TABLE 7.

Hispanic populations in the United States by national origin, by foreign or native birth, and by percent reporting some other race, 2000

		Column percent of				Row percent
Hispanic group	Number (thousands)	Total US population	Total Hispanic population	Foreign-born Hispanic population	Native-born Hispanic population	Foreign- born	Reported SOR
Mexican	20,953	7.4	59.5	56.0	62.2	42.2	50.0
Puerto Rican	3,389	1.2	9.6	8.6	10.4	40.1	44.5
Cuban	1,254	0.4	3.6	5.6	1.9	70.2	10.6
Central American	1,776	0.6	5.0	8.7	2.1	77.4	54.8
Salvadoran	705	0.3	2.0	3.4	0.9	76.3	61.0
Guatemalan	390	0.1	1.1	2.0	0.4	79.5	56.9
Honduran	221	0.1	0.6	1.1	0.2	79.3	53.1
Nicaraguan	204	0.1	0.6	1.0	0.2	78.3	41.6
Panamanian	97	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.1	72.8	41.5
Central Americana	96	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.1	77.0	59.2
Costa Rican	62	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.1	74.6	34.4
South American	1,400	0.5	4.0	6.9	1.6	78.1	37.9
Colombian	491	0.2	1.4	2.4	0.6	77.5	35.4
Ecuadorian	254	0.1	0.7	1.3	0.3	78.5	49.5
Peruvian	243	0.1	0.7	1.2	0.3	77.9	49.5
Argentinean	114	0.0	0.3	0.6	0.1	79.1	18.4
Venezuelan	95	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.1	83.0	25.0
Chilean	71	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.1	78.4	29.8
Bolivian	55	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.1	74.1	35.8
South Americanb	48	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.1	74.6	38.5
Uruguayan	23	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	78.4	18.9
Paraguayan	7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	77.6	44.8
Other Hispanic	6,469	2.3	18.4	14.1	21.8	34.5	51.3
Dominican	815	0.3	2.3	3.6	1.2	70.5	65.9
Spaniard	114	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	43.5	16.6
Other Hispanic/Latinoc	5,540	2.0	15.7	10.2	20.2	29.0	49.9
All Hispanic groups	35,241	12.5	100.0	100.0	100.0	44.8	48.1
Number (thousands)		281,422	35,241	15,778	19,464

^aRespondent wrote “Central American.”

^bRespondent wrote “South American.”

^cRespondent supplied another origin, wrote “Hispanic” or similar, or checked “Other Hispanic” with no write-in.

SOURCE: 2000 IPUMS .01 File.