Mestizos in the United States

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).

Mestizos
Total population
18,501,942[1]
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

Mestizos In The United States Media

References

  1. "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.