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42.7 million
The estimated Hispanic population of the United States as of July 1, 2005, making people of Hispanic origin the nation's largest ethnic or race minority. Hispanics constituted 14% of the nation's total population. (This estimate does not include the 3.9 million residents of Puerto Rico.)¹

7.6 million
The number of Hispanic citizens who reported voting in the 2004 presidential election. The percentage of Hispanic citizens voting about 47% did not change from four years earlier.¹

64%
The percentage of Hispanic-origin people in households in the U.S. who are of Mexican background. Another approximately 10% are of Puerto Rican background, with about 3% each of Cuban, Salvadoran and Dominican origins. The remainder are of some other Central American, South American or other Hispanic or Latino origins.¹

19
Number of states in which Hispanics are the largest race or ethnic minority group.¹

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English uses many words with Spanish origins. In fact, some scholars say Spanish has contributed 10,000 words to English. For more words with Spanish origin read on. More >>

¹Factmoster.com: Hispanic Americans By the Numbers. U.S. Census Bureau.