Indigenous Mexican Americans
American descendants of indigenous peoples of Mexico
Indigenous Mexican Americans or Mexican American Indians are American citizens who are descended from the indigenous peoples of Mexico. Indigenous Mexican-Americans usually speak an Indigenous language as their first language and may not speak either Spanish or English. Indigenous Mexican-Americans may or may not identify as "Hispanic" or "Latino".
Total population | |
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175,494[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
California, Texas, New York, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, New Mexico | |
Languages | |
American English, Spanish, Mixtecan languages and other Mesoamerican languages | |
Religion | |
Christianity, Mesoamerican religion |