The Latin population in the US grew in a decade in 11.6 million people

The Latin population in the United States increased by 11.6 million people in a decade, which represents a 23 %increase, compared to the rise of 11.1 million (4.3 %) among non -Hispanic, he reported MondayThe Census Office.

"25.7 % of the young population of the country has Hispanic origin," Nicholas Jones, director of Race Research and Ethnicity of the Census Office, said in a teleconference.

Jones explained that between 2010 and 2020 the increase in the Latin population represented approximately 50 % of all population growth.

In the last decade the Latinos went from being 16.3 % of the population to 18.7 %, said the official, who indicated that the Hispanic population increased in all states of the country and in the district of Columbia.

The states with the highest number of Latin population, counted in the census last year, were California, with 15.6 million;Texas, with 11.4 million;Florida, with 6.7 million;New York, with 3.9 million, and Illinois, with 3.3 million.

The states with the highest proportion of Latin population are New Mexico, with 47.7 % of the total;California, with 39.4 %;Texas, with 39.3 %;Arizona, with 30.7 %, and Nevada, with 26.7 %.

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Roberto Ramírez, of the population's special statistics division, said that Latinos under 17 years of age, which were 23.1 % of that population contingent in 2010, are now 25.7 %.

The four states with at least one million Hispanics under 18 are California, with 4.5 million;Texas, with 3.5 million;Florida, with 1.4 million, and New York, with one million.

The three states where the Latin youth population increased in the last decade in at least 100.000 of people were Florida, who added 259.900 young people;Texas, with 216.600, and New Jersey, which added 105.000 youth, said Ramírez.

The census is carried out in the United States, by constitutional mandate, every 10 years and from its results the distribution derives for a decade, from the political representation of the states in Congress and the Electoral College.

These results also guide the distribution of hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funds for education, housing, health, infrastructure and social benefits.