Hispanic Origin and Asian Origin Subgroups
The country’s Hispanic or Latino and Asian populations are often falsely portrayed as monolithic racial and ethnic groups, when in fact they consist of many different subgroups. A closer look at these populations in the U.S. reveals great diversity within those racial and ethnic groups.
Report Links
Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education: 2024 Status Report
Chapter One: Population Trends and Educational Attainment
Chapter One Report Download (PDF) 812 KB
Chapter One Data Tables Download (XLSX) 144 KB
Source
U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2022
Data Notes
‘”Central American excluding Salvadoran” includes respondents of Central American, Central American Indian, Costa Rican, Guatemalan, Honduran, Nicaraguan, or Panamanian origin.
“South American” includes respondents who indicate that they are of Argentinian, Bolivian, Chilean, Colombian, Ecuadorian, Paraguayan, Peruvian, South American, South American Indian, Uruguayan, or Venezuelan origin.
“Other Hispanic” includes all CPS respondents who reported they were of “Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin”, and who subsequently indicated that they belong to one of twenty-four Hispanic-origin subgroups (e.g. Castilian) that fall outside the other seven Hispanic origin groups listed in this table.
This table includes all CPS respondents who reported they were “Asian,” inclusive of those who also reported as being of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.
“Other Asian” includes all CPS respondents who reported they were “Asian” but who did not identify as a member of any of the six Asian origin groups listed in this table.
