Mestizos in the United States
ethnic group
Mestizo Americans are people in the United States whose racial and/or ethnic identity is mestizo, a mixed ancestry of Spanish and Native American from Latin America.
| 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, Indigenous languages of the Americas, Brazilian Portuguese | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (Roman Catholicism, Evangelical Protestantism) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Spanish Americans, Ladino, Genízaro, Native Americans, Indigenous Mexican 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.