Mestizos in the United States
ethnic group
Mestizo Americans are Americans whose racial and/or ethnic identity is Mestizo, i.e. a mixed ancestry of European and Amerindian from Latin America (usually Ibero-Indigenous mixed ancestry).
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 18,501,942[1][not in the source given] 5.7% of total United States population (2017) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| States with a high Mexican American and Central American population such as California, Colorado, Nevada and Texas | |
| Languages | |
| Spanish (including Mexican and Puerto Rican), Brazilian Portuguese | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (Roman Catholicism) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| White Latino Americans, Hispanos, Ladino, Latin American Amerindians, Genízaro, White Latin Americans, Indigenous peoples / Native Americans, Indigenous Mexican Americans, Spanish Americans |
References change
- ↑ "2017 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates: HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN BY RACE". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 14, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2019.