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Population Estimates in the U.S. | |
Approximately
one in eight people in the United States
is of Hispanic origin.
In
2000, 32.8 million Latinos resided in the United
States, representing 12.0 percent of the total U.S.
population. Of those 32.8 million Latinos, 66.1
percent were of Mexican origin, 14.5 percent were
Central and South American, 9.0 percent were Cuban,
and the remaining 6.4 percent were of other Hispanic origins.
The Guatemalan population is estimated at somewhere less that 2 million.