Ranking of US States By Percentage of the Population that were Hispanic or Latino from Census 2020

Updated on March 3, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, New Mexico had the highest percentage of a state's population who identified as hispanic or latino (47.74%), followed by California (39.40%), and Texas (39.26%).

The chart below shows the top 10 states, and the table below shows the ranking of all the 50 US states and the District of Columbia based on the percentage of each state's population that identified as Hispanic or Latino.

Related Topics: US Census 2020 Topic List.
Ranking of US States By Percentage of the Pop. that were Hispanic or Latino from Census 2020
New Mexico
47.74%
California
39.40%
Texas
39.26%
Arizona
30.65%
Nevada
28.68%
Florida
26.45%
Colorado
21.88%
New Jersey
21.56%
New York
19.54%
Illinois
18.24%
Ranking of US States By Percentage of the Pop. that were Hispanic or Latino from Census 2020
Rank
State
% of State Population
1 New Mexico 47.74
2 California 39.40
3 Texas 39.26
4 Arizona 30.65
5 Nevada 28.68
6 Florida 26.45
7 Colorado 21.88
8 New Jersey 21.56
9 New York 19.54
10 Illinois 18.24
11 Connecticut 17.29
12 Rhode Island 16.59
13 Utah 15.07
14 Oregon 13.90
15 Washington 13.75
16 Idaho 13.02
17 Kansas 13.02
18 Massachusetts 12.63
19 Nebraska 11.97
20 Oklahoma 11.92
21 Maryland 11.81
22 District of Columbia 11.26
23 North Carolina 10.72
24 Delaware 10.54
25 Virginia 10.53
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