Mexican Americans
About 37,921,535 US residents are of Mexican origin, 11.3% of the population · up 3.8% since 2020. Data from the 2024 American Community Survey.
Largest Mexican populations
Highest Mexican share
How the group compares
From the Census Bureau's Selected Population Profile (S0201), which publishes socioeconomic data for detailed groups at the national level. US-overall figures shown for comparison.
Where Mexican Americans earn the most
| Virginia | $87,233 | 29.3% | 10.1% | 55.2% | 213,507 |
| California | $83,100 | 15.5% | 14.0% | 47.1% | 12,859,953 |
| Connecticut | $82,768 | 21.9% | 13.4% | 46.0% | 63,378 |
| Utah | $81,430 | 16.3% | 11.9% | 60.0% | 375,571 |
| Illinois | $80,979 | 16.5% | 13.1% | 62.6% | 1,843,560 |
| Maryland | $80,978 | 28.2% | 11.9% | 51.5% | 134,906 |
| Colorado | $80,522 | 19.8% | 14.1% | 54.9% | 961,992 |
| Oregon | $79,130 | 18.3% | 15.6% | 47.4% | 499,626 |
| Idaho | $78,999 | 15.3% | 14.4% | 62.8% | 227,747 |
| New York | $77,694 | 20.0% | 19.8% | 22.7% | 550,174 |
| Washington | $76,202 | 16.1% | 16.9% | 46.3% | 886,488 |
| Nebraska | $76,104 | 15.1% | 17.0% | 60.7% | 185,803 |
| New Jersey | $75,899 | 15.0% | 18.3% | 30.8% | 270,758 |
| Pennsylvania | $75,380 | 23.9% | 19.5% | 46.1% | 186,787 |
| Minnesota | $75,251 | 20.6% | 13.8% | 52.8% | 221,876 |
| Florida | $73,900 | 17.9% | 17.2% | 54.7% | 789,862 |
| Arizona | $73,727 | 16.7% | 14.2% | 59.6% | 2,076,195 |
| Nevada | $72,936 | 12.0% | 12.5% | 52.2% | 704,695 |
| Indiana | $71,719 | 15.8% | 17.1% | 60.8% | 396,723 |
| Ohio | $71,378 | 23.6% | 15.8% | 54.3% | 249,086 |
| Wisconsin | $68,234 | 17.0% | 13.9% | 50.3% | 328,194 |
| Michigan | $68,079 | 20.6% | 18.9% | 65.4% | 404,944 |
| Georgia | $68,024 | 13.6% | 19.2% | 53.5% | 623,486 |
| Iowa | $68,007 | 16.8% | 15.8% | 55.9% | 171,878 |
| Alabama | $66,979 | 20.8% | 17.4% | 60.6% | 174,236 |
| Kansas | $66,906 | 15.4% | 12.1% | 62.3% | 313,579 |
| Texas | $66,737 | 18.3% | 17.3% | 62.6% | 9,974,373 |
| South Carolina | $66,524 | 15.5% | 21.3% | 53.9% | 188,673 |
| Tennessee | $63,503 | 14.3% | 21.0% | 48.5% | 277,710 |
| New Mexico | $61,215 | 17.8% | 19.1% | 68.1% | 715,672 |
| Kentucky | $61,072 | 23.0% | 19.8% | 51.8% | 119,660 |
| Missouri | $60,627 | 18.4% | 21.0% | 58.6% | 215,566 |
| North Carolina | $60,571 | 14.3% | 21.0% | 54.2% | 620,550 |
| Oklahoma | $58,465 | 13.5% | 17.3% | 54.8% | 408,958 |
| Arkansas | $57,203 | 12.0% | 17.4% | 57.2% | 199,520 |
| Louisiana | $52,186 | 18.7% | 26.4% | 51.6% | 105,796 |
Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2024 ACS 1-year Selected Population Profile. The Census publishes a state only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller states are absent by design.
Mexican Americans across metro areas
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $122,305 | 39.4% | 10.4% | 55.6% | 158,585 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $108,786 | 17.1% | 8.8% | 39.5% | 417,907 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $101,219 | 23.0% | 9.8% | 41.2% | 671,616 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $93,562 | 14.6% | 13.3% | 51.4% | 327,614 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | $91,523 | 25.2% | 9.0% | 49.4% | 92,371 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $90,391 | 22.5% | 13.0% | 55.0% | 447,165 |
| Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $89,998 | 15.7% | 9.8% | 61.5% | 175,328 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $89,513 | 13.5% | 11.3% | 60.8% | 2,202,301 |
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $87,911 | 20.3% | 13.0% | 54.5% | 535,080 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $86,905 | 21.6% | 15.5% | 42.7% | 266,331 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $85,926 | 21.6% | 12.9% | 41.5% | 999,914 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $85,799 | 21.3% | 14.8% | 37.2% | 319,252 |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | $85,268 | 11.1% | 15.2% | 52.0% | 309,577 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $83,485 | 15.7% | 13.9% | 39.7% | 4,308,253 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $82,171 | 16.7% | 12.8% | 63.4% | 1,739,237 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $81,134 | 17.0% | 12.8% | 57.3% | 1,383,425 |
| Boise City, ID | $80,921 | 18.6% | 13.9% | 62.3% | 105,089 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $79,611 | 17.6% | 11.4% | 60.7% | 1,946,837 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $79,453 | 22.3% | 14.1% | 51.0% | 147,528 |
| Omaha, NE-IA | $79,038 | 16.6% | 17.6% | 61.0% | 91,115 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $78,801 | 18.6% | 20.1% | 19.9% | 652,548 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $78,632 | 30.4% | 14.5% | 53.3% | 610,529 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | $78,579 | 16.9% | 16.5% | 66.0% | 81,438 |
| Modesto, CA | $76,623 | 10.7% | 15.7% | 54.1% | 262,202 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $76,292 | 21.4% | 17.5% | 52.7% | 129,445 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $75,046 | 14.9% | 15.1% | 50.1% | 109,001 |
| Ogden, UT | $74,682 | 11.0% | 15.4% | 52.3% | 72,212 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $74,503 | 18.4% | 15.2% | 47.6% | 86,501 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $74,276 | 26.7% | 16.7% | 48.5% | 141,642 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $73,811 | 11.7% | 12.5% | 52.7% | 544,936 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $73,465 | 18.5% | 17.4% | 42.6% | 136,162 |
| Albuquerque, NM | $72,366 | 20.9% | 14.5% | 66.1% | 297,411 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $72,351 | 25.7% | 19.9% | 70.0% | 150,178 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $71,869 | 18.8% | 14.1% | 52.1% | 128,262 |
| Reno, NV | $71,299 | 14.3% | 12.3% | 48.2% | 111,322 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $70,238 | 16.5% | 17.6% | 52.0% | 369,897 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $70,221 | 16.6% | 17.6% | 61.9% | 2,001,773 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $70,110 | 20.5% | 15.8% | 63.4% | 1,231,555 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | $68,807 | 21.4% | 23.8% | 47.5% | 81,964 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $68,253 | 16.8% | 18.9% | 47.1% | 142,833 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | $67,996 | 11.5% | 10.3% | 51.8% | 71,446 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | $67,332 | 18.7% | 16.1% | 58.7% | 169,523 |
| Wichita, KS | $66,499 | 15.3% | 17.3% | 65.3% | 81,717 |
| Fresno, CA | $66,193 | 12.8% | 21.1% | 50.1% | 615,854 |
| Bakersfield-Delano, CA | $66,143 | 9.3% | 21.3% | 56.6% | 470,742 |
| Killeen-Temple, TX | $65,165 | 17.2% | 14.0% | 61.4% | 92,976 |
| Tucson, AZ | $64,059 | 20.3% | 15.8% | 60.0% | 342,613 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $62,857 | 20.2% | 15.6% | 54.6% | 107,440 |
| Tulsa, OK | $62,112 | 14.9% | 14.5% | 55.4% | 95,983 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | $60,306 | 22.7% | 20.6% | 60.9% | 71,115 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $57,596 | 15.2% | 17.3% | 52.4% | 187,010 |
| El Paso, TX | $56,215 | 23.1% | 19.8% | 65.8% | 674,833 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | $54,601 | 18.5% | 25.4% | 66.4% | 798,209 |
Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2024 ACS 1-year Selected Population Profile. The Census publishes a metro area only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller metro areas are absent by design.
Mexican Americans across cities
| San Francisco | $128,173 | 40.2% | 10.3% | 23.3% | 64,661 |
| San Jose | $104,709 | 16.3% | 9.0% | 40.1% | 245,293 |
| San Diego | $81,560 | 24.9% | 13.8% | 36.6% | 365,135 |
| Mesa | $81,166 | 19.2% | 15.3% | 49.7% | 116,636 |
| Fort Worth | $78,183 | 13.4% | 13.8% | 62.6% | 296,064 |
| Phoenix | $77,043 | 15.4% | 14.1% | 52.4% | 613,721 |
| Denver | $76,704 | 17.7% | 20.9% | 46.9% | 148,177 |
| Sacramento | $75,665 | 21.9% | 13.9% | 46.5% | 126,916 |
| Chicago | $75,416 | 19.0% | 15.5% | 54.3% | 588,530 |
| Las Vegas | $75,121 | 12.4% | 14.1% | 50.4% | 163,618 |
| New York | $73,621 | 19.0% | 23.0% | 11.1% | 366,802 |
| Dallas | $72,302 | 15.0% | 12.9% | 53.7% | 446,914 |
| Los Angeles | $71,143 | 15.2% | 16.7% | 29.5% | 1,126,002 |
| Fresno | $70,439 | 15.0% | 20.1% | 47.8% | 270,154 |
| Austin | $69,986 | 36.9% | 19.7% | 37.7% | 215,683 |
| Albuquerque | $66,940 | 21.5% | 15.0% | 59.8% | 173,724 |
| Milwaukee | $66,576 | 14.5% | 18.9% | 49.8% | 78,440 |
| San Antonio | $62,407 | 18.5% | 18.7% | 55.3% | 801,537 |
| Houston | $58,189 | 16.3% | 22.4% | 45.8% | 656,918 |
| Indianapolis city (balance) | $57,018 | 14.3% | 19.5% | 46.6% | 68,338 |
| Tucson | $56,774 | 18.5% | 18.9% | 50.3% | 207,198 |
| El Paso | $55,745 | 25.5% | 20.1% | 62.3% | 515,350 |
| Oklahoma City | $55,052 | 14.4% | 19.3% | 52.7% | 123,057 |
Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2024 ACS 1-year Selected Population Profile. The Census publishes a citie only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller cities are absent by design.
Frequently asked
About 37,921,535 US residents are of Mexican origin, roughly 11.3% of the population, according to the 2024 American Community Survey.
Los Angeles, CA has the largest Mexican population of any US city, with about 1,137,265 residents of Mexican origin.
California leads all states with about 12,695,747 residents of Mexican origin.
Mexican Americans have a median household income of about $74,008, per the 2024 ACS 1-year Selected Population Profile.
Other hispanic origin groups
DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR DETAILED-ORIGIN TABLES (B03001 / B02015 / B02019 / B04006) · PROFILE: ACS 1-YEAR S0201 · UPDATED 2024