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HISPANIC ORIGIN

South Americans

About 4,909,250 US residents are of South American origin, 1.5% of the population · up 28.5% since 2020. Data from the 2024 American Community Survey.

BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE

Largest South American populations

BY CONCENTRATION

Highest South American share

NATIONAL PROFILE · 2024 ACS 1-YEAR

How the group compares

Median household income
$81,606
US overall: $82,259
Bachelor's degree or higher
39.4%
US overall: 35.6%
Poverty rate
12.8%
US overall: 12.5%
Homeownership
47.2%
US overall: 65.0%
Median age
35.4
US overall: 38.9
Median home value
$465,600
US overall: $376,019

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.

BY STATE · 2024 ACS 1-YEAR · CLICK A COLUMN TO SORT

Where South Americans earn the most

Maryland$107,40643.4%9.7%61.9%113,788
Massachusetts$103,55035.5%11.9%38.4%125,521
California$96,69341.2%10.1%43.7%470,310
Virginia$95,94441.3%11.6%60.9%174,426
New York$89,08930.2%12.6%36.5%732,240
Connecticut$86,46927.8%12.9%50.6%152,767
Colorado$82,24246.4%20.0%42.5%85,882
New Jersey$81,46127.2%11.7%42.2%540,541
Utah$81,36931.9%11.6%40.3%92,614
Washington$80,24348.1%14.2%43.4%68,525
North Carolina$79,37941.8%11.3%49.0%119,798
Florida$78,78944.4%10.9%54.1%1,420,113
Georgia$76,97141.7%11.4%53.2%156,623
Texas$74,47447.1%17.6%39.7%441,280
Pennsylvania$74,01340.1%13.7%57.7%115,302
Illinois$68,21935.5%23.7%43.9%178,111

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.

BY METRO AREA · 2017-2021 ACS 5-YEAR · CLICK A COLUMN TO SORT

South Americans across metro areas

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$127,03355.9%5.4%42.2%20,053
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA$105,70148.6%9.8%44.9%58,137
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$102,78842.9%13.7%60.6%3,913
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$100,96739.3%10.3%63.2%8,193
Urban Honolulu, HI$98,85053.6%5.6%40.5%3,755
Lancaster, PA$97,85443.4%5.0%67.7%4,079
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$96,34949.8%8.3%48.5%26,341
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$94,30150.3%13.1%48.9%3,892
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$93,88640.9%6.3%63.3%187,670
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$93,62456.8%10.1%51.0%12,534
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$89,13243.2%11.2%41.8%66,417
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY$89,00725.5%10.1%63.8%14,387
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$88,18950.9%8.3%69.9%21,294
Vallejo, CA$87,91730.8%10.6%66.3%3,365
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$86,74745.3%10.8%59.0%15,297
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$86,22554.8%4.7%73.3%5,714
Columbia, SC$83,58748.5%6.8%72.8%3,329
Norwich-New London, CT$82,76920.3%8.9%56.2%3,917
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$82,57553.2%15.2%60.8%3,613
Columbus, OH$81,56350.2%9.3%47.8%7,743
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$81,15745.2%9.0%70.1%5,262
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX$79,96853.6%12.2%44.9%22,514
East Stroudsburg, PA$79,87528.8%7.9%62.5%4,276
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$79,86238.1%9.9%45.2%177,121
Kansas City, MO-KS$77,60260.2%8.6%60.6%7,015
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$76,75849.8%7.2%46.2%30,393
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$76,65337.5%11.3%61.6%26,533
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$76,59754.5%5.8%65.6%9,079
Madison, WI$76,45859.0%15.0%53.2%4,823
Ogden-Clearfield, UT$76,32232.7%13.4%77.7%5,563
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO$74,25050.9%9.6%49.1%22,904
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA$73,93050.6%10.9%61.3%72,444
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$72,62828.3%12.7%51.4%21,364
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC$71,97941.5%10.3%54.9%10,515
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$71,75059.3%15.9%48.3%5,013
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$71,72234.2%9.4%64.1%43,265
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA$71,49526.0%12.4%37.3%1,005,547
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI$70,88939.7%10.7%54.7%93,849
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$70,68825.7%4.6%52.9%10,447
New Haven-Milford, CT$70,67726.9%9.6%53.0%20,821
Tucson, AZ$70,56053.6%9.1%48.8%4,841
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT$70,44729.1%11.7%50.7%51,504
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$70,44149.6%8.6%56.6%14,443
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$70,13940.7%14.9%54.5%49,329
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$70,13141.3%9.8%59.9%24,309
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$69,87450.4%10.4%46.8%62,480
Oklahoma City, OK$69,64341.6%6.8%58.2%5,436
Stockton, CA$69,25431.3%16.8%65.0%3,265
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX$69,09750.9%11.6%54.8%134,618
Richmond, VA$68,73643.6%10.0%65.5%8,030
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$68,72627.3%12.1%57.3%14,797
Port St. Lucie, FL$68,64135.9%10.6%71.6%11,167
Raleigh-Cary, NC$68,34045.8%10.7%58.4%11,704
Colorado Springs, CO$68,22941.7%18.0%66.1%4,251
Cleveland-Elyria, OH$68,22146.9%12.1%52.1%6,302
Fayetteville, NC$67,66043.4%4.8%43.4%3,596
Jacksonville, FL$67,43844.5%9.1%56.3%19,314
Pittsburgh, PA$67,21457.3%18.1%40.7%5,778
Worcester, MA-CT$66,37528.5%9.9%47.4%11,725
Asheville, NC$66,12434.4%16.7%49.1%3,679
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN$65,89356.9%12.4%52.6%9,047
Boise City, ID$65,39838.4%12.5%69.0%3,809
Provo-Orem, UT$65,06739.9%17.9%57.8%14,186
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$64,95238.6%7.0%60.8%31,136
Tulsa, OK$64,69749.3%14.0%55.7%4,133
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA$64,63249.3%9.0%60.8%3,672
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$63,95138.2%13.1%58.1%84,597
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$63,87555.8%14.0%50.3%5,407
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$63,55446.3%6.5%58.7%9,619
Bakersfield, CA$63,36832.7%20.7%66.2%3,695
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV$63,35127.5%13.6%55.9%24,660
St. Louis, MO-IL$63,06451.5%14.3%53.9%6,400
Albuquerque, NM$62,75056.5%13.0%64.8%5,104
Reading, PA$62,26421.3%34.1%67.5%4,872
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL$62,26141.1%12.0%53.2%662,254
Greenville-Anderson, SC$62,15227.0%10.6%56.9%12,760
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL$61,92432.5%12.3%63.9%14,827
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$61,62544.3%11.2%59.9%6,185
Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT$61,32530.0%10.2%54.9%22,199
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$60,62531.7%16.5%72.1%11,053
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$59,60542.4%20.0%30.3%3,479
Springfield, MA$58,69140.0%10.1%38.7%5,282
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$58,68446.7%6.0%65.9%5,047
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$58,33326.0%10.0%57.7%17,070
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$57,46126.2%15.1%54.0%4,881
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$56,42135.3%13.2%49.8%163,513
Rochester, NY$55,54742.7%16.7%53.3%4,456
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$53,47036.9%9.2%64.8%12,546
Salt Lake City, UT$53,36336.1%10.0%47.9%21,790
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL$53,09410.4%13.9%52.7%4,012
Gainesville, FL$52,51369.0%24.2%29.7%5,296
Naples-Marco Island, FL$52,24629.9%19.0%55.6%14,987
Fresno, CA$51,50646.5%23.4%51.1%3,315
Birmingham-Hoover, AL$50,67960.3%14.0%52.4%3,329
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$49,97241.1%14.6%64.1%8,494
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$46,28021.2%10.5%38.3%3,483
Greensboro-High Point, NC$44,47041.1%27.7%58.0%3,651
Ocala, FL$42,91740.5%30.2%59.7%6,858
San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR$33,89555.6%27.6%53.8%10,908
Winston-Salem, NC$31,21836.3%19.6%60.2%4,366

Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables, which pool five years of survey responses to cover smaller communities the annual survey cannot. 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.

BY CITY · 2017-2021 ACS 5-YEAR · CLICK A COLUMN TO SORT

South Americans across cities

Key Biscayne$218,59478.2%6.6%70.6%5,580
Santa Clarita$128,53444.9%7.6%72.0%4,633
Horizon West$127,82036.1%9.6%34.3%4,666
Seattle$113,79266.4%13.2%42.8%5,543
Washington$112,30378.3%6.4%44.9%14,519
San Jose$106,38948.6%5.6%39.1%9,116
Coral Gables$99,86973.0%4.8%54.5%7,177
Dale City$98,67623.9%7.7%80.4%4,778
Germantown$96,25027.6%3.7%73.1%7,123
San Francisco$95,72960.7%12.5%25.3%11,491
Brentwood$94,85615.6%6.0%77.3%6,083
Wellington$94,06347.2%8.2%71.1%5,671
Clifton$88,45819.3%13.7%47.1%10,886
Weston$87,39368.1%8.0%60.7%23,146
Boston$86,55741.0%13.3%30.2%15,416
Fort Worth$86,45143.7%3.3%53.5%6,582
Revere$82,81321.3%11.3%32.1%5,920
Linden$82,79221.8%6.1%62.4%4,970
Austin$81,43155.0%13.7%31.0%12,857
Arlington$81,28853.8%10.5%31.1%9,881
White Plains$80,97519.2%10.6%36.8%7,069
Centreville$79,54531.5%2.9%61.8%4,823
Port Chester$78,57623.4%12.2%41.5%7,645
Norwalk$78,01527.3%11.0%44.7%7,327
Alafaya$77,29941.2%10.3%52.2%6,905
Port St. Lucie$76,40235.2%3.3%77.0%6,704
Miramar$74,03534.5%7.9%66.4%11,978
Plantation$73,68447.9%13.4%51.5%10,809
Long Beach$73,36542.2%10.9%42.9%5,839
Kearny$70,33826.7%7.4%31.1%11,269
Kendall$70,27437.0%12.2%48.9%11,637
Doral$70,23853.7%10.4%41.3%43,473
Stamford$70,07135.3%5.1%39.5%11,808
Ossining$70,0007.6%11.5%31.7%7,123
Richmond West$69,96230.6%11.4%77.3%5,189
Denver$69,30659.9%13.6%42.4%7,294
Los Angeles$67,47236.7%12.4%35.4%55,373
Pembroke Pines$67,32841.8%12.5%66.8%25,640
Coconut Creek$65,81343.9%5.9%62.3%6,490
Providence$65,71225.5%25.7%53.2%4,783
San Diego$65,51855.2%8.9%37.3%15,443
Kendall West$64,86737.3%12.8%66.1%7,290
New York$64,69225.7%13.8%24.6%409,857
Plainfield$64,35111.3%24.4%38.7%5,080
Miami$64,18454.0%16.1%27.7%52,616
Yonkers$64,04926.1%14.9%41.3%10,502
Meadow Woods$64,04131.1%4.7%83.0%8,687
Jacksonville$64,02443.6%7.9%52.5%12,811
West New York$63,94328.8%18.7%19.0%10,348
Jersey City$63,42936.2%18.7%28.3%15,089
Minneapolis$63,35219.0%10.5%43.6%9,482
Chicago$63,06638.3%14.4%44.3%46,656
Phoenix$63,06145.6%12.2%46.5%7,744
Charlotte$62,87837.0%6.0%51.5%14,943
Bridgeport$62,29918.8%19.8%61.9%9,232
San Antonio$62,02546.1%9.2%51.6%9,703
Fort Lauderdale$61,79158.2%9.5%41.6%8,232
Fountainebleau$61,77836.9%9.0%38.2%15,468
West Palm Beach$60,75033.0%8.3%43.2%5,136
Hialeah$60,46627.2%16.6%54.0%15,279
Paterson$59,83113.8%18.9%31.5%20,810
Tampa$59,67444.3%19.3%43.4%11,876
Coral Springs$59,19234.0%9.2%51.6%17,258
Las Vegas$58,98630.2%15.4%54.9%6,637
Four Corners$57,84638.7%14.8%53.0%5,405
Cutler Bay$57,51735.8%13.7%67.6%6,204
Davie$57,20740.0%14.1%58.9%14,423
Elizabeth$57,17714.8%13.7%25.8%32,129
Cape Coral$57,12716.2%9.6%72.3%7,015
The Hammocks$56,63040.5%10.1%58.5%14,786
Hollywood$56,45235.0%12.9%50.0%23,453
Philadelphia$56,15941.7%24.2%41.8%15,642
Pompano Beach$55,46242.9%13.6%43.2%6,357
Passaic$55,43214.7%11.7%24.5%4,694
Houston$54,80855.0%16.4%33.8%42,524
Aventura$54,40049.6%15.2%64.5%10,304
Margate$54,30020.2%15.0%67.6%5,245
Newark$53,53311.4%21.4%23.0%33,562
Danbury$53,14613.7%15.3%39.5%10,052
Hackensack$52,40715.3%20.2%26.7%6,247
Tamiami$51,37232.3%13.4%57.9%6,787
Kendale Lakes$50,59733.1%19.5%51.2%7,283
Town 'n' Country$50,47428.5%13.5%45.5%6,236
North Miami$50,17928.7%11.6%45.0%6,679
Tamarac$49,10529.8%14.6%67.0%10,199
Country Club$49,06328.5%20.4%36.5%12,501
Deerfield Beach$48,66831.7%12.3%54.5%5,889
Orlando$48,64543.7%15.7%24.7%23,669
North Miami Beach$48,34624.4%13.6%55.3%7,459
Dallas$48,11854.7%20.5%22.4%12,329
Harrison$47,87416.0%22.8%18.5%5,301
Union City$47,66423.0%17.5%13.4%14,352
Sunrise$46,99336.2%11.2%63.9%14,781
Miami Gardens$45,38511.8%7.3%72.5%5,373
Miami Beach$44,83143.6%15.3%28.3%16,351
Homestead$44,76039.1%25.3%51.5%6,173
Kissimmee$44,42928.6%21.5%36.8%11,715
Hallandale Beach$42,14143.3%17.4%41.0%6,652
Greenacres$38,94224.2%29.8%66.2%4,747
Sunny Isles Beach$36,88442.5%15.1%38.9%6,714

Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables, which pool five years of survey responses to cover smaller communities the annual survey cannot. 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.

ABOUT THIS GROUP

Frequently asked

How many people of South American origin live in the United States?

About 4,909,250 US residents are of South American origin, roughly 1.5% of the population, according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

Which US city has the largest South American population?

New York, NY has the largest South American population of any US city, with about 415,958 residents of South American origin.

Which state has the most residents of South American origin?

Florida leads all states with about 1,242,356 residents of South American origin.

What is the median household income of South Americans?

South Americans have a median household income of about $81,606, per the 2024 ACS 1-year Selected Population Profile.

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DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR DETAILED-ORIGIN TABLES (B03001 / B02015 / B02019 / B04006) · PROFILE: ACS 1-YEAR S0201 · UPDATED 2024

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