America's Hispanic population grew by 14 million, but the fastest-growing groups were not Mexican
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National Hispanic Heritage Month is coming soon and runs from September 15 to October 15. Census figures for the population it celebrates now stand at 64.8 million, or 19.3% of the country, up from 50.5 million and 16.3% in 2010.
The growth has come unevenly across origin groups. People of Mexican origin remain the largest group by a wide margin at 37.9 million, but their numbers grew 23% since 2010 while several smaller groups doubled or tripled. Mexicans made up 60.9% of all Hispanics in 2010 and they are 58.6% today.
| Origin | 2010 | 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuelan | 208,562 | 842,372 | +304% |
| Honduran | 611,014 | 1,277,297 | +109% |
| Guatemalan | 1,016,670 | 1,926,611 | +90% |
| Dominican | 1,340,792 | 2,422,597 | +81% |
| Colombian | 893,609 | 1,563,695 | +75% |
| Salvadoran | 1,614,509 | 2,583,416 | +60% |
| Cuban | 1,690,061 | 2,593,343 | +53% |
| Puerto Rican | 4,455,149 | 5,965,360 | +34% |
| Mexican | 30,731,943 | 37,921,535 | +23% |
Venezuelans, up 304%
The Venezuelan-origin population quadrupled from 2010 to 2024, from 208,562 to 842,372, the fastest growth of any Hispanic group with more than 100,000 people. Most of that arrived after 2014, as Venezuela's economic collapse pushed out roughly a quarter of the country's population.
The concentration is unusually tight. Doral, Florida, a suburb west of Miami International Airport, is 41.0% Venezuelan by origin, the highest share of any US city with at least 25,000 residents, and holds 32,477 Venezuelans in a city of about 80,000. Weston, another Broward County suburb, is 16.2%. Houston has the second-largest count at 23,444.
Hondurans and Guatemalans doubled
Honduran-origin residents rose from 611,014 to 1,277,297. Houston has the largest community at 74,686, followed by New York and Los Angeles. The highest share belongs to Kenner, Louisiana, next to the New Orleans airport, at 12.9%. The Honduran community there dates to the banana trade through the Port of New Orleans and grew sharply after Hurricane Katrina brought reconstruction work.
Guatemalans grew from 1,016,670 to 1,926,611. Los Angeles has 179,607, more than any other city. By share, Lake Worth Beach, Florida leads at 22.1% and Trenton, New Jersey follows at 17.1%.
Dominicans, 81%
The Dominican population reached 2,422,597. New York City holds 712,124 of them, nearly three in ten. Outside the city the concentrations are in old mill and industrial towns of the Northeast. Lawrence, Massachusetts is 52.3% Dominican, the only US city over 25,000 where a single non-Mexican Hispanic origin group is a majority. Perth Amboy, New Jersey is 45.0% and Paterson has 47,708 Dominican residents.
Where the map turned majority-Hispanic
The number of majority-Hispanic counties rose from 82 in 2010 to 106 in 2024. Two of the newcomers are among the largest counties in the country. Riverside County, California went from 45.5% to 51.3% Hispanic across 2.5 million people, and neighboring San Bernardino County went from 49.2% to 55.2% across 2.2 million. Kern County reached 56.5% and Stanislaus County reached exactly 50.0%.
Outside California, Osceola County, Florida crossed to 56.0%, driven mainly by Puerto Rican arrivals in the Orlando suburbs, a shift we traced in how Osceola County went from 90% white to majority Hispanic. Yakima County, Washington, an agricultural county in the Columbia Basin, went from 45.0% to 52.4%.
Recent Census Bureau estimates show Hispanic population growth slowing in 2025 as immigration fell, covered in Latino population growth fell. The figures above stop at the 2024 American Community Survey and do not reflect that turn. Profiles for every group, with the top cities, counties, and states for each, are on the origins index.
Sources
All figures are from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, comparing the 2006-2010 and 2020-2024 vintages. Origin-group counts are from table B03001 (Hispanic or Latino origin by specific origin), summed across states. Hispanic totals and county shares are from table B03002. National totals are state sums and can differ slightly from the bureau's published national figure. City shares are shown for places with at least 25,000 residents.
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Which Hispanic group is growing fastest in the United States?
People of Venezuelan origin, whose numbers rose 304% from 208,562 in 2010 to 842,372 in 2024 according to American Community Survey data. Hondurans grew 109% and Guatemalans 90% over the same period. Mexican-origin residents remain the largest group at 37.9 million but grew 23%.
What city has the most Venezuelans?
Doral, Florida, a suburb west of Miami, holds 32,477 residents of Venezuelan origin and is 41.0% Venezuelan, the highest share of any US city with at least 25,000 people. Houston has the second-largest count at 23,444, followed by the city of Miami at 22,515.
How many US counties are majority Hispanic?
106 counties had a Hispanic majority in the 2024 American Community Survey, up from 82 in 2010. The largest to cross the line since 2010 are Riverside County and San Bernardino County in California, with 2.5 million and 2.2 million residents respectively, along with Osceola County, Florida and Yakima County, Washington.
