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    Percentage of Child Population (Under-18) that is Hispanic/Latino by State [OC]
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    Percentage of Child Population (Under-18) that is Hispanic/Latino by State [OC]

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    1. Fluid-Decision6262 on

      Source: [Latino Children Represent at Least 1 in 4 Kids Nationwide, and More Than 40 Percent in 5 States](https://www.hispanicresearchcenter.org/research-resources/latino-children-represent-1-in-4-kids-nationwide/#:~:text=Latino%20children%20make%20up%2099,and%2042%20percent%20in%20Nevada)

      The fastest growing ethnic group in the US are those of Hispanic/Latino descent as they are 19% of the total US population but make up 27% of children in the USA. Some states obviously have much larger Latino populations than others but generally speaking, they are a fast-increasing population nationwide.

      States with highest share of Latino children:

      1. New Mexico (62%)
      2. California (52%)
      3. Texas (49%)
      4. Arizona (45%)
      5. Nevada (42%)

      States with lowest share of Latino children:

      1. Maine (3%)
      2. Vermont (4%)
      3. West Virginia / Mississippi (5%)
      4. New Hampshire (6%)
      5. North Dakota (7%)

    2. SpectreInfinite on

      It’s so weird that the U.S. views Hispanic and latino as interchangeable terms for a single group of individuals..

      Hispanic = people of Spanish origin or cultural descent.

      Latino = people from or descended from Latin America.

    3. tstop22 on

      Am I the only person that HATES these blue-scale charts? I find it incredibly hard to match the color of the little square on the legend to the color of a state and end up counting the color gradations and counting down. The world is full of colors; I’d request we use them if you want to claim beauty.

    7. Trainer_Rob on

      Hmm almost as if country lines are completely arbitrary and humans have migrated for thousands of years

    8. twistthespine on

      I do wonder how these numbers will change as kids grow up and start to self-label. 

      My grandpa was born in Latin America. My dad was born in the US and his mom is white. He considers himself Hispanic. I was born in the US and my mom is white. My parents marked off the Hispanic/Latino option for me as a kid, but as an adult I don’t select that option because it really makes no sense for me: I don’t speak Spanish, I don’t know much about my grandfather’s culture because he died when I was young, I look extremely white.

      A higher and higher proportion of the Hispanic/Latino population are 2nd, 3rd, etc generation and often intermixed with other groups.