 267 years before the Lewis and Clark Expedition. They turned back to the interior, reaching their destination of Mexico City.

In 1540 Hernando de Soto undertook an extensive exploration of the present U.S. That same year Francisco Vásquez de Coronado led 2,000 Spaniards and Mexican Indians across today's Arizona–Mexico border and traveled as far as central Kansas, close to the exact geographic center of what is now the continental United States. Other Spanish explorers of the US territory include, among others: Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, Pánfilo de Narváez, Sebastián Vizcaíno, Gaspar de Portolà, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Tristán de Luna y Arellano and Juan de Oñate, and non-Spanish explorers working for the Spanish Crown, such as Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo. In all, Spaniards probed half of today's lower 48 states before the first English colonization effort in 1585 at Roanoke Island off the East Coast.

In 1565 the Spanish created the first permanent European settlement in the continental United States, at St. Augustine, Florida. Santa Fe, New Mexico was founded before Jamestown, Virginia (founded in 1607) and the New England Plymouth Colony (1620, of Mayflower and Pilgrims fame). Spanish missionaries and colonists founded settlements in El Paso, San Antonio, Tucson, San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco, to name a few.

18th and 19th centuries

As late as 1783, at the end of the American Revolutionary War (a conflict in which Spain aided and fought alongside the rebels), Spain held claim to roughly half the territory of today's continental United States. From 1819 to 1848, the United States (through treaties, purchase, diplomacy, and the Mexican–American War) increased its area by roughly a third at Spanish and Mexican expense, acquiring three of what are today's four most populous states—California, Texas and Florida.

20th and 21st centuries

During the 20th and 21st centuries, Hispanic and Latino immigration to the US increased markedly following changes to the immigration law in 1965.

Hispanic and Latino contributions in the historical past and present of the United States are addressed in more detail below (See Notables and their contributions). To recognize the current and historic contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans, on September 17, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson designated a week in mid-September as National Hispanic Heritage Week, with Congress's authorization. In 1988, President Ronald Reagan extended the observance to a month, designated Hispanic Heritage Month.^[50]

Demographics

As of 2011, Hispanics accounted for 16.7% of the national population, or around 52 million people.^[51] The Hispanic growth rate over the April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007 period was 28.7%—about four times the rate of the nation's total population growth (at 7.2%).^[52] The growth rate from July 1, 2005 to July 1, 2006 alone was 3.4%^[53]—about three and a half times the rate of the nation's total population growth (at 1.0%).^[52] Based on the 2010 census, Hispanics are now the largest minority group in 191 out of 366 metropolitan areas in the US.^[54] The projected Hispanic population of the United States for July 1, 2050 is 132.8 million people, or 30.2% of the nation's total projected population on that date.^[55]

Geographic distribution

US metropolitan areas with over 1 million Hispanics (2011)^[56]

Rank	Metropolitan area	Hispanic population	Percent Hispanic
1	Los Angeles, California	5,804,000	45%
2	New York, New York	4,317,000	24%
3	San Juan, Puerto Rico	2,617,089	99%
4	Houston, Texas	2,105,000	37%
5	San Bernardino-Riverside, California	2,062,000	48%
6	Chicago, Illinois	1,971,000	22%
7	Dallas, Texas	1,809,000	28%
8	Miami, Florida	1,627,000	65%
9	Phoenix, Arizona	1,163,000	30%
10	San Francisco, California	1,114,000	23%
11	San Antonio, Texas	1,112,000	56%
12	San Diego, California	1,021,000	33%

States and territories with the highest proportion of Hispanics (2010)^{[citation needed]}

Rank	State/Territory	Hispanic population	Percent Hispanic
1	Puerto Rico	3,688,455	98%
2	New Mexico	953,403	46%
3	California	14,013,719	37%
4	Texas	9,460,921	37%
5	Arizona	1,895,149	29%
6	Nevada	716,501	26%
7	Florida	4,223,806	22%
8	Colorado	1,038,687	20%
9	New Jersey	1,555,144	17%
10	New York	3,416,922	17%
11	Illinois	2,027,578	15%

Of the nation's total Hispanic or Latino population, 49% (21.5 million) live in California or Texas.^[57]

Over half of the Hispanic/Latino population is concentrated in the Southwest region, mostly composed of Mexican Americans. California and Texas have some of the largest populations of Mexicans and Central American Latinos in the United States. The Northeast region is dominated by Puerto Ricans and Dominican Americans, having the highest concentrations of both in the country. In the Mid Atlantic region, centered on the DC Metro Area, Salvadoran Americans are the largest of Hispanic groups. Florida is dominated by Cuban Americans and Puerto Ricans. In both the Great Lakes States and the South Atlantic States, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans dominate. Mexicans dominate in the rest of the country, including the Western United States, South Central United States and Great Plains states.

National origin

As of 2007, some 64% of the nation's Hispanic population are of Mexican origin (see table). Another 9% are of Puerto Rican origin, with about 3% each of Cuban, Salvadoran and Dominican origins. The remainder are of other Central American or South American origin, or of origin directly from Spain. 60.2% of all Hispanic and Latino Americans were born in the United States.^[58]

There are few immigrants directly from Spain, since Spaniards have historically emigrated to Latin America rather than English-speaking countries. In the 2000 Census, 299,948 Americans, of whom 83% were native-born,^[59] specifically reported their ancestry as Spaniard.^[60] However a larger amount of people, in the 2000 Census some 2,187,144 Americans reported "Spanish" as their ancestry, whether directly from Spain or not.

In northern New Mexico and southern Colorado, there is a large portion of Hispanics who trace their ancestry to Spanish settlers of the late 16th century through the 17th century. People from this background often self-identify as "Hispanos", "Spanish", or "Hispanic". Many of these settlers also intermarried with local Amerindians, creating a Mestizo population.^[61] Likewise, southern Louisiana is home to communities of people of Canary Islands descent, known as Isleños, in addition to other people of Spanish ancestry.

Chicanos, Californios, Nuevomexicanos, and Tejanos are Americans of Spanish and or Mexican descent. Chicanos live in the Southwest, Nuevomexicanos in New Mexico, and Tejanos in Texas. Nuevomexicanos and Tejanos are distinct cultures with their own cuisines, dialects and musical traditions.The term "Chicano" became popular amongst Mexican Americans in the 1960s during the Chicano nationalism and Chicano Movement, and is today seen as an ethnic and cultural identity by some. Political activist César Chávez and novelist José Antonio Villarreal are famous Chicanos.

Nuyoricans are Americans of Puerto Rican descent from the New York City area. There are close to two million Nuyoricans in the US. Famous Nuyoricans include US Supreme Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor and singer Jennifer Lopez.

**Population by national origin (2010)**
(self-identified ethnicity, not by birthplace)^[62]
Hispanic ancestry	Population	% of Hispanics
Mexican	31,798,258	63.0
Puerto Rican	4,623,716	9.2
Cuban	1,785,547	3.5
Salvadoran	1,648,968	3.3
Dominican	1,414,703	2.8
Guatemalan	1,044,209	2.1
Colombian	908,734	1.8
New Mexican	750,000	1.4
Spanish	635,253	1.3
Honduran	633,401	1.3
Ecuadorian	564,631	1.1
Peruvian	531,358	1.1
Nicaraguan	348,202	0.7
Argentine	224,952	0.4
Venezuelan	215,023	0.4
Panamanian	165,456	0.3
Chilean	126,810	0.3
Costa Rican	126,418	0.3
Bolivian	99,210	0.2
Uruguayan	56,884	0.1
Paraguayan	20,023	-
All other	3,505,838	6.9
Total	50,477,594	100

Race

Hispanic and Latino Americans by race (2010)^[63]
Race	Population	% of all Hispanic and Latino Americans
White	26,735,713	53.0
Another race	18,503,103	36.7
Two or more races	3,042,592	6.0
Black	1,243,471	2.5
American Indian and Alaska Native	685,150	1.4
Asian	209,128	0.4
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander	58,437	0.1
Total	50,477,594	100.0

Hispanic or Latino origin is independent of race and is termed "ethnicity" by the United States Census Bureau. According to the 2007 American Community Survey, 42% of Hispanic and Latinos were White. The largest numbers of White Hispanics come from within the Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban and Colombian, communities.^[64]^[65]

Actress Alexis Bledel is a White Hispanic of Argentine heritage. Bledel grew up in a Spanish speaking household and did not learn English until she began school.^[66]^[67]

A significant percentage of the Hispanic and Latino population self-identifies as Mestizo, particularly the Mexican and Central American community. Mestizo is not a racial category in the U.S. Census, but signifies someone who has both European and American Indian Ancestry. According to the 2010 United States Census, 36.7% of Hispanic/Latino Americans identify as "some other race" as these Hispanic/Latinos may feel the U.S. census does not describe their European or American Indian ancestry as they understand it to be.^[63]

Half of the Hispanic/Latino population in the United States self-identifies as white. Most of the multi-racial population in the Mexican, Salvadoran, and Guatemalan communities are of European and Native American ancestry (Mestizo), while most of the multiracial population in the Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Cuban communities are of European and African ancestry (Mulatto).

The largest numbers of Black Hispanics are from the Spanish Caribbean islands, including the Cuban, Dominican, Panamanian, and Puerto Rican, communities.

Hispanic and Latinos are racially diverse, although different "races" are usually the majority of each Hispanic group. For example, of Hispanic Americans deriving from northern Mexico, most are White or bi-racial having White/Native American Ancestry, while of those deriving from southern Mexican ancestry, the majority are Native American or of Native American and European Ancestry. In Guatemala, Native American and bi-racial people of Native American and European descent make the majority, while in El Salvador, whites and Bi-racial people of Native American/European descent are the majority. In the Dominican Republic the population are largely made up of people with inter-mixed ancestries, in which there are even levels of African and European ancestry, with smaller numbers of Whites and Blacks as well. In Puerto Rico, people with European ancestry are the majority. There are also populations of predominantly of African descent as well as populations of American Indian descent as well as those with inter-mixed ancestries. Cubans are mostly of White Latin American ancestry, however there are also populations of Blacks and multi-racials as well.^[68]^[69]^[69]^[70] The race and culture of each Hispanic/Latino country and their United States diaspora differs by history and geography. Mexicans represent the bulk of the US Hispanic/Latino population, and most Mexican Americans that migrate to the United States are of Native American and White descent, which causes many non-Hispanics to equate being Hispanic with being of mestizo or Native American ancestry. Official sources report the racial makeup of these Hispanic subgroups as follows, Argentina,^[71] Uruguay,^[71] Puerto Rico,^[71] Cuba,^[71] and Chile,^[71] having the highest percentage of Hispanics self-identifying as white in their respective countries. As a result of their racial diversity, Hispanics form an ethnicity sharing a language (Spanish) and cultural heritage, rather than a race. The phenomenon of bi-racial people who are predominantly of European descent identifying as white is not limited to Hispanics or Spanish speakers but is also common among English speakers as well: researchers found that most White Americans with less than 28 percent African-American ancestry say they are White; above that threshold, people tended to describe themselves as African-American.^[72]

Youth

As of 2014, one third, or 17.9 million, of the Hispanic population was younger than 18 and a quarter, 14.6 million were Millennials. This makes them more than half of the Hispanic population within the United States.^[73]

Identity Post-migration

As Latino migrants become the norm in the United States, the effects of this migration on the identity of these migrants and their kin becomes most evident in the younger generations. Crossing the borders changes the identities of both the youth and their families. Often "one must pay special attention to the role expressive culture plays as both entertainment and as a site in which identity is played out, empowered, and reformed" because it is "sometimes in opposition to dominant norms and practices and sometimes in conjunction with them."^[74] The exchange of their culture of origin with American culture creates a dichotomy within the values that the youth find important, therefore changing what it means to be Latino in the global sphere.

Transnationalism

The term agringados is a term for immigrants who have gone to America and allowed themselves to be Americanized, thus losing their Latino identity. This is the identity struggle youth and families face because they are forced to choose how much American culture they can adopt without having their Latino peers looking down on them for being “too American”. Another way in which identity is compromised is shown through youth. Families who bring their young children into the U.S. allow them to be more exposed and vulnerable to adopting American identity. This becomes a problem for the parents because they struggle to understand their children and how to teach them, having grown up in their original country.

Along with feeling that they are neither from the country of their ethnic background nor the United States, a new identity within the United States is formed called latinidad. This is especially seen in cosmopolitan social settings like New York City, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Underway is "the intermeshing of different Latino subpopulations has laid the foundations for the emergence and ongoing evolution of a strong sense of latinidad" which establishes a "sense of cultural affinity and identity deeply rooted in what many Latinos perceive to be a shared historical, spiritual, aesthetic and linguistic heritage, and a growing sense of cultural affinity and solidarity in the social context of the United States."^[74] This unites Latinos as one, creating cultural kin with other Latino ethnicities.

Gender Roles

One of the many ways that migration to the United States changes identity for Latino youth is the way that they carry their gendered identities. Traditionally in Latino households it would be common to find women and young girls to be homebodies or una muchacha de la casa because this means she abides "by the cultural norms and respectability, chastity, and family honor valued by the community."^[75] However when Latina women come to the United States or are for there, they tend to adapt to the social norms of this new country. When they do this their social location changes as they become more independent and able to live without the financial support of their families or partners. These women are then viewed as being de la calle which is to be transgressive and sexually promiscuous. When Latino families are in the United States, they "deal with young women's failure to adhere to these culturally prescribed norms of proper gendered behavior in a variety of ways, including sending them to live in Puerto Rico with family members, regardless of whether or not they are sexually active."^[76]

Along with the increase in independence amongst these young women, the concept of vergüenza in many of the dynamics between gender relations begins to diminish. To have vergüenza is to assert male dominance in all spheres, especially in his relationship with his feminine partner. It is enforced through shaming males into fitting a machoarchetype in order to establish respect, dominance and in turn manliness in their social worlds. While there are many Latina women in the homeland as well as older Latina women in the United States who often reinforce this dynamic by not wanting a man who is a sinvergüenza (one without shame), the Latinx youth are taking sinvergüenza and wearing it with honor. Often being in the middle of these two worlds makes for the youth to "meditate between the two cultures and [their] ambivalence toward feeling a lack of vergüenza"^[77] resulting in a group of youth who celebrate being sinvergüenza while still acknowledging the concept of vergüenza within a part of their culture.

Sexuality

With the Catholic Church remaining a large influence on the Latino culture, the subject of promiscuity and sexuality is often considered taboo. It is taught in many Latino cultures that best way to remain pure of sin and not become pregnant is to remain celibate and heterosexual. All are to be straight and women are to be virgins and must carry herself like a Madonna in order to receive respect and have the family's honor remain. However, despite being told that they should essentially suppress any natural feeling of sexual curiosity, through the globalization of encouraging sexual liberation, many young Latina women take their sexuality into their own hands and do not listen to the Madonna ideal. Despite the this oppressive nature, "women are neither passive nor one-dimensional individuals who automatically adapt to these culturally and socially defined moral prescriptions shaping their sex lives in some way" but instead "sophisticated, multidimensional, and active social agents who react to these prescriptions in multiform and complicated ways."^[78]

Latino youth are also taking control of their sexuality through migration, globalization, and tourism in places like Acapulco, Cancun, Vallarta, Mazatlan, and Veracruz, all cities in Mexico. These cities are becoming popularized by gay youth, both Mexican and American, and have become somewhat of a safe haven for homosexual people as well as those whom have been labeled gay, not for their sexual preferences but because of the way that they're gender is perceived by others. Due to the persecution for presenting as homosexual that is faced in Mexico along with the difficulty to immigrate north of the border, "many queer Mexican men and women migrating to urban areas within Mexico has proved to be a better alternative."^[79] The creation of this ambiente, is due to the not only globalization of queerness but as well as the way harsh immigration laws in the United States makes these cities one of their only options.

Notable contributions

Hispanic and Latino Americans have made distinguished contributions to the United States in all major fields, such as politics, the military, music, literature, philosophy, sports, business and economy, and science.^[80]

Arts and entertainment

In 1995, the American Latino Media Arts Award, or ALMA Award was created. It's a distinction given to Latino performers (actors, film and television directors, and musicians) by the National Council of La Raza.

Music

There are many Hispanic American musicians that have achieved international fame, such as Christopher Rios better known by his stage name Big Pun, Mariah Carey, Jennifer López, Joan Baez, Linda Ronstadt, Zack de la Rocha, Fergie, Gloria Estefan, Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Kat DeLuna, Selena, Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, Carlos Santana, Christina Aguilera, Selena Gomez, Jerry García, Demi Lovato, Dave Navarro, Romeo Santos, Tom Araya, Becky G, Camila Cabello, all members of all-girl band Go Betty Go and two members of girl group, Fifth Harmony: Lauren Jauregui and Ally Brooke.

Among the Hispanic American musicians who were pioneers in the early stages of rock and roll were Ritchie Valens, who scored several hits, most notably "La Bamba" and Herman Santiago wrote the lyrics to the iconic rock and roll song "Why Do Fools Fall in Love". Songs that became popular in the United States and are heard during the Holiday/Christmas season are "¿Dónde Está Santa Claus?" is a novelty Christmas song with 12-year-old (Augie Ríos) was a record hit in 1959 which featured the Mark Jeffrey Orchestra. "Feliz Navidad" by José Feliciano. Miguel del Aguila,wrote 116 works and has three Latin Grammy nominations

In 1986, Billboard magazine introduced the Hot Latin Songs chart which ranks the best-performing songs on Spanish-language radio stations in the United States. Seven years later, Billboard initiated the Top Latin Albums which ranks top-selling Latin albums in the United States.^[81] Similarly, the Recording Industry Association of America incorporated "Los Premios de Oro y Platino" (The Gold and Platinum Awards) to certify Latin recordings which contains at least 50% of its content recorded in Spanish.^[82]

In 1989, Univision established the Lo Nuestro Awards which became the first award ceremony to recognize the most talented performers of Spanish-language music and was considered to be the "Hispanic Grammys".^[83]^[84] In 2000, the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (LARAS) established the Latin Grammy Awards to recognize musicians who perform in Spanish and Portuguese.^[85] Unlike The Recording Academy, LARAS extends its membership internationally to Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking communities worldwide in Latin America, Spain, and Portugal.^[86]

Film, radio, television, and theatre

Hispanics and Latinos have also contributed some prominent actors and others in the film industry. Of Puerto Rican origin: José Ferrer (the first Hispanic actor to win an Academy Award for his role in Cyrano de Bergerac), Rita Moreno, Chita Rivera, Raul Julia, Rosie Perez, Rosario Dawson, Esai Morales, Jennifer Lopez and Benicio del Toro. Of Mexican origin: Ramón Novarro, Dolores del Río, Lupe Vélez, Anthony Quinn, Ricardo Montalbán, Katy Jurado, Edward James Olmos, Salma Hayek, Danny Trejo, and Becky G. Of Cuban origin: Cesar Romero, Andy García, Cameron Diaz and Eva Mendes. Of Dominican origin: Maria Montez and Zoe Saldana. Of Brazilian origin: Carmen Miranda, Sonia Braga, and Rodrigo Santoro. Of Spanish origin: Rita Hayworth, Martin Sheen, and Antonio Banderas. Other outstanding figures are: Anita Page (of Salvadoran origin), Fernando Lamas (of Argentine origin), Raquel Welch (of Bolivian origin), Maria Conchita Alonso (of Venezuelan origin), John Leguizamo (of Colombian origin) and Oscar Isaac (of Guatemalan origin).

In standup comedy, Paul Rodríguez, Greg Giraldo, Cheech Marin, George Lopez, Freddie Prinze, Jade Esteban Estrada, Carlos Mencia, John Mendoza, Gabriel Iglesias, and others are prominent.

Some of the Hispanic or Latino actors who achieved notable success in U.S. television include Desi Arnaz, Lynda Carter, Jimmy Smits, Charo, Selena Gomez, Carlos Pena Jr., Eva Longoria, Sofía Vergara, Benjamin Bratt, Ricardo Montalbán, America Ferrera, Karla Souza, Diego Boneta, Erik Estrada, Cote de Pablo, Freddie Prinze, Lauren Vélez, and Charlie Sheen. Kenny Ortega is an Emmy Award-winning producer, director, and choreographer who has choreographed many major television events such as Super Bowl XXX, the 72nd Academy Awards, and Michael Jackson's memorial service.

Hispanics and Latinos are underrepresented in U.S. television, radio, and film. This is combatted by organizations such as the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA), founded in 1975; and National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC), founded in 1986.^[87] Together with numerous Latino civil rights organizations, the NHMC led a "brownout" of the national television networks in 1999, after discovering that there were no Latinos in any of their new prime time shows that year.^[88] This resulted in the signing of historic diversity agreements with ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC that have since increased the hiring of Hispanic and Latino talent and other staff in all of the networks.

Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) funds programs of educational and cultural significance to Hispanic Americans. These programs are distributed to various public television stations throughout the United States.

Business and finance

U.S. Century Bank is one of the largest Hispanic-owned banks in the United States.^[89]

The total number of Hispanic-owned businesses in 2002 was 1.6 million, having grown at triple the national rate for the preceding five years.^[50]

Hispanic and Latino business leaders include Cuban immigrant Roberto Goizueta, who rose to head of The Coca-Cola Company.^[90] Advertising Mexican-American magnate Arte Moreno became the first Hispanic to own a major league team in the United States when he purchased the Los Angeles Angels baseball club.^[91] Also a major sports team owner is Mexican-American Linda G. Alvarado, president and CEO of Alvarado Construction, Inc and co-owner of the Colorado Rockies baseball team.

The largest Hispanic-owned food company in the US is Goya Foods, because of World War II hero Joseph A. Unanue, the son of the company's founders.^[92] Angel Ramos was the founder of Telemundo, Puerto Rico's first television station^[93] and now the second largest Spanish-language television network in the United States, with an average viewership over one million in primetime. Samuel A. Ramirez, Sr. made Wall Street history by becoming the first Hispanic to launch a successful investment banking firm, Ramirez & Co.^[94]^[95] Nina Tassler is president of CBS Entertainment since September 2004. She is the highest-profile Latina in network television and one of the few executives who has the power to approve the airing or renewal of series.

Fashion

In the world of fashion, notable Hispanic and Latino designers include Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera, and Narciso Rodríguez among others. Christy Turlington, Gisele Bündchen and Lea T achieved international fame as models.

Government and politics

As of 2007 there were more than five thousand elected officeholders in the United States who were of Latino origin.^[96]

In the House of Representatives, Hispanic and Latino representatives have included Ladislas Lazaro, Antonio M. Fernández, Henry B. Gonzalez, Kika de la Garza, Herman Badillo, Romualdo Pacheco, and Manuel Lujan, Jr., out of almost two dozen former Representatives. Current Representatives include Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Jose E. Serrano, Luis Gutiérrez, Nydia Velázquez, Xavier Becerra, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Loretta Sanchez, Rubén Hinojosa, Mario Diaz-Balart, Raul Grijalva, Ben R. Lujan, Jaime Herrera Beutler, Raul Labrador, and Alex Mooney—in all, they number thirty. Former senators are Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo, Mel Martinez, Dennis Chavez, Joseph Montoya, and Ken Salazar. As of January 2011, the U.S. Senate includes Hispanic members Bob Menendez, a Democrat, and Republicans Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, all Cuban Americans.^[97]

Numerous Hispanics and Latinos hold elective and appointed office in state and local government throughout the United States.^[98] Current Hispanic Governors include Republican Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval and Republican New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez; upon taking office in 2011, Martinez became the first Latina governor in the history of the United States.^[99] Former Hispanic governors include Democrats Jerry Apodaca, Raul Hector Castro, and Bill Richardson, as well as Republicans Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo, Romualdo Pacheco, and Bob Martinez.

Since 1988,^[100] when Ronald Reagan appointed Lauro Cavazos the Secretary of Education, the first Hispanic United States Cabinet member, Hispanic Americans have had an increasing presence in presidential administrations. Hispanics serving in subsequent cabinets include Ken Salazar, current Secretary of the Interior; Hilda Solis, current United States Secretary of Labor; Alberto Gonzales, former United States Attorney General; Carlos Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce; Federico Peña, former Secretary of Energy; Henry Cisneros, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Manuel Lujan, Jr., former Secretary of the Interior; and Bill Richardson, former Secretary of Energy and Ambassador to the United Nations. Rosa Rios is the current US Treasurer, including the latest three, were Hispanic women.

In 2009, Sonia Sotomayor became the first Supreme Court Associate Justice of Hispanic or Latino origin.

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), founded in December 1976, and the Congressional Hispanic Conference (CHC), founded on March 19, 2003, are two organizations that promote policy of importance to Americans of Hispanic descent. They are divided into the two major American political parties: The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is composed entirely of Democratic representatives, whereas the Congressional Hispanic Conference is composed entirely of Republican representatives.

Literature and journalism

Geraldo Rivera is an American attorney, reporter, author, and talk show host.

Among the distinguished Hispanic and Latino authors and works are:

Isabel Allende (The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts)
Sandra Cisneros (The House on Mango Street and Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories)
Julia Álvarez ("How the García Girls Lost Their Accents")
Jorge Majfud (Crisis)
Rudolfo Anaya (Bless Me, Ultima and Heart of Aztlan)
Giannina Braschi (Empire of Dreams, Yo-Yo Boing!, and 'United States of Banana)
Junot Díaz (The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao)
Frank X Gaspar (Leaving Pico)
Rigoberto González (Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa)
Jovita González de Mireles (Caballero, cowritten with Eve Raleigh, and Dew On The Thorn)
Oscar Hijuelos (The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love)
Micol Ostow ("Mind Your Manners, Dick and Jane", "Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa"^[101]
Benito Pastoriza Iyodo (A Matter of Men and September Elegies)
Tomas Rivera (...And the Earth did Not Devour Him)
Richard Rodríguez (Hunger of Memory)
Rubén Salazar (journalist)
George Santayana (novelist and philosopher: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it")
Sergio Troncoso (From This Wicked Patch of Dust and The Last Tortilla and Other Stories)
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez (Haters)
Victor Villaseñor (Rain of Gold)
Oscar Zeta Acosta (The Revolt of the Cockroach People)
Guadalupe Baca-Vaughn (The Souls in Purgatory)
Alberto Alvaro Rios (Capirotada, Elk Heads on the Wall and The Iguana Killer)
John Quiñones

Military

Hispanics and Latinos have participated in the military of the United States and in every major military conflict from the American Revolution onward.^[102] 11% to 13% military personnel now are Latinos and they have been deployed in the Iraq War, the Afghanistan War, and U.S. military missions and bases elsewhere.^[103] Hispanics and Latinos have not only distinguished themselves in the battlefields but also reached the high echelons of the military, serving their country in sensitive leadership positions on domestic and foreign posts. Up to now, 43 Hispanics and Latinos have been awarded the nation's highest military distinction, the Medal of Honor (also known as the Congressional Medal of Honor). The following is a list of some notable Hispanics/Latinos in the military:

American Revolution

Bernardo de Gálvez (1746–1786) was a Spanish military leader and colonial administrator who aided the American Thirteen Colonies in their quest for independence and led Spanish forces against Britain in the Revolutionary War. Since 2014 he is a posthumous Honorary citizen of the United States.
Lieutenant Jorge Farragut Mesquida (1755–1817) – Participated in the American Revolution as a lieutenant in the South Carolina Navy.

American Civil War

Admiral David Farragut – Farragut was promoted to vice admiral on December 21, 1864, and to full admiral on July 25, 1866, after the war, thereby becoming the first person to be named full admiral in the Navy's history.^[104]
Colonel Ambrosio José Gonzales – Gonzales was active during the bombardment of Fort Sumter and because of his actions was appointed Colonel of artillery and assigned to duty as Chief of Artillery in the department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
Brigadier General Diego Archuleta (1814–1884) – was a member of the Mexican Army who fought against the United States in the Mexican–American War. During the American Civil War he joined the Union Army (US Army) and became the first Hispanic to reach the military rank of Brigadier General. He commanded The First New Mexico Volunteer Infantry in the Battle of Valverde. He was later appointed an Indian (Native Americans) Agent by Abraham Lincoln.^[105]
Colonel Carlos de la Mesa – Grandfather of Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen, Sr. commanding general of the First Infantry Division in North Africa and Sicily, and later the commander of the 104th Infantry Division during World War II. Colonel Carlos de la Mesa was a Spanish national who fought at Gettysburg for the Union Army in the Spanish Company of the "Garibaldi Guard" of the 39th New York State Volunteers.^[106]
Colonel Federico Fernández Cavada – Commanded the 114th Pennsylvania Volunteer infantry regiment when it took the field in the Peach Orchard at Gettysburg.^[107]
Colonel Miguel E. Pino – Commanded the 2nd Regiment of New Mexico Volunteers, which fought at the Battle of Valverde in February and the Battle of Glorieta Pass and helped defeat the attempted invasion of New Mexico by the Confederate Army.^[108]
Colonel Santos Benavides – Commanded his own regiment, the "Benavides Regiment." He was the highest ranking Mexican-American in the Confederate Army.^[107]
Major Salvador Vallejo – Officer in one of the California units that served with the Union Army in the West.^[108]
Captain Adolfo Fernández Cavada – Cavada served in the 114th Pennsylvania Volunteers at Gettysburg with his brother, Colonel Federico Fernandez Cavada. He served with distinction in the Army of the Potomac from Fredericksburg to Gettysburg and was a "special aide-de-camp" to General Andrew A. Humphreys.^[107]^[109]
Captain Roman Anthony Baca – Member of the Union forces in the New Mexico Volunteers. He also served as a spy for the Union Army in Texas.^[108]
Lieutenant Augusto Rodriguez – A Puerto Rican native who served as an officer in the 15th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, of the Union Army. Rodríguez served in the defenses of Washington, D.C. and led his men in the Battles of Fredericksburg and Wyse Fork.^[110]
Lola Sánchez – Sánchez was a Cuban born woman who became a Confederate spy who helped the Confederates obtain a victory against the Union Forces in the "Battle of Horse Landing".
Loreta Janeta Velázquez, also known as "Lieutenant Harry Buford" – She was a Cuban woman who donned Confederate garb and served as a Confederate officer and spy during the American Civil War.

World War I

Major General Luis R. Esteves, U.S. Army – In 1915, Esteves became the first Hispanic to graduate from the United States Military Academy ("West Point"). Esteves also organized the Puerto Rican National Guard.
Private Marcelino Serna – Serna was an undocumented Mexican immigrant who joined the United States Army and became the most decorated soldier from Texas in World War I. Serna was the first Hispanic to be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.

World War II

Lieutenant General Pedro del Valle – the first Hispanic to reach the rank of Lieutenant General. He played an instrumental role in the seizure of Guadalcanal and Okinawa as Commanding General of the U.S. 1st Marine Division during World War II.
Lieutenant General Elwood R. Quesada (1904–1993) – Commanding general of the 9th Fighter Command, where he established advanced headquarters on the Normandy beachhead on D-Day plus one, and directed his planes in aerial cover and air support for the Allied invasion of the European continent during World War II. He was the foremost proponent of "the inherent flexibility of air power", a principle he helped prove during the war.
Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen, Sr. (1888–1969) – was the commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division in North Africa and Sicily during World War II, and was made commander of the 104th Infantry Division.
Colonel Virgil R. Miller – was the Regimental Commander of the 442d Regimental Combat Team, a unit that was composed of "Nisei" (second generation Americans of Japanese descent), during World War II. He led the 442nd in its rescue of the Lost Texas Battalion of the 36th Infantry Division, in the forests of the Vosges Mountains in northeastern France.^[111]^[112]
Captain Marion Frederic Ramírez de Arellano (1913–1980) – served in World War II and was the first Hispanic submarine commander.
First Lieutenant Oscar Francis Perdomo, of the 464th Fighter Squadron, 507th Fighter Group was the last "Ace in a Day" for the United States in World War II.
CWO2 Joseph B. Aviles, Sr. – a member of the United States Coast Guard and the first Hispanic-American to be promoted to Chief Petty Officer, received a war-time promotion to Chief Warrant Officer (November 27, 1944), thus becoming the first Hispanic American to reach that level as well.^[113]
Sergeant First Class Agustín Ramos Calero – was the most decorated Hispanic soldier in the European Theatre of World War II.
PFC Guy Gabaldon, USMC – captured over a thousand prisoners during the World War II Battle of Saipan.
Tech4 Carmen Contreras-Bozak – the first Hispanic woman to serve in the U.S. Women's Army Corps where she served as an interpreter and in numerous administrative positions.^[114]

Korean War

Major General Salvador E. Felices, U.S. Air Force – In 1953, Felices flew in 19 combat missions over North Korea, during the Korean War. In 1957, he participated in "Operation Power Flite", a historic project that was given to the Fifteenth Air Force by the Strategic Air Command headquarters. Operation Power Flite was the first around the world non-stop flight by an all-jet aircraft.
First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez – is the only Hispanic graduate of the United States Naval Academy ("Annapolis") to be awarded the Medal of Honor.
Sergeant First Class Modesto Cartagena – was a member of the 65th Infantry Regiment, an all-Puerto Rican regiment also known as "The Borinqueneers", during World War II and the Korean War. He was the most decorated Puerto Rican soldier in history.^[115]

Cuban Missile Crisis

Admiral Horacio Rivero, Jr. – second Hispanic four-star admiral, was the commander of the American fleet sent by President John F. Kennedy to set up a quarantine (blockade) of the Soviet ships during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Vietnam War

Sergeant First Class Jorge Otero Barreto a.k.a. "The Puerto Rican Rambo"- was the most decorated Hispanic American soldier in the Vietnam War^[116]

After Vietnam

Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez – top commander of the Coalition forces during the first year of the occupation of Iraq, 2003–2004, during the Iraq War
Lieutenant General Edward D. Baca – In 1994, Baca became the first Hispanic Chief of the National Guard Bureau.
Vice Admiral Antonia Novello, M.D., Public Health Service Commissioned Corps – In 1990, Novello became the first Hispanic (and first female) U.S. Surgeon General.
Vice Admiral Richard Carmona, M.D., Public Health Service Commissioned Corps – Carmona served as the 17th Surgeon General of the United States, under President George W. Bush.
Brigadier General Joseph V. Medina, USMC, made history by becoming the first Marine Corps officer to take command of a naval flotilla.
Rear Admiral Ronald J. Rábago is the first person of Hispanic American descent to be promoted to rear admiral (lower half) in the United States Coast Guard.^[117]
Captain Linda Garcia Cubero, United States Air Force – in 1980 became the first Hispanic woman graduate of the United States Air Force.
Major General Erneido Oliva. He was appointed to the position of Deputy Commanding General of the D.C. National Guard.
Brigadier General Carmelita Vigil-Schimmenti, United States Air Force- in 1985 became the first Hispanic female to attain the rank of Brigadier General in the Air Force.^[118]^[119]
On August 2, 2006, Brigadier General Angela Salinas, made history when she became the first Hispanic female to obtain a general rank in the Marines.^[120]
Chief Master Sergeant Ramón Colón-López is pararescueman who in 2007, was the only Hispanic among the first six airmen to be awarded the newly created Air Force Combat Action Medal.

Medal of Honor

The following 43 Hispanics were awarded the Medal of Honor: Philip Bazaar, Joseph H. De Castro, John Ortega, France Silva, David B. Barkley, Lucian Adams, Rudolph B. Davila, Marcario Garcia, Harold Gonsalves, David M. Gonzales, Silvestre S. Herrera, Jose M. Lopez, Joe P. Martinez, Manuel Perez Jr., Cleto L. Rodriguez, Alejandro R. Ruiz, Jose F. Valdez, Ysmael R. Villegas, Fernando Luis García, Edward Gomez, Ambrosio Guillen, Rodolfo P. Hernandez, Baldomero Lopez, Benito Martinez, Eugene Arnold Obregon, Joseph C. Rodriguez, John P. Baca, Roy P. Benavidez, Emilio A. De La Garza, Ralph E. Dias, Daniel Fernandez, Alfredo Cantu "Freddy" Gonzalez, Jose Francisco Jimenez, Miguel Keith, Carlos James Lozada, Alfred V. Rascon, Louis R. Rocco, Euripides Rubio, Hector Santiago-Colon, Elmelindo Rodrigues Smith, Jay R. Vargas, Humbert Roque Versace, and Maximo Yabes.

National intelligence

In the spy arena, José Rodríguez, a native of Puerto Rico, was the Deputy Director of Operations and subsequently Director of the National Clandestine Service (D/NCS), two senior positions in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), between 2004 and 2007.^[121]
Lieutenant Colonel Mercedes O. Cubria (1903–1980), a.k.a. La Tía (The Aunt), was the first Cuban-born female officer in the U.S. Army. She served in the Women's Army Corps during World War II and in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, and was recalled into service during the Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1988, she was posthumously inducted into the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame.^[122]

Science and technology

Among Hispanic Americans who have excelled in science are Luis Walter Álvarez, Nobel Prize–winning physicist, and his son Walter Alvarez, a geologist. They first proposed that an asteroid impact on the Yucatán Peninsula caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. Mario J. Molina won the Nobel Prize in chemistry and currently works in the chemistry department at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Victor Manuel Blanco is an astronomer who in 1959 discovered "Blanco 1", a galactic cluster.^[123] F. J. Duarte is a laser physicist and author; he received the Engineering Excellence Award from the prestigious Optical Society of America for the invention of the N-slit laser interferometer.^[124] Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa is the Director of the Pituitary Surgery Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Director of the Brain Tumor Stem Cell Laboratory at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Physicist Albert Baez made important contributions to the early development of X-ray microscopes and later X-ray telescopes. His nephew John Carlos Baez is also a noted mathematical physicist. Francisco J. Ayala is a biologist and philosopher, former president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and has been awarded the National Medal of Science and the Templeton Prize. Peruvian-American biophysicist Carlos Bustamante has been named a Searle Scholar and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow. Luis von Ahn is one of the pioneers of crowdsourcing and the founder of the companies reCAPTCHA and Duolingo. Colombian-American Ana Maria Rey received a MacArthur Fellowship for her work in atomic physics in 2013.

Dr. Fernando E. Rodríguez Vargas discovered the bacteria that cause dental cavity. Dr. Gualberto Ruaño is a biotechnology pioneer in the field of personalized medicine and the inventor of molecular diagnostic systems, Coupled Amplification and Sequencing (CAS) System, used worldwide for the management of viral diseases.^[125] Fermín Tangüis was an agriculturist and scientist who developed the Tangüis Cotton in Peru and saved that nation's cotton industry.^[126] Severo Ochoa, born in Spain, was a co-winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Dr. Sarah Stewart, a Mexican-American Microbiologist, is credited with the discovery of the Polyomavirus and successfully demonstrating that cancer causing viruses could be transmitted from animal to animal. Mexican-American psychiatrist Dr. Nora Volkow, whose brain imaging studies helped characterize the mechanisms of drug addiction, is the current director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Dr. Helen Rodríguez Trías, an early advocate for women's reproductive rights, helped drive and draft U.S. federal sterilization guidelines in 1979. She was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Bill Clinton, and was the first Latina president of the American Public Health Association.

Some Hispanics and Latinos have made their names in astronautics, including several NASA astronauts:^[127] Franklin Chang-Diaz, the first Latin American NASA astronaut, is co-recordholder for the most flights in outer space, and is the leading researcher on the plasma engine for rockets; France A. Córdova, former NASA chief scientist; Juan R. Cruz, NASA aerospace engineer; Lieutenant Carlos I. Noriega, NASA mission specialist and computer scientist; Dr. Orlando Figueroa, mechanical engineer and Director of Mars Exploration in NASA; Amri Hernández-Pellerano, engineer who designs, builds and tests the electronics that will regulate the solar array power in order to charge the spacecraft battery and distribute power to the different loads or users inside various spacecraft at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

Olga D. González-Sanabria won an R&D 100 Award for her role in the development of the "Long Cycle-Life Nickel-Hydrogen Batteries" which help enable the International Space Station power system. Mercedes Reaves, research engineer and scientist who is responsible for the design of a viable full-scale solar sail and the development and testing of a scale model solar sail at NASA Langley Research Center. Dr. Pedro Rodríguez, inventor and mechanical engineer who is the director of a test laboratory at NASA and of a portable, battery-operated lift seat for people suffering from knee arthritis. Dr. Felix Soto Toro, electrical engineer and astronaut applicant who developed the Advanced Payload Transfer Measurement System (ASPTMS) (Electronic 3D measuring system); Ellen Ochoa, a pioneer of spacecraft technology and astronaut; Joseph Acaba, Fernando Caldeiro, Sidney Gutierrez, Jose Hernández, Michael López-Alegría, John Olivas, and George Zamka, who are current or former astronauts.

Sports

Baseball

The large number of Hispanic and Latino American stars in Major League Baseball (MLB) includes players like Ted Williams (considered by many to be the greatest hitter of all time), Alex Rodriguez, Alex Rios, Miguel Cabrera, Lefty Gómez, Iván Rodríguez, Carlos González, Roberto Clemente, Adrian Gonzalez, Jose Fernandez, David Ortiz, Fernando Valenzuela, Nomar Garciaparra, Albert Pujols, Omar Vizquel, managers Al López, Ozzie Guillén, and Felipe Alou, and General Manager Omar Minaya.

Basketball and football

There have been far fewer football and basketball players, let alone star players, but Tom Flores was the first Hispanic head coach and the first Hispanic quarterback in American professional football, and won Super Bowls as a player, as assistant coach and as head coach for the Oakland Raiders. Anthony Múñoz is enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, ranked #17 on Sporting News's 1999 list of the 100 greatest football players, and was the highest-ranked offensive lineman. Jim Plunkett won the Heisman Trophy and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, and Joe Kapp is inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame. Steve Van Buren, Martin Gramatica, Victor Cruz, Tony Gonzalez, Marc Bulger, Tony Romo and Mark Sanchez can also be cited among successful Hispanics and Latinos in the National Football League (NFL).

Trevor Ariza, Mark Aguirre, Carmelo Anthony, Manu Ginóbili, Carlos Arroyo, Gilbert Arenas, Rolando Blackman, Pau Gasol, Jose Calderon, José Juan Barea and Charlie Villanueva can be cited in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Dick Versace made history when he became the first person of Hispanic heritage to coach an NBA team. Rebecca Lobo was a major star and champion of collegiate (National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)) and Olympic basketball and played professionally in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Diana Taurasi became just the seventh player ever to win an NCAA title, a WNBA title, and as well an Olympic gold medal. Orlando Antigua became in 1995 the first Hispanic and the first non-black in 52 years to play for the Harlem Globetrotters.

Tennis

Tennis players includes legend Pancho Gonzales and Olympic tennis champions and professional players Mary Joe Fernández and Gigi Fernández and 2016 Puerto Rican Gold Medalist Monica Puig.

Football (Soccer)

Hispanics are present in all major American sports and leagues, but have particularly influenced the growth in popularity of soccer in the United States. Soccer is the most popular sport across Latin America and Spain, and Hispanics brought the heritage of soccer playing to the US. Major League Soccer teams such as Chivas USA, LA Galaxy, and the Houston Dynamo, for example, have a fanbase composed primarily of Mexican Americans.^[128]^[129]^[130] Association football players in the Major League Soccer (MLS) includes several like Tab Ramos, Claudio Reyna, Omar Gonzalez, Marcelo Balboa and Carlos Bocanegra.

Other sports

Boxing's first Hispanic world champion was Panama Al Brown. Some other champions include Oscar De La Hoya, Miguel Cotto, Bobby Chacon, Brandon Ríos, Michael Carbajal, John Ruiz, and Carlos Ortiz.

Ricco Rodriguez, Tito Ortiz, Diego Sanchez, Nick Diaz, Nate Diaz, Dominick Cruz, Frank Shamrock, Gilbert Melendez, Roger Huerta, Carlos Condit, Kelvin Gastelum, and UFC Heavy Weight Champion Cain Velasquez have been competitors in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) of mixed martial arts.

In 1991 Bill Guerin whose mother is Nicaraguan became the first Hispanic player in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was also selected to four NHL All-Star Games. In 1999 Scott Gomez won the NHL Rookie of the Year Award.^[131]

Figure skater Rudy Galindo; golfers Chi Chi Rodríguez, Nancy López, and Lee Trevino; softball player Lisa Fernández; and Paul Rodríguez Jr., X Games professional skateboarder, are all Hispanic or Latino Americans who have distinguished themselves in their sports.

In sports entertainment we find the professional wrestlers Alberto Del Rio, Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero, Tyler Black and Melina Pérez, and executive Vickie Guerrero.

Education

Hispanic or Latino K-12 Education

With the increasing Hispanic population in the United States, Latinos have had a considerable impact on the K-12 system. In 2011-12, Latina/os comprised 24% of all enrollments in the United States, including 52% and 51% of enrollment in California and Texas, respectively.^[132] Further research shows the Latino population will continue to grow in the United States, implicating that more Latinos will populate U.S schools.

The state of Latina/o education shows some promise. First, Hispanic students attending pre-K or kindergarten were more likely to attend full-day programs.^[132] Second, Latinos in elementary education were the second largest group represented in gifted and talented programs.^[132] Third, Hispanics' average NAEP math and reading scores have consistently increased over the last 10 years.^[132] Finally, Latina/os were more likely than other groups, including whites, to go to college.^[132]

However, their academic achievement in early childhood, elementary, and secondary education lag behind other groups.^[132] For instance, their average math and reading NAEP scores were lower than every other group, except African Americans, and have the highest dropout rate of any group, 13% despite decreasing from 24%.^[132]

To explain these disparities, some scholars have suggested there is a Latino "Education Crisis" due to failed school and social policies.^[133] To this end, scholars have further offered several potential reasons including language barriers, poverty, and immigrant/nativity status resulting in Latinos not performing well academically.^[134]^[135]

English Language Learners

Currently, 80% of Hispanic students in the U.S. are English Language Learners.^[138] In 2008-9, 5.3 million students were classified as English Language Learners (ELLs) in pre-K to 12th grade.^[139] This is a result of many students entering the education system at different ages, although the majority of ELLs are not foreign born.^[139] In order to provide English instruction for Latino students there have been a multitude of English Language programs. However, the great majority of these programs are English Immersion, which arguably undermines the students’ culture and knowledge of their primary language.^[135] As such, there continues to be great debate within schools as to which program can address these language disparities.

Poverty

Poverty affects many underrepresented students as racial/ethnic minorities tend to stay isolated within pockets of low-income communities. This results in several inequalities, such as "school offerings, teacher quality, curriculum, counseling and all manner of things that both keep students engaged in school and prepare them to graduate."^[140] In the case of Latinos the poverty rate for Hispanic Children in 2004 was 28.6 percent.^[138] Moreover, with this lack of resources, schools reproduce these inequalities for generations to come. In order to assuage poverty, many Hispanic families can turn to social and community services as resources.

Immigration Status

Immigrants have not always had access to compulsory education in the United States. However, due to the Landmark Supreme Court Plyler v. Doe in 1982, immigrants are allowed access to K-12 education. This significantly impacted all immigrant groups, including Latina/os. However, their academic achievement is dependent upon several factors including, but not limited to time of arrival and schooling in country of origin.^[141] Moreover, Latinos' immigration/nativity status plays a major role regarding their academic achievement. For instance, first- and second- generation Latinos outperform their later generational counterparts.^[142] Additionally, their aspirations appear to decrease as well.^[143] This has major implications on their postsecondary futures.

Hispanic or Latino Higher Education

Those with a bachelor's degree or higher ranges from 50% of Venezuelans compared to 18% for Ecuadorians 25 years and older. Amongst the largest Hispanic groups, those with a bachelor's or higher was 25% for Cuban Americans, 16% of Puerto Ricans, 15% of Dominicans, and 11% for Mexican Americans. Over 21% of all second-generation Dominican Americans have college degrees, slightly below the national average (28%) but significantly higher than U.S.-born Mexican Americans (13%) and U.S.-born Puerto Rican Americans (12%).^[144]

Hispanic and Latinos make up the second or third largest ethnic group in Ivy League universities, considered to be the most prestigious in the United States. Hispanic and Latino enrollment at Ivy League universities has gradually increased over the years. Today, Hispanics make up between 8% of students at Yale University to 15% at Columbia University.^[145] For example, 18% of students in the Harvard University Class of 2018 are Hispanic.^[146]

Hispanics have significant enrollment in many other top universities such as University of Texas at El Paso (70% of students), Florida International University (63%), University of Miami (27%), and MIT, UCLA, & UC-Berkeley at 15% each. At Stanford University, Hispanics are the third largest ethnic group behind non-Hispanic Whites and Asians, at 18% of the student population.^[147]

Hispanic university enrollments

Hispanics study in universities around the country, but can also attend to Hispanic-serving institution, institutions that are part of a federal program designed to assist colleges or universities in the United States that attempt to assist first generation, majority low income Hispanic students. There are over 250 schools that have been designated as an HSI.

Universities with the largest Hispanic undergraduate enrollment (2013)^[148]

Rank	University	Hispanic enrollment	% of student body
1	Florida International University	24,105	67%
2	University of Texas at El Paso	15,459	81%
3	University of Texas Pan American	15,009	91%
4	University of Texas at San Antonio	11,932	47%
5	California State University at Northridge	11,774	38%
6	California State University at Fullerton	11,472	36%
7	Arizona State University	11,465	19%
8	California State University at Long Beach	10,836	35%
9	California State University at Los Angeles	10,392	58%
10	University of Central Florida	10,255	20%

Universities with the largest Hispanic graduate enrollment (2013)

Rank	University	Hispanic enrollment	% of student body
1	Nova Southeastern University	4,281	20%
2	Florida International University	3,612	42%
3	University of Southern California	2,358	11%
4	University of Texas Pan American	2,120	78%
5	University of Texas at El Paso	2,083	59%
6	CUNY Graduate Center	1,656	30%
7	University of New Mexico	1,608	26%
8	University of Texas at San Antonio	1,561	35%
9	University of Florida	1,483	9%
10	Arizona State University	1,400	10%

Hispanic student enrollment in university and college systems (2012-2013)

Rank	University system	Hispanic enrollment	% of student body
1	California Community College System^[149]	642,045	41%
2	California State University^[150]	149,137	33%
3	Florida College System^[151]	118,821	26%
4	University of Texas System^[152]	84,086	39%
5	State University System of Florida^[153]	79,931	24%
6	City University of New York^[154]	77,341	30%
7	State University of New York^[155]	43,514	9%
8	University of California	42,604	18%
9	Texas A&M University System^[156]^[157]	27,165	25%
10	Nevada System of Higher Education^[158]	21,467	21%
-	Ivy League^[145]	11,562	10%

Health

Hispanic and Latino Americans are the longest-living Americans, according to official data. Their life expectancy is more than two years longer than for non-Hispanic whites and almost eight years longer than for African Americans.^[159]

Workforce and average income

Median Household Income (2011)
Ethnicity or nationality	Income
Argentinean	$55,000
Cuban	$55,000
Peruvian	$50,000
Venezuelan	$50,000
Ecuadorian	$48,600
Colombian	$48,000
Mexican	$38,000
Guatemalan	$36,400
Puerto Rican	$36,000
Nicaraguan	$35,000
Salvadoran	$32,300
Dominicans	$31,000
Hondurans	$30,000
Sources:^[160]

In 2011, the average individual income among Hispanic and Latino Americans was highest for Cuban Americans and Argentinian Americans ($55,000), and lowest for Honduran Americans ($30,000). For other large Hispanic groups the incomes were as follows: Salvadoran Americans ($32,000), Mexican Americans ($38,000), Guatemalan Americans ($36,400), Puerto Ricans ($36,000) and Dominican Americans ($31,000).^[161]

Among Hispanics, Cuban Americans (28.5 percent) had the highest percentage in professional–managerial occupations. The percentage for Mexican Americans was 20.7, Central and South Americans' was 8.8 percent, and Puerto Ricans was 7.2 percent. All these are lower than the average for non-Hispanics (36.2 percent).^{[citation needed]}

Poverty

According to the U.S. Census, the poverty rate among the six largest Hispanic groups during the period of 2007-2011 was: Dominican Americans (26.3 percent), Puerto Ricans (25.6), Guatemalan Americans (25.1), Mexican Americans (24.9 percent), Salvadoran Americans (18.9) and Cuban Americans (14.2).^[161] In comparison, the average poverty rates for non-Hispanic White Americans (12.8 percent)^[161] and Asian Americans (11.3 percent) were lower than those of any Hispanic group. African Americans (25.8 percent) had a higher poverty rate than Cuban Americans, Salvadoran Americans, Mexican Americans, Guatemalan Americans and Puerto Ricans, but had a lower poverty rate than Dominican Americans.^[161]

Cultural influence

The geographic, political, social, economic, and racial diversity of Hispanic and Latino Americans makes all Hispanics very different depending on their family heritage and/or national origin. Yet several features tend to unite Hispanics from these diverse backgrounds.

Spanish speakers in the United States
Year	Number of Spanish speakers	Percent of US population
1980	11 million	5%
1990	17.3 million	7%
2000	28.1 million	10%
2010	37 million	13%
2012	38.3 million	13%
2020 (projected)	40 million	14%
Sources:^[162]^[163]^[164]^[165]

Language

Spanish

As one of the most important uniting factors of Hispanic Americans, Spanish is an important part of Hispanic culture. Teaching Spanish to children is often one of the most valued skills taught amongst Hispanic families. Spanish is not only closely tied with the person's family, heritage, and overall culture, but valued for increased opportunities in business and one's future professional career. A 2013 Pew Research survey showed that 95% of Hispanic adults said "it's important that future generations of Hispanics speak Spanish."^[162]^[166] Given the United States' proximity to other Spanish-speaking countries, Spanish is being passed on to future American generations. Amongst second-generation Hispanics, 80% speak fluent Spanish, and amongst third-generation Hispanics, 40% speak fluent Spanish.^[167]

Hispanics have revived the Spanish language in the United States. First brought to North America by the Spanish during the Spanish colonial period in the 16th century, Spanish was the first European language spoken in the Americas. Spanish is the oldest European language in the United States, spoken uninterruptedly for four and a half centuries, since the founding of Saint Augustine, Florida in 1565.^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28] Today, 90% of all Hispanics and Latinos speak English, and at least 78% speak fluent Spanish.^[168] Additionally, 2.8 million non-Hispanic Americans also speak Spanish at home for a total of 41.1 million.^[169]

With 40% of Hispanic and Latino Americans being immigrants,^[170] and with many of the 60% who are U.S.-born being the children or grandchildren of immigrants, bilingualism is the norm in the community at large. At home, at least 69% of all Hispanics over the age of five are bilingual in English and Spanish, whereas up to 22% are monolingual English-speakers, and 9% are monolingual Spanish speakers. Another 0.4% speak a language other than English and Spanish at home.^[168]

American Spanish dialects

The Spanish dialects spoken in the United States differ depending on the country of origin of the person or the person's family heritage. Generally, however, Spanish spoken in the Southwest is Mexican Spanish (or Chicano Spanish). An old, colonial variety of Spanish is spoken by descendants of the early Spanish colonists in New Mexico and Colorado, which is New Mexican Spanish. One of the major distinctions of New Mexican Spanish is its heavy use of colonial vocabulary and verb tenses that make New Mexican Spanish uniquely American amongst Spanish dialects. The Spanish spoken in Florida and in the Northeast is Caribbean Spanish and is heavily influenced by the Spanish of Cuba and Puerto Rico. Canarian Spanish is the historic Spanish dialect spoken by the descendants of the earliest Spanish colonists beginning in the 18th century in Louisiana. Spanish spoken elsewhere throughout the country varies, although is generally Mexican Spanish.^[169]^[171]

Spanglish and English dialects

Hispanics have influenced the way Americans speak with the introduction of many Spanish words into the English language. Amongst younger generations of Hispanics, Spanglish, or a mix of Spanish and English, may be a common way of speaking. Although they are fluent in both languages, speakers will switch between Spanish and English throughout the conversation. Spanglish is particularly common in Hispanic-majority cities and communities such as Miami, Hialeah, San Antonio, Los Angeles, and New York City.^[172]

Hispanics have also influenced the way English is spoken in the United States. In Miami, for example, the Miami dialect has evolved as the most common form of English spoken and heard in Miami today. This is a native dialect of English, and was developed amongst second and third generations of Cuban Americans in Miami. Today, it is commonly heard everywhere throughout the city. Gloria Estefan and Enrique Iglesias are examples of people who speak with the Miami dialect. Another major English dialect, is spoken by Chicanos and Tejanos in the Southwestern United States, called Chicano English. George Lopez and Selena are examples of speakers of Chicano English.^[173] An English dialect spoken by Puerto Ricans and other Hispanic groups is called New York Latino English.

Religion

The most methodologically rigorous study of Hispanic or Latino religious affiliation to date was the Hispanic Churches in American Public Life (HCAPL) National Survey, conducted between August and October 2000. This survey found that 70% of all Hispanic and Latino Americans are Catholic, 20% are Protestant, 3% are "alternative Christians" (such as Mormons or Jehovah's Witnesses), 1% identify themselves with a non-Christian religion (including Islam, Judaism, Buddhism...^[174]), and 6% have no religious preference (with only 0.37% claiming to be either atheist or agnostic). The results of this study suggest that Hispanics/Latinos are not only a highly religious, but also a highly Christian constituency.

It also suggests that Hispanic/Latino Protestants are a more sizable minority than is sometimes realized. Catholic affiliation is much higher among first-generation than it is among second- or third-generation Hispanic or Latino immigrants, who exhibit a fairly high rate of defection to Protestantism.^[175] Also Hispanics and Latinos in the Bible Belt, which is mostly located in the South, are more likely to shift to Protestantism than those in other regions, as it is all around them. Protestant denominations that have attracted Hispanic/Latino converts are Pentecostalism,^[176]^[177] Southern Baptist,^[178] and the Episcopal Church.^[179]^[180] According to Andrew Greeley, as many as 600,000 American Latinos leave Catholicism for Protestant churches every year.^[181] Hispanic or Latino Catholics are developing youth and social programs to retain members, as well as the spread of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal.^[182]

Media

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LATV "Latino Alternative Television"

The United States is home to thousands of Spanish-language media outlets, which range in size from giant commercial and some non-commercial broadcasting networks and major magazines with circulations numbering in the millions, to low-power AM radio stations with listeners numbering in the hundreds. There are hundreds of Internet media outlets targeting U.S. Hispanic consumers. Some of the outlets are online versions of their printed counterparts and some online exclusively.

Among the most notable Hispanic/Latino-oriented media outlets are:

Univisión, the largest Spanish-language television network in the United States, with affiliates in nearly every major U.S. market, and numerous affiliates internationally;
Telemundo, the second-largest Spanish-language television network in the United States, with affiliates in nearly every major U.S. market, and numerous affiliates internationally;
Azteca América, a Spanish-language television network in the United States, with affiliates in nearly every major U.S. market, and numerous affiliates internationally;
La Opinión, a Spanish-language daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the six counties of Southern California. It is the largest Spanish-language newspaper in the United States;
El Nuevo Herald and Diario Las Américas, Spanish-language daily newspapers serving the greater Miami, Florida market;
El Rey Network, is an English television channel targeting Latino audiences with 40 million homes of reaching capacity. Its headquarters are in Austin, Texas;
Hispanic Business, an English-language business magazine about Hispanics;
mun2, a cable network that produces content for U.S.-born Hispanic and Latino audiences;
People en Español, a Spanish-language magazine counterpart of People;
ConSentido TV, a television, radio, and newspaper network in North Texas;
TBN Enlace USA, a Spanish-language Christian television network based in Tustin, California;
3ABN Latino, a Spanish-language Christian television network based in West Frankfort, Illinois;
V-me, a Spanish-language television network, a sister network of PBS;
CNN en Español, a Spanish-language all-news television network based in Atlanta, Georgia;
Vida Latina, a Spanish-language entertainment magazine distributed throughout the Southern United States.
ESPN Deportes and Fox Deportes, two Spanish-language sports television networks.

Cuisine

Mexican food has become part of the mainstream American market just as Italian food did so decades before.

Latino food, particularly Mexican food, has influenced American cuisine and eating habits. Mexican cuisine has become so mainstream in American culture that many no longer see it as an ethnic food. Across the US, tortillas and salsa are arguably becoming as common as hamburger buns and ketchup. Tortilla chips have surpassed potato chips in annual sales, and plantain chips popular in Caribbean cuisines have continued to increase sales.^[184] Tropical fruit, such as mango, guava, and passion fruit (maracuyá), have become more popular and are now common flavors in desserts, candies, and food dishes in the US.

Due to the large Mexican-American population in the Southwestern United States, and its proximity to Mexico, Mexican food there is believed to be some of the best in the US. Cubans brought Cuban cuisine to Miami, and today, cortaditos, pastelitos de guayaba, and empanadas are common mid-day snacks in the city. Cuban culture has changed Miami's coffee drinking habits, and today a café con leche or a cortadito is commonly had, often with a pastelito (pastry), at one of the city's numerous coffee shops.^[185] The Cuban sandwich developed in Miami, and is now a staple and icon of the city's cuisine and culture.^[186]

Family life and values

A Quinceañera after a Catholic Mass, celebrating a daughter's 15th birthday, common amongst Hispanic families.

Hispanic and Latino culture places a strong value on family, and is commonly taught to Hispanic children as one of the most important values in life. Statistically, Hispanic families tend to have larger and closer knit families than the American average. Hispanic families tend to prefer to live near other family members. This may mean that three or sometimes four generations may be living in the same household or near each other, although four generations is uncommon in the US. The role of grandparents is believed to be very important in the upbringing of children.^[187]

Hispanics tend to be very group-oriented, and an emphasis is placed on the well-being of the family above the individual. The extended family plays an important part of many Hispanic families, and frequent social, family gatherings are common. Traditional rites of passages, particularly Roman Catholic sacraments: such as baptisms, birthdays, First Holy Communions, quinceañeras, Confirmations, graduations, and weddings are all popular moments of family gatherings and celebrations in Hispanic families.^[188]^[189]

Education is another important priority for Hispanic families. Education is seen as the key towards continued upward mobility in the US among Hispanic families. A 2010 study by the Associated Press showed that Hispanics place a higher emphasis on education than the average American. Hispanics expect their children to graduate university.^[190]^[191]

Latin American youth today stay at home with their parents longer than before. This is due to more years spent studying and the difficulty of finding a paid job that meets their aspirations.^[192]

Intermarriage

Hispanic Americans, like immigrant groups before them, are out-marrying at high rates. Out-marriages comprised 17.4% of all existing Hispanic marriages in 2008.^[193] The rate was higher for newlyweds (which excludes immigrants who are already married): Among all newlyweds in 2010, 25.7% of all Hispanics married a non-Hispanic (this compares to out-marriage rates of 9.4% of whites, 17.1% of blacks, and 27.7% of Asians). The rate was larger for native-born Hispanics, with 36.2% of native-born Hispanics (both men and women) out-marrying compared to 14.2% of foreign-born Hispanics.^[194] The difference is attributed to recent immigrants tending to marry within their immediate immigrant community due to commonality of language, proximity, familial connections, and familiarity.^[193]

In 2008, 81% of Hispanics who married out married non-Hispanic Whites, 9% married non-Hispanic Blacks, 5% non-Hispanic Asians, and the remainder married non-Hispanic, multi-racial partners.^[193]

Of the 275,500 new intermarried pairings in 2010, 43.3% were White-Hispanic (compared to White-Asian at 14.4%, White-Black at 11.9%, and Other Combinations at 30.4%; other combinations consists of pairings between different minority groups, multi-racial people, and American Indians).^[194] Unlike those for marriage to Blacks and Asians, intermarriage rates of Hispanics to Whites do not vary by gender. The combined median earnings of White/Hispanic couples are lower than those of White/White couples but higher than those of Hispanic/Hispanic couples. 23% of Hispanic men who married White women have a college degree compared to only 10% of Hispanic men who married a Hispanic woman. 33% of Hispanic women who married a White husband are college-educated compared to 13% of Hispanic women who married a Hispanic man.^[194]

Attitudes among non-Hispanics toward intermarriage with Hispanics are mostly favorable, with 81% of Whites, 76% of Asians, and 73% of Blacks "being fine" with a member of their family marrying a Hispanic and an additional 13% of Whites, 19% of Asians, and 16% of Blacks "being bothered but accepting of the marriage." Only 2% of Whites, 4% of Asians, and 5% of Blacks would not accept a marriage of their family member to a Hispanic.^[193]

Hispanic attitudes toward intermarriage with non-Hispanics are likewise favorable, with 71% "being fine" with marriages to Whites and 81% "being fine" with marriages to Blacks. A further 22% admitted to "being bothered but accepting" of a marriage of a family member to a White and 16% admitted to "being bothered but accepting" of a marriage of a family member to a Black. Only 3% of Hispanics objected outright marriage of a family member to a non-Hispanic Black and 3% to a non-Hispanic White.^[193]

Unlike intermarriage with other racial groups, intermarriage with non-Hispanic Blacks varies by nationality of origin. Puerto Ricans and Dominicans have by far the highest rates of intermarriage with blacks, of all major Hispanic national groups.^[190]^[195]^[196]^[197]^[198]^[199]^[200]^[201]^[202]^[203] Cubans have the highest rate of intermarriage with non-Hispanic Whites, of all major Hispanic national groups, and are the most assimilated into White American culture.^[204]^[205] Mexican Americans, who are the majority of the US Hispanic population, are most likely to intermarry with Whites and Asians when marrying out.^[206]^[207]^[208]

Politics

Current Hispanics and Latinos in United States government
	Political party	State	Term	Ancestry
Supreme Court
Sonia Sotomayor	N/A	N/A	2009–Present	Puerto Rican
State Governors
Brian Sandoval	Republican	Nevada	2011–Present	Mexican
Susana Martínez	Republican	New Mexico	2011–Present	Mexican
US Senate
Bob Menéndez	Democrat	New Jersey	2006–Present	Cuban
Marco Rubio	Republican	Florida	2011–Present	Cuban
Ted Cruz	Republican	Texas	2013–Present	Cuban
Catherine Cortez Masto	Democrat	Nevada	2017–present	Mexican
US House of Representatives
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Republican	Florida	1989–Present	Cuban
José E. Serrano	Democrat	New York	1990–Present	Puerto Rican
Ed Pastor	Democrat	Arizona	1991–Present	Mexican
Luis Gutiérrez	Democrat	Illinois	1993–Present	Puerto Rican
Lucille Roybal-Allard	Democrat	California	1993–Present	Mexican
Nydia Velázquez	Democrat	New York	1993–Present	Puerto Rican
Rubén Hinojosa	Democrat	Texas	1997–Present	Mexican
Loretta Sánchez	Democrat	California	1997–Present	Mexican
Grace Napolitano	Democrat	California	1999–Present	Mexican
Mario Díaz-Balart	Republican	Florida	2003–Present	Cuban
Raúl Grijalva	Democrat	Arizona	2003–Present	Mexican
Linda Sánchez	Democrat	California	2003–Present	Mexican
Henry Roberto Cuellar	Democrat	Texas	2005–Present	Mexican
Albio Sires	Democrat	New Jersey	2006–Present	Cuban
Ben Ray Luján	Democrat	New Mexico	2009–Present	Mexican
Bill Flores	Republican	Texas	2011–Present	Mexican
Jaime Herrera	Republican	Washington	2011–Present	Mexican
Raúl Labrador	Republican	Idaho	2011–Present	Puerto Rican
Tony Cárdenas	Democrat	California	2013–Present	Mexican
Joaquín Castro	Democrat	Texas	2013–Present	Mexican
Pete Gallego	Democrat	Texas	2013–Present	Mexican
José Antonio García	Democrat	Florida	2013–Present	Cuban
Michelle Lujan Grisham	Democrat	New Mexico	2013–Present	Mexican
Gloria Negrete McLeod	Democrat	California	2013–Present	Mexican
Raúl Ruiz	Democrat	California	2013–Present	Mexican
Ron DeSantis	Republican	Florida	2013–Present
Juan Vargas	Democrat	California	2013–Present	Mexican
Filemon Vela, Jr.	Democrat	Texas	2013–Present	Mexican

Political affiliations

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus, circa 1984

Hispanics and Latinos differ on their political views depending on their location and background. The majority (57%)^[209] either identify as or support the Democrats, and 23% identify as Republicans.^[209] This 34-point gap as of December 2007 was an increase from the gap of 21 points 16 months earlier.

Cuban Americans and Colombian Americans tend to favor conservative political ideologies and support the Republicans. Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Dominican Americans tend to favor liberal views and support the Democrats. However, because the latter groups are far more numerous—as, again, Mexican Americans alone are 64% of Hispanics and Latinos—the Democratic Party is considered to be in a far stronger position with the ethnic group overall.

Election results

The presidency of George W. Bush had a significant influence on the political leanings of Hispanics and Latinos, as he attracted new supporters. As a former Governor of Texas, Bush regarded this growing community as a potential source of growth for the conservative movement and the Republican Party.^{[citation needed]} He made some gains for the Republicans among the group.

Elections of 1996-2006

In the 1996 presidential election, 72% of Hispanics and Latinos backed President Bill Clinton. In 2000 the Democratic total fell to 62%, and went down again in 2004, with Democrat John Kerry winning Hispanics 58–40 against Bush.^[210] Hispanics in the West, especially in California, were much stronger for the Democratic Party than in Texas and Florida. California Latinos voted 63–32 for Kerry in 2004, and both Arizona and New Mexico Latinos by a smaller 56–43 margin. Texas Latinos were split nearly evenly, favoring Kerry 50–49 over their favorite son candidate, and Florida Latinos (who are mostly Cuban American) backed Bush, by a 54–45 margin.

In the 2006 midterm election, however, due to the unpopularity of the Iraq War, the heated debate concerning illegal Hispanic immigration, and Republican-related Congressional scandals, Hispanics and Latinos went as strongly Democratic as they have since the Clinton years. Exit polls showed the group voting for Democrats by a lopsided 69–30 margin, with Florida Latinos for the first time split evenly.

The runoff election in Texas' 23rd congressional district was seen as a bellwether of Latino politics. Democrat Ciro Rodriguez's unexpected (and unexpectedly decisive) defeat of Republican incumbent Henry Bonilla was seen as proof of a leftward lurch among Latino voters; majority-Latino counties overwhelmingly backed Rodriguez, and majority European-American counties overwhelmingly backed Bonilla.

2008 election

Hispanic Vote in US Presidential Elections since 1980^[211]^[212]
Election year	Candidate of the plurality	Political party	% of Hispanic vote	Result
1980	Jimmy Carter	Democratic	56%	Lost
1984	Walter Mondale	Democratic	61%	Lost
1988	Michael Dukakis	Democratic	69%	Lost
1992	Bill Clinton	Democratic	61%	Won
1996	Bill Clinton	Democratic	72%	Won
2000	Al Gore	Democratic	62%	Lost
2004	John Kerry	Democratic	58%	Lost
2008	Barack Obama	Democratic	67%	Won
2012	Barack Obama	Democratic	71%	Won
2016	Hillary Clinton	Democratic	79%	Lost

In the 2008 Presidential election's Democratic primary Hispanics and Latinos participated in larger numbers than before, with Hillary Clinton receiving most of the group's support.^[213] Pundits discussed whether a large percentage of Hispanics and Latinos would vote for an African-American candidate, in this case Barack Obama, Clinton's opponent.^[214] Hispanics/Latinos voted 2 to 1 for Mrs. Clinton, even among the younger demographic. In other groups, younger voters went overwhelmingly for Obama.^[215] Among Hispanics, 28% said race was involved in their decision, as opposed to 13% for (non-Hispanic) whites.^[215]

Obama defeated Clinton. In the matchup between Obama and Republican candidate John McCain for the presidency, Hispanics and Latinos supported Obama with 59% to McCain's 29% in the Gallup tracking poll as of June 30, 2008.^[216] This surprised some analysts, since a higher than expected percentage of Latinos and Hispanics favored Obama over McCain, who had been a leader of the comprehensive immigration reform effort.^[217] However, McCain had retreated during the Republican primary, saying that he would not support the bill if it came up again. Some analysts believed that this shift damaged his standing among Hispanics and Latinos.^[218] Obama took advantage of the situation by running ads in Spanish to appeal to this ethnic group, in which he mentioned McCain's about-face.^[219]

In the general election, 67% of Hispanics and Latinos voted for Obama^[220] and 31% voted for McCain,^[221] with a relatively stronger turnout than in previous elections in states such as Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and Virginia, helping Obama carry those formerly Republican states. Obama won 70% of non-Cuban Hispanics and 35% of the traditionally Republican Cuban Americans who have a strong presence in Florida. The changing state demographics, in which the non-Cuban Hispanic community is increasing in number, also contributed to his carrying Florida's Latinos with 57% of the vote.^[220]^[222] Hispanics and Latinos also offset Republican gains in traditional red states; for example, Obama carried 63% of Texas Latinos, when the overall vote of the state was for McCain by 55%.^[223]

Although during 2008 the economy and employment were top concerns for Hispanics and Latinos, immigration was "never far from their minds": almost 90% of Latino voters rated immigration as "somewhat important" or "very important" in a poll taken after the election.^[224] There is "abundant evidence" that the heated Republican opposition to the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 has done significant damage to the party's appeal to Hispanics and Latinos in the years to come, especially in the swing states such as Florida, Nevada, and New Mexico.^[224] In a Gallup poll of 4,604 registered Hispanic voters taken in the final days of June 2008, only 18% of participants identified as Republicans.^[216]

Some political organizations associated with Hispanic and Latino Americans are League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the United Farm Workers, the Cuban American National Foundation, and the National Institute for Latino Policy.

2012 election

Hispanic and Latinos voted even more heavily for Democrats in the 2012 election with the Democratic incumbent Barack Obama receiving 71% and the Republican challenger Mitt Romney receiving about 27% of the vote.^[225]^[226]

Hispanic vote

United States has a population of 50 million of Hispanic and Latino Americans, of them, 27 Million are citizens eligible to vote (13% of total eligible voters), therefore Hispanics have a very important effect on presidential elections since the vote difference between two main parties is usually around 4%.^[227]^[228]^[229]^[230]

Cultural issues

Hispanophobia

Hispanophobia has existed in various degrees throughout U.S. history, based largely on ethnicity, race, culture, Anti-Catholicism, economic and social conditions in Latin America, and use of the Spanish language.^[231]^[232]^[233]^[234] In 2006, Time Magazine reported that the number of hate groups in the United States increased by 33 percent since 2000, primarily due to anti-illegal immigrant and anti-Mexican sentiment.^[235] According to Federal Bureau of Investigation statistics, the number of anti-Latino hate crimes increased by 35 percent since 2003 (albeit from a low level). In California, the state with the largest Latino population, the number of hate crimes against Latinos almost doubled.^[236]

For the year 2009, the FBI reported that 483 of the 6,604 hate crimes committed in the United States were anti-Hispanic comprising 7.3% of all hate crimes. This compares to 34.6% of hate crimes being anti-Black, 17.9% being anti-Homosexual, 14.1% being anti-Jewish, and 8.3% being anti-White.^[237]

Relations with other minority groups

As a result of the rapid growth of the Hispanic population, there has been some tension with other minority populations,^[238] especially the African American population, as Hispanics have increasingly moved into once exclusively Black areas.^[239]^[240]^[241]^[242]^[243]^[244]^[245]^[246]^[247]^[248]^[249]^[250] There has also been increasing cooperation between minority groups to work together to attain political influence.^[251]^[252]^[253]^[254]^[255]

A 2007 UCLA study reported that 51% of Blacks felt that Hispanics were taking jobs and political power from them and 44% of Hispanics said they feared African-Americans identifying them (African Americans) with high crime rates. That said, large majorities of Hispanics credited American blacks and the civil rights movement with making life easier for them in the US.^[256]^[257]
A Pew Research Center poll from 2006 showed that Blacks overwhelmingly felt that Hispanic immigrants were hard working (78%) and had strong family values (81%) but also that they believed that immigrants took jobs from Americans (34%) with a significant minority of Blacks (22%) believing that they had directly lost a job to an immigrant and 34% of Blacks wanting immigration to be curtailed. The report also surveyed three cities: Chicago (with its well-established Latino community); Washington DC (with a less-established but quickly growing Hispanic community); and Raleigh-Durham (with a very new but rapidly growing Hispanic community). The results showed that a significant proportion of Blacks in those cities wanted immigration to be curtailed: Chicago (46%), Raleigh-Durham (57%), and Washington DC (48%).^[258]
Per a 2008 University of California, Berkeley Law School research brief, a recurring theme to Black / Hispanic tensions is the growth in "contingent, flexible, or contractor labor," which is increasingly replacing long term steady employment for jobs on the lower-rung of the pay scale (which had been disproportionately filled by Blacks). The transition to this employment arrangement corresponds directly with the growth in the Latino immigrant population. The perception is that this new labor arrangement has driven down wages, removed benefits, and rendered temporary, jobs that once were stable (but also benefiting consumers who receive lower-cost services) while passing the costs of labor (healthcare and indirectly education) onto the community at large.^[259]
A 2008 Gallup poll indicated that 60% of Hispanics and 67% of blacks believe that good relations exist between US blacks and Hispanics^[260] while only 29% of blacks, 36% of Hispanics, and 43% of whites, say Black–Hispanic relations are bad.^[260]
In 2009, in Los Angeles County, Latinos committed 77% of the hate crimes against black victims and blacks committed half of the hate crimes against Latinos.^[261]

Footnotes

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^ ^a ^b "Supplemental Table 2. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Leading Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) of Residence and Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Year 2014". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Gallup, Inc. "U.S. Catholic Hispanic Population Less Religious, Shrinking". Retrieved 5 March 2015.
^ "Growing number of Latinos have no religious affiliation". NBC Latino. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
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^ Nancy L. Fisher (1996). Cultural and Ethnic Diversity: A Guide for Genetics Professionals. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-8018-5346-3.
^ Robert H. Holden; Rina Villars (2012). Contemporary Latin America: 1970 to the Present. John Wiley & Sons. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-118-27487-3.
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 '''Hispanic Americans''' and '''Latin Americans''' ({{lang-es|hispanos}}; {{IPA-es|isˈpanos|}}) are people in the United States of America who are descendants of the [[Spanish language|Spanish-speaking]] and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese-speaking]] countries of [[Latin America]] and [[Spain]].<ref name="FragaGarcia2010">{{cite book|author1=Luis Fraga|author2=John A. Garcia|title=Latino Lives in America: Making It Home|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XaNluPNVEQcC&pg=PA145|year=2010|publisher=Temple University Press| isbn=978-1-4399-0050-5|page=145}}</ref><ref name="Fisher1996">{{cite book|author=Nancy L. Fisher|title=Cultural and Ethnic Diversity: A Guide for Genetics Professionals|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mqXlA7e4VN8C&pg=PA19| year=1996|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|isbn=978-0-8018-5346-3|page=19}}</ref><ref name="HoldenVillars2012">{{cite book|author1=Robert H. Holden|author2=Rina Villars|title=Contemporary Latin America: 1970 to the Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2oShLUAPTYQC&pg=PA18| year=2012| publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-118-27487-3|page=18}}</ref> It is the largest population of Latino Americans and Hispanics outside of [[Latin America]].<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_American_diaspora</ref> More generally, it includes all persons in the United States who self-identify as [[Hispanic]] or [[Latino (demonym)|Latino]], whether of full or partial ancestry.<ref name="fhwa.dot.gov">{{cite web|url=http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/guidance/superseded/49cfr26.cfm|title=49 CFR Part 26|accessdate=2012-10-22|quote="'Hispanic Americans,' which includes European-descended persons of [[Mexican American|Mexican]]-, [[Puerto Rican American|Puerto Rican]]-, [[Cuban American|Cuban]], [[Dominican American|Dominican]]-, Central or South American"}}</ref><ref name="SBA 8005">{{cite web|url=http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/sops/8005/sop8005-3.pdf |title=US Small Business Administration 8(a) Program Standard Operating Procedure |accessdate=2012-10-22 |quote="SBA has defined 'Hispanic American' as an individual whose ancestry and culture are rooted in South America, Central America, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, or the Iberian Peninsula, including Spain and Portugal." |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925005103/http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/sops/8005/sop8005-3.pdf |archivedate=2006-09-25 |df= }}</ref><ref name=c2010def>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-02.pdf |title=Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin: 2010 |accessdate=2011-03-28 |first1=Karen R. |last1=Humes |first2=Nicholas A. |last2=Jones |first3=Roberto R. |last3=Ramirez |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |format=PDF |quote="Hispanic or Latino" refers to a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429214029/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-02.pdf |archivedate=2011-04-29 |df= }}</ref><ref name=hlorigin>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/hispanic_or_latino_origin.htm|title=American FactFinder Help: Hispanic or Latino origin|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-10-05}}</ref> For the [[2010 United States Census]], people counted as "Hispanic" or "Latino" were those who identified as one of the specific Hispanic or Latino categories listed on the census questionnaire ("Mexican," "Puerto Rican," or "Cuban") as well as those who indicated that they were "other Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino." The national origins classified as Hispanic or Latino by the [[United States Census Bureau]] are the following: [[Spanish Americans|Spanish]], [[Argentine Americans|Argentine]], [[Cuban Americans|Cuban]], [[Colombian Americans|Colombian]], [[Puerto Rican Americans|Puerto Rican]], [[Mexican Americans|Mexican]], [[Dominican Americans|Dominican]], [[Costa Rican Americans|Costa Rican]], [[Guatemalan Americans|Guatemalan]], [[Honduran Americans|Honduran]], [[Nicaraguan Americans|Nicaraguan]], [[Panamanian Americans|Panamanian]], [[Salvadoran Americans|Salvadoran]], [[Bolivian Americans|Bolivian]], [[Chilean Americans|Chilean]], [[Ecuadorian Americans|Ecuadorian]], [[Paraguayan Americans|Paraguayan]], [[Peruvian Americans|Peruvian]], [[Uruguayan Americans|Uruguayan]], and [[Venezuelan Americans|Venezuelan]]. Other U.S. government agencies have slightly different definitions of the term, including [[Brazilian Americans|Brazilians]] and other Portuguese-speaking groups. The Census Bureau uses the terms Hispanic and Latino interchangeably.<ref>{{cite web|title=PEOPLE REPORTING ANCESTRY Universe: Total population, 2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_1YR_B04006&prodType=table|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=14 October 2015}} This page of the US Census bureau is about the reported ethnicities of United States in 2014. The page indicates the number of American people (or residents in United States) identifying as of different national origins.</ref>
-"Origin" can be viewed as the ancestry, nationality group, lineage, or country of birth of the person or the person's parents or ancestors before their arrival in the United States. People who identify as Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino may be of any race.<ref name=omb>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg_1997standards |title=Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity. Federal Register Notice October 30, 1997 |accessdate=2012-06-01 |author=Office of Management and Budget |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117133342/https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg_1997standards |archivedate=January 17, 2017 |df= }}</ref><ref name=overview>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/cenbr01-1.pdf|title=Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin: 2000|last=Grieco|first=Elizabeth M.|author2=Rachel C. Cassidy|accessdate=2008-04-27|format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><ref name=hlspec>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=bkmk |title=B03001. Hispanic or Latino origin by specific origin |work=2009 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates |accessdate=2010-10-17 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6gpGlyhlr?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffactfinder.census.gov%2Ffaces%2Ftableservices%2Fjsf%2Fpages%2Fproductview.xhtml%3Fsrc%3Dbkmk |archivedate=2016-04-17 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2075.html|title=CIA – The World Factbook – Field Listing :: Ethnic groups|accessdate=2010-11-18}}</ref> As the only specifically designated category of [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|ethnicity in the United States]] (other than non-Hispanic/Latino){{clarify|date=March 2017}}, Hispanics form a [[pan-ethnicity]] incorporating a diversity of inter-related cultural and linguistic heritages. Most Hispanic Americans are of [[Mexican people|Mexican]], [[Puerto Ricans|Puerto Rican]], [[Cubans|Cuban]], [[Salvadoran]], [[People of the Dominican Republic|Dominican]], [[Demographics of Guatemala|Guatemalan]], or [[Colombian people|Colombian]] origin. The predominant origin of regional Hispanic populations varies widely in different locations across the country.<ref name=overview/><ref name=popest2007>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=PEP_2007_EST&-mt_name=PEP_2007_EST_G2007_T004_2007&-CONTEXT=dt&-redoLog=true&-currentselections=PEP_2006_EST_G2006_T004_2006&-geo_id=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910002417/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=PEP_2007_EST&-mt_name=PEP_2007_EST_G2007_T004_2007&-CONTEXT=dt&-redoLog=true&-currentselections=PEP_2006_EST_G2006_T004_2006&-geo_id=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en|archivedate=2010-09-10|title=T4-2007. Hispanic or Latino By Race <nowiki>[15]</nowiki>|accessdate=|work=2007 Population Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><ref name=b03002>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-mt_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G2000_B03002&-CONTEXT=dt&-redoLog=true&-currentselections=PEP_2006_EST_G2006_T004_2006&-geo_id=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902101116/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-mt_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G2000_B03002&-CONTEXT=dt&-redoLog=true&-currentselections=PEP_2006_EST_G2006_T004_2006&-geo_id=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en |archivedate=2010-09-02|title=B03002. Hispanic or Latino origin by race|accessdate=|work=2007 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><ref name=tafoya>{{cite web|url=http://www.pewhispanic.org/files/reports/35.pdf|title=Shades of Belonging|last=Tafoya|first=Sonya|accessdate=2008-05-07|date=2004-12-06|format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]|publisher=[[Pew Research Center|Pew Hispanic Center]]}}</ref><ref>
+"Origin" can be viewed as the ancestry, nationality group, lineage, or country of birth of the person or the person's parents or ancestors before their arrival in the United States. People who identify as Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino may be of any race.<ref name=omb>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg_1997standards |title=Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity. Federal Register Notice October 30, 1997 |accessdate=2012-06-01 |author=Office of Management and Budget |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117133342/https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg_1997standards |archivedate=January 17, 2017 |df= }}</ref><ref name=overview>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/cenbr01-1.pdf|title=Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin: 2000|last=Grieco|first=Elizabeth M.|author2=Rachel C. Cassidy|accessdate=2008-04-27|format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><ref name=hlspec>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=bkmk |title=B03001. Hispanic or Latino origin by specific origin |work=2009 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates |accessdate=2010-10-17 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6gpGlyhlr?url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=bkmk |archivedate=2016-04-17 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2075.html|title=CIA – The World Factbook – Field Listing :: Ethnic groups|accessdate=2010-11-18}}</ref> As the only specifically designated category of [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|ethnicity in the United States]] (other than non-Hispanic/Latino){{clarify|date=March 2017}}, Hispanics form a [[pan-ethnicity]] incorporating a diversity of inter-related cultural and linguistic heritages. Most Hispanic Americans are of [[Mexican people|Mexican]], [[Puerto Ricans|Puerto Rican]], [[Cubans|Cuban]], [[Salvadoran]], [[People of the Dominican Republic|Dominican]], [[Demographics of Guatemala|Guatemalan]], or [[Colombian people|Colombian]] origin. The predominant origin of regional Hispanic populations varies widely in different locations across the country.<ref name=overview/><ref name=popest2007>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=PEP_2007_EST&-mt_name=PEP_2007_EST_G2007_T004_2007&-CONTEXT=dt&-redoLog=true&-currentselections=PEP_2006_EST_G2006_T004_2006&-geo_id=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910002417/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=PEP_2007_EST&-mt_name=PEP_2007_EST_G2007_T004_2007&-CONTEXT=dt&-redoLog=true&-currentselections=PEP_2006_EST_G2006_T004_2006&-geo_id=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en|archivedate=2010-09-10|title=T4-2007. Hispanic or Latino By Race <nowiki>[15]</nowiki>|accessdate=|work=2007 Population Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><ref name=b03002>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-mt_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G2000_B03002&-CONTEXT=dt&-redoLog=true&-currentselections=PEP_2006_EST_G2006_T004_2006&-geo_id=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902101116/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-mt_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G2000_B03002&-CONTEXT=dt&-redoLog=true&-currentselections=PEP_2006_EST_G2006_T004_2006&-geo_id=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en |archivedate=2010-09-02|title=B03002. Hispanic or Latino origin by race|accessdate=|work=2007 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><ref name=tafoya>{{cite web|url=http://www.pewhispanic.org/files/reports/35.pdf|title=Shades of Belonging|last=Tafoya|first=Sonya|accessdate=2008-05-07|date=2004-12-06|format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]|publisher=[[Pew Research Center|Pew Hispanic Center]]}}</ref><ref>
 [https://books.google.com/books?id=6fWnsUWBYgsC&pg=PA165&lpg=PA165&dq=Neomexicano+hispanic&source=bl&ots=6ejvWkjkFe&sig=sRi5dTxb6zmUgSiaQngm8G-BmpM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MT0BVfvdIsy1oQTSgYLQDg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwBDgU The Contested Homeland - A Chicano History of New Mexico]</ref>
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 {{See also|Demographics of the United States|List of U.S. states by Hispanic and Latino population}}
-As of 2011, Hispanics accounted for 16.7% of the national population, or around 52 million people.<ref name="census.gov">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb12-90.html|title=Most Children Younger Than Age 1 are Minorities, Census Bureau Reports - Population - Newsroom - U.S. Census Bureau|author=US Census Bureau Public Information Office|publisher=|accessdate=5 March 2015}}</ref> The Hispanic growth rate over the April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007 period was 28.7%—about four times the rate of the nation's total population growth (at 7.2%).<ref name="United States Census Bureau">{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-ds_name=PEP_2007_EST&-redoLog=true&-mt_name=PEP_2007_EST_G2007_T001&-format=&-CONTEXT=dt |title=T1. Population Estimates <nowiki>[10]</nowiki>; Data Set: 2007 Population Estimates |accessdate=2008-04-30 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916012609/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y |archivedate=September 16, 2008 }}</ref> The growth rate from July 1, 2005 to July 1, 2006 alone was 3.4%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/010327.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070914030509/http://www.census.gov:80/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/010327.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2007-09-14 |title=US Census Press Releases |accessdate=2008-04-30 |date=2008-07-16 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>—about three and a half times the rate of the nation's total population growth (at 1.0%).<ref name="United States Census Bureau"/> Based on the 2010 census, Hispanics are now the largest minority group in 191 out of 366 metropolitan areas in the US.<ref>[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/2011-04-14-census-black-hispanic.htm USA Today: "Census: Hispanics surpass blacks in most U.S. metros"] April 14, 2011</ref> The projected Hispanic population of the United States for July 1, 2050 is 132.8 million people, or 30.2% of the nation's total projected population on that date.<ref name=cbprojections>{{cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/population/www/projections/files/nation/summary/np2008-t4.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327140219/http://www.census.gov/population/www/projections/files/nation/summary/np2008-t4.xls |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2010-03-27 |title=Table 4. Projections of the Population by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin for the United States: 2010 to 2050 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate=2010-10-24 |format=Excel}}</ref>
+As of 2011, Hispanics accounted for 16.7% of the national population, or around 52 million people.<ref name="census.gov">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb12-90.html|title=Most Children Younger Than Age 1 are Minorities, Census Bureau Reports - Population - Newsroom - U.S. Census Bureau|author=US Census Bureau Public Information Office|publisher=|accessdate=5 March 2015}}</ref> The Hispanic growth rate over the April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007 period was 28.7%—about four times the rate of the nation's total population growth (at 7.2%).<ref name="United States Census Bureau">{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-ds_name=PEP_2007_EST&-redoLog=true&-mt_name=PEP_2007_EST_G2007_T001&-format=&-CONTEXT=dt |title=T1. Population Estimates <nowiki>[10]</nowiki>; Data Set: 2007 Population Estimates |accessdate=2008-04-30 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916012609/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y |archivedate=September 16, 2008 }}</ref> The growth rate from July 1, 2005 to July 1, 2006 alone was 3.4%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/010327.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070914030509/http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/010327.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2007-09-14 |title=US Census Press Releases |accessdate=2008-04-30 |date=2008-07-16 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |df= }}</ref>—about three and a half times the rate of the nation's total population growth (at 1.0%).<ref name="United States Census Bureau"/> Based on the 2010 census, Hispanics are now the largest minority group in 191 out of 366 metropolitan areas in the US.<ref>[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/2011-04-14-census-black-hispanic.htm USA Today: "Census: Hispanics surpass blacks in most U.S. metros"] April 14, 2011</ref> The projected Hispanic population of the United States for July 1, 2050 is 132.8 million people, or 30.2% of the nation's total projected population on that date.<ref name=cbprojections>{{cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/population/www/projections/files/nation/summary/np2008-t4.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327140219/http://www.census.gov/population/www/projections/files/nation/summary/np2008-t4.xls |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2010-03-27 |title=Table 4. Projections of the Population by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin for the United States: 2010 to 2050 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate=2010-10-24 |format=Excel}}</ref>
 ===Geographic distribution===
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 As of 2007, some 64% of the nation's Hispanic population are of Mexican origin (see table). Another 9% are of Puerto Rican origin, with about 3% each of [[Cuban American|Cuban]], [[Salvadoran American|Salvadoran]] and [[Dominican American|Dominican]] origins. The remainder are of other Central American or South American origin, or of origin directly from Spain. 60.2% of all Hispanic and Latino Americans were born in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pewhispanic.org/files/factsheets/hispanics2007/Table-3.pdf |title=Detailed Hispanic Origin: 2007 |accessdate=2009-05-30 |format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]] |publisher=[[Pew Research Center|Pew Hispanic Center]]}}</ref>
-There are few immigrants directly from Spain, since Spaniards have historically emigrated to Latin America rather than English-speaking countries. In the 2000 Census, 299,948 Americans, of whom 83% were native-born,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IPTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201PR&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201T&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201TPR&-geo_id=01000US&-reg=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201:423;ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201PR:423;ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201T:423;ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201TPR:423&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-_lang=en&-format= |title=United States – Selected Population Profile in the United States (Spaniard) |accessdate=2009-04-05 |work=2007 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates |publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]] |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421200222/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IPTable?_bm=y |archivedate=April 21, 2009 }}</ref> specifically reported their ancestry as ''[[Spanish people|Spaniard]]''.<ref name=ancestry2k>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/c2kbr-35.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040920132346/http://www.census.gov:80/prod/2004pubs/c2kbr-35.pdf |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2004-09-20 |title=Ancestry: 2000. Census 2000 Brief |accessdate=2008-05-13 |last=Brittingham |first=Angela |author2=G. Patricia de la Cruz |date=June 2004 |format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]] |publisher=United States Census Bureau }}</ref> However a larger amount of people, in the 2000 Census some 2,187,144 Americans reported "Spanish" as their ancestry, whether directly from Spain or not.
+There are few immigrants directly from Spain, since Spaniards have historically emigrated to Latin America rather than English-speaking countries. In the 2000 Census, 299,948 Americans, of whom 83% were native-born,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IPTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201PR&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201T&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201TPR&-geo_id=01000US&-reg=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201:423;ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201PR:423;ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201T:423;ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201TPR:423&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-_lang=en&-format= |title=United States – Selected Population Profile in the United States (Spaniard) |accessdate=2009-04-05 |work=2007 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates |publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]] |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421200222/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IPTable?_bm=y |archivedate=April 21, 2009 }}</ref> specifically reported their ancestry as ''[[Spanish people|Spaniard]]''.<ref name=ancestry2k>{{cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/c2kbr-35.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040920132346/http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/c2kbr-35.pdf |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2004-09-20 |title=Ancestry: 2000. Census 2000 Brief |accessdate=2008-05-13 |last=Brittingham |first=Angela |author2=G. Patricia de la Cruz |date=June 2004 |format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]] |publisher=United States Census Bureau |df= }}</ref> However a larger amount of people, in the 2000 Census some 2,187,144 Americans reported "Spanish" as their ancestry, whether directly from Spain or not.
 [[File:Ricky Martin at the National Puerto Rican Day Parade.jpg|thumb|[[Ricky Martin]] at the annual [[Puerto Rican Day Parade|Puerto Rican parade]] in [[Manhattan]].]]
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 Hispanic or Latino origin is independent of race and is termed "ethnicity" by the [[United States Census Bureau]].
-According to the [[American Community Survey|2007 American Community Survey]], 42% of Hispanic and Latinos were White. The largest numbers of [[White Hispanic and Latino Americans|White Hispanics]] come from within the [[Mexican American|Mexican]], [[Puerto Rican American|Puerto Rican]], [[Cuban American|Cuban]] and [[Colombian American|Colombian]], communities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/popest/archives/files/MRSF-01-US1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040918181635/http://www.census.gov:80/popest/archives/files/MRSF-01-US1.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2004-09-18 |title=Technical Documentation for the Census 2000 Modified Race Data Summary File |accessdate= |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-mt_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G2000_B03002&-CONTEXT=dt&-redoLog=true&-currentselections=PEP_2006_EST_G2006_T004_2006&-geo_id=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en |title=B03002. Hispanic or Latino origin by race |accessdate= |work=2007 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates |publisher=United States Census Bureau |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902101116/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-mt_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G2000_B03002&-CONTEXT=dt&-redoLog=true&-currentselections=PEP_2006_EST_G2006_T004_2006&-geo_id=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en |archivedate=September 2, 2010 }} while the ratio rises to 92% in the Population Estimates Program, which are the official estimates.{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=PEP_2007_EST&-mt_name=PEP_2007_EST_G2007_T004_2007&-CONTEXT=dt&-redoLog=true&-currentselections=PEP_2006_EST_G2006_T004_2006&-geo_id=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en |title=T4-2007. Hispanic or Latino By Race [15] |accessdate= |work=2007 Population Estimates |publisher=United States Census Bureau |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910002417/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=PEP_2007_EST&-mt_name=PEP_2007_EST_G2007_T004_2007&-CONTEXT=dt&-redoLog=true&-currentselections=PEP_2006_EST_G2006_T004_2006&-geo_id=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en |archivedate=2010-09-10 |df= }}</ref>
+According to the [[American Community Survey|2007 American Community Survey]], 42% of Hispanic and Latinos were White. The largest numbers of [[White Hispanic and Latino Americans|White Hispanics]] come from within the [[Mexican American|Mexican]], [[Puerto Rican American|Puerto Rican]], [[Cuban American|Cuban]] and [[Colombian American|Colombian]], communities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/popest/archives/files/MRSF-01-US1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040918181635/http://www.census.gov/popest/archives/files/MRSF-01-US1.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2004-09-18 |title=Technical Documentation for the Census 2000 Modified Race Data Summary File |accessdate= |publisher=United States Census Bureau |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-mt_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G2000_B03002&-CONTEXT=dt&-redoLog=true&-currentselections=PEP_2006_EST_G2006_T004_2006&-geo_id=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en |title=B03002. Hispanic or Latino origin by race |accessdate= |work=2007 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates |publisher=United States Census Bureau |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902101116/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-mt_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G2000_B03002&-CONTEXT=dt&-redoLog=true&-currentselections=PEP_2006_EST_G2006_T004_2006&-geo_id=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en |archivedate=September 2, 2010 }} while the ratio rises to 92% in the Population Estimates Program, which are the official estimates.{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=PEP_2007_EST&-mt_name=PEP_2007_EST_G2007_T004_2007&-CONTEXT=dt&-redoLog=true&-currentselections=PEP_2006_EST_G2006_T004_2006&-geo_id=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en |title=T4-2007. Hispanic or Latino By Race [15] |accessdate= |work=2007 Population Estimates |publisher=United States Census Bureau |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910002417/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-ds_name=PEP_2007_EST&-mt_name=PEP_2007_EST_G2007_T004_2007&-CONTEXT=dt&-redoLog=true&-currentselections=PEP_2006_EST_G2006_T004_2006&-geo_id=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en |archivedate=2010-09-10 |df= }}</ref>
 [[File:AlexisBledelSept11TIFF.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Actress [[Alexis Bledel]] is a [[White Hispanic and Latino Americans|White Hispanic]] of [[Argentines|Argentine]] heritage. Bledel grew up in a Spanish speaking household and did not learn English until she began school.<ref name=lti104>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ewt2AAAAMAAJ&dq=%22A+native+of+Phoenix%2C+Nanette+moved+with+her+family+%22&q=Alexis+Bledel Latina Magazine] "A native of Phoenix, Nanette moved with her family at age 8 to Guadalajara (and later to Mexico City), where she developed "a Mexican soul," she says... It's a legacy Alexis feels strongly connected to—and proud of. "In general I think Latinos know how to live and eat and sleep and spend time with their families," she says."</ref><ref>[http://www.dvdtown.com/news/a-chat-with-alexis-bledel/29 "A Chat With Alexis Bledel"] February 19, 2003, DVDTown.com {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807095015/http://www.dvdtown.com/news/a-chat-with-alexis-bledel/29 |date=August 7, 2011 }}</ref>]]
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 The total number of Hispanic-owned businesses in 2002 was 1.6 million, having grown at triple the national rate for the preceding five years.<ref name=heritage/>
-Hispanic and Latino business leaders include Cuban immigrant [[Roberto Goizueta]], who rose to head of [[The Coca-Cola Company]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/1998/15/b3573108.htm |title=04/13/1998 I'd like the world to by a coke |accessdate=2008-12-13 |publisher=The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc}}</ref> Advertising Mexican-American magnate [[Arte Moreno]] became the first Hispanic to own a [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|major league]] team in the United States when he purchased the [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|Los Angeles Angels]] [[Major League Baseball|baseball]] club.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1093635,00.html |title=Arturo Moreno |work=Time |accessdate=2008-12-13}}</ref> Also a major sports team owner is Mexican-American [[Linda G. Alvarado]], president and CEO of Alvarado Construction, Inc and co-owner of the [[Colorado Rockies]] baseball team.
+Hispanic and Latino business leaders include Cuban immigrant [[Roberto Goizueta]], who rose to head of [[The Coca-Cola Company]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/1998/15/b3573108.htm |title=04/13/1998 I'd like the world to by a coke |accessdate=2008-12-13 |publisher=The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517014714/http://www.businessweek.com/1998/15/b3573108.htm |archivedate=2008-05-17 |df= }}</ref> Advertising Mexican-American magnate [[Arte Moreno]] became the first Hispanic to own a [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|major league]] team in the United States when he purchased the [[Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim|Los Angeles Angels]] [[Major League Baseball|baseball]] club.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1093635,00.html |title=Arturo Moreno |work=Time |accessdate=2008-12-13}}</ref> Also a major sports team owner is Mexican-American [[Linda G. Alvarado]], president and CEO of Alvarado Construction, Inc and co-owner of the [[Colorado Rockies]] baseball team.
-The largest Hispanic-owned food company in the US is [[Goya Foods]], because of World War II hero [[Joseph A. Unanue]], the son of the company's founders.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://latino.si.edu/virtualgallery/OJOS/bios/bios_Unanue.htm |title=Joseph Unanue |accessdate=2008-12-13 |publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]}}</ref> [[Ángel Ramos (industrialist)|Angel Ramos]] was the founder of [[Telemundo]], Puerto Rico's first television station<ref name="Manati">{{cite web |url=http://www.manati.info/biografias/ramos/angel_ramos.htm |title=Biografía de Ángel Ramos Torres |accessdate=2009-04-16}}</ref> and now the second largest Spanish-language television network in the United States, with an average viewership over one million in primetime. [[Samuel A. Ramirez, Sr.]] made [[Wall Street]] history by becoming the first Hispanic to launch a successful investment banking firm, Ramirez & Co.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/2004/2/12/samuel_a_ramirez.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012115247/http://www.hispanicbusiness.com:80/news/2004/2/12/samuel_a_ramirez.htm |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2008-10-12 |title=Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc. Introduces The Ramirez Hispanic Index Equally-Weighted Portfolio |accessdate=2009-04-16 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ramirezco.com/site/News/HispanicTrendsArticle.pdf|title=Making Wall Street History|accessdate=2009-04-16|format=[[PDF]]|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060302004213/http://www.ramirezco.com/site/News/HispanicTrendsArticle.pdf|archivedate=2 March 2006}} Scan of cover story in Hispanic Trends, issue of December, 2005&nbsp;– January 2006.</ref> [[Nina Tassler]] is president of [[CBS]] Entertainment since September 2004. She is the highest-profile Latina in [[network television]] and one of the few executives who has the power to approve the airing or renewal of series.
+The largest Hispanic-owned food company in the US is [[Goya Foods]], because of World War II hero [[Joseph A. Unanue]], the son of the company's founders.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://latino.si.edu/virtualgallery/OJOS/bios/bios_Unanue.htm |title=Joseph Unanue |accessdate=2008-12-13 |publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]}}</ref> [[Ángel Ramos (industrialist)|Angel Ramos]] was the founder of [[Telemundo]], Puerto Rico's first television station<ref name="Manati">{{cite web |url=http://www.manati.info/biografias/ramos/angel_ramos.htm |title=Biografía de Ángel Ramos Torres |accessdate=2009-04-16}}</ref> and now the second largest Spanish-language television network in the United States, with an average viewership over one million in primetime. [[Samuel A. Ramirez, Sr.]] made [[Wall Street]] history by becoming the first Hispanic to launch a successful investment banking firm, Ramirez & Co.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/2004/2/12/samuel_a_ramirez.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012115247/http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/2004/2/12/samuel_a_ramirez.htm |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2008-10-12 |title=Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc. Introduces The Ramirez Hispanic Index Equally-Weighted Portfolio |accessdate=2009-04-16 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ramirezco.com/site/News/HispanicTrendsArticle.pdf|title=Making Wall Street History|accessdate=2009-04-16|format=[[PDF]]|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060302004213/http://www.ramirezco.com/site/News/HispanicTrendsArticle.pdf|archivedate=2 March 2006}} Scan of cover story in Hispanic Trends, issue of December, 2005&nbsp;– January 2006.</ref> [[Nina Tassler]] is president of [[CBS]] Entertainment since September 2004. She is the highest-profile Latina in [[network television]] and one of the few executives who has the power to approve the airing or renewal of series.
 ===Fashion===
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 [[File:VADM Antonia Novello.jpg|thumb|upright|right|[[Antonia Novello]] is the first woman and first Hispanic to serve as [[Surgeon General of the United States|Surgeon General]].]]
 [[File:GEN CAVAZOS.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Four-star rank|Four Star Gen.]] [[Richard E. Cavazos]] became the U.S. Army's first Hispanic Four Star General]] [[File:Rear Admiral Ronald J. Rábago.jpg|thumb|upright|Rear Admiral [[Ronald J. Rábago]], the first Hispanic to be promoted to Rear Admiral (lower half) in the United States Coast Guard]]
-Hispanics and Latinos have participated in the [[military of the United States]] and in every major [[List of United States military history events|military conflict]] from the [[American Revolution]] onward.<ref>[http://www4.army.mil/otf/speech.php?story_id_key=9575 Army.mil], [http://www.senate.gov/~pryor/newsroom/details.cfm?id=263773& Senate.gov], [http://www.houstonculture.org/hispanic/memorial.html Houstonculture.org] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070325083030/http://www4.army.mil/otf/speech.php?story_id_key=9575 |date=March 25, 2007 }}</ref> 11% to 13% military personnel now are Latinos and they have been deployed in the [[Iraq War]], the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Afghanistan War]], and U.S. military missions and bases elsewhere.<ref>NBC http://nbclatino.com/2013/01/01/u-s-military-a-growing-latino-army/</ref> Hispanics and Latinos have not only distinguished themselves in the battlefields but also reached the high echelons of the military, serving their country in sensitive leadership positions on domestic and foreign posts. Up to now, 43 Hispanics and Latinos have been awarded the nation's highest military distinction, the [[Medal of Honor]] (also known as the ''Congressional Medal of Honor''). The following is a list of some notable Hispanics/Latinos in the military:
+Hispanics and Latinos have participated in the [[military of the United States]] and in every major [[List of United States military history events|military conflict]] from the [[American Revolution]] onward.<ref>[http://www4.army.mil/otf/speech.php?story_id_key=9575 Army.mil] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070325083030/http://www4.army.mil/otf/speech.php?story_id_key=9575 |date=2007-03-25 }}, [http://www.senate.gov/~pryor/newsroom/details.cfm?id=263773& Senate.gov] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070308212648/http://www.senate.gov/~pryor/newsroom/details.cfm?id=263773& |date=2007-03-08 }}, [http://www.houstonculture.org/hispanic/memorial.html Houstonculture.org]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070325083030/http://www4.army.mil/otf/speech.php?story_id_key=9575 |date=March 25, 2007 }}</ref> 11% to 13% military personnel now are Latinos and they have been deployed in the [[Iraq War]], the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Afghanistan War]], and U.S. military missions and bases elsewhere.<ref>NBC http://nbclatino.com/2013/01/01/u-s-military-a-growing-latino-army/</ref> Hispanics and Latinos have not only distinguished themselves in the battlefields but also reached the high echelons of the military, serving their country in sensitive leadership positions on domestic and foreign posts. Up to now, 43 Hispanics and Latinos have been awarded the nation's highest military distinction, the [[Medal of Honor]] (also known as the ''Congressional Medal of Honor''). The following is a list of some notable Hispanics/Latinos in the military:
 ====American Revolution====
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 [[File:Joseph Acaba v2.jpg|thumb|upright|left|[[Joseph Acaba]], [[Puerto Rican-American]] [[NASA]] astronaut.]]
 [[File:Ellen Ochoa.jpg|right|thumb|upright|[[Mexican American]] Astronaut [[Ellen Ochoa]] became the first Hispanic woman in the world to go into space.]]
-Some Hispanics and Latinos have made their names in [[astronautics]], including several NASA astronauts:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oeop.larc.nasa.gov/hep/hep-astronauts.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010711202026/http://oeop.larc.nasa.gov:80/hep/hep-astronauts.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2001-07-11 |title=HEP@NASA LaRC; NASA Hispanic Astronauts |accessdate=2010-02-14 |publisher=[[NASA]] }}</ref> [[Franklin Chang-Diaz]], the first Latin American NASA astronaut, is co-recordholder for the most flights in outer space, and is the leading researcher on the [[Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket|plasma engine]] for rockets; [[France A. Córdova]], former NASA chief scientist; [[Juan R. Cruz]], [[NASA]] aerospace engineer; [[Lieutenant]] [[Carlos I. Noriega]], NASA mission specialist and computer scientist; Dr. [[Orlando Figueroa]], mechanical engineer and Director of Mars Exploration in NASA; [[Amri Hernández-Pellerano]], engineer who designs, builds and tests the electronics that will regulate the solar array power in order to charge the spacecraft battery and distribute power to the different loads or users inside various spacecraft at NASA's [[Goddard Space Flight Center]].
+Some Hispanics and Latinos have made their names in [[astronautics]], including several NASA astronauts:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oeop.larc.nasa.gov/hep/hep-astronauts.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010711202026/http://oeop.larc.nasa.gov/hep/hep-astronauts.html |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2001-07-11 |title=HEP@NASA LaRC; NASA Hispanic Astronauts |accessdate=2010-02-14 |publisher=[[NASA]] |df= }}</ref> [[Franklin Chang-Diaz]], the first Latin American NASA astronaut, is co-recordholder for the most flights in outer space, and is the leading researcher on the [[Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket|plasma engine]] for rockets; [[France A. Córdova]], former NASA chief scientist; [[Juan R. Cruz]], [[NASA]] aerospace engineer; [[Lieutenant]] [[Carlos I. Noriega]], NASA mission specialist and computer scientist; Dr. [[Orlando Figueroa]], mechanical engineer and Director of Mars Exploration in NASA; [[Amri Hernández-Pellerano]], engineer who designs, builds and tests the electronics that will regulate the solar array power in order to charge the spacecraft battery and distribute power to the different loads or users inside various spacecraft at NASA's [[Goddard Space Flight Center]].
 [[Olga D. González-Sanabria]] won an R&D 100 Award for her role in the development of the "Long Cycle-Life Nickel-Hydrogen Batteries" which help enable the [[International Space Station]] power system. [[Mercedes Reaves]], research engineer and scientist who is responsible for the design of a viable full-scale solar sail and the development and testing of a scale model solar sail at NASA [[Langley Research Center]]. Dr. [[Pedro Rodriguez (NASA)|Pedro Rodríguez]], inventor and mechanical engineer who is the director of a test laboratory at NASA and of a portable, battery-operated lift seat for people suffering from knee arthritis. Dr. [[Felix Soto Toro]], electrical engineer and astronaut applicant who developed the Advanced Payload Transfer Measurement System (ASPTMS) (Electronic 3D measuring system); [[Ellen Ochoa]], a pioneer of spacecraft technology and astronaut; [[Joseph M. Acaba|Joseph Acaba]], [[Fernando Caldeiro]], [[Sidney M. Gutierrez|Sidney Gutierrez]], [[Jose Hernández (astronaut)|Jose Hernández]], [[Michael López-Alegría]], [[John D. Olivas|John Olivas]], and [[George D. Zamka|George Zamka]], who are current or former astronauts.

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