Hispanics in the U.S. Census - Past and Present

This page includes links to research and information, including Census and other government documents from 1930 forward that discuss and/or have data on the Hispanic (Mexican-American, Spanish-American, etc.) population of the United States.

Research, articles, presentations, etc.

• Powerpoint Presentation from "Historical Data on the Hispanic Population in Colorado in the U.S. Census – A Case Study", given at the Five State Government Documents Conference 2006 at CU Boulder.

• Powerpoint Presentation from "Historical Data on the Hispanic Population in the U.S. Census", given at the 2006 Federal Depository Library Conference in Washington, D.C.

• Handout from "Historical Data on the Hispanic Population in the U.S. Census", given at the 2006 Federal Depository Library Conference in Washington, D.C.

• Counting the Forgotten: The 1970 count of persons of Spanish speaking background in the United States

Documents

• Fifteenth Census of the United States - 1930 - Population
  • Volume 2: General Report, Statistics by Subject
    • Chapter 2: Color or Race, Nativity and Parentage
      • Introduction - Mexican Population: p. 27
      • Statistical Tables
  • Volume 3: Reports by states, showing the composition and characteristics of the population for counties, cities, and townships or other minor civil divisions
    • Part 1. Alabama-Missouri
    • Part 2. Montana-Wyoming
  • Vol. 6 (Supplement) Special report on foreign-born white families by country of birth of head with an appendix giving statistics for Mexican, Indian, Chinese, and Japanese families
    • Statistics of Mexican, Indian, Chinese, and Japanese Families

• Sixteenth Census of the United States - 1940 - Population
  • Volume 2: Characteristics of the Population
    • Part 1: United States Summary...
      • General Introduction - Definistions of Terms and Explanations: Sex and Race, p. 9
  • Nativity and parentage of the white population
    • Mother Tongue: Introduction
    • Mother Tongue: Statistical Tables

• Census of Population: 1950
  • Volume 2: Characteristics of the Population
    • Part 1: United States Summary
      • General Introduction - Population Characteristics: Race and Color, p. 35
  • Volume 4: Special Reports, Part 3
    • No. 3C: Persons of Spanish Surname
    • No. 3D: Puerto Ricans in the Continental United States

• Census of Population: 1960

http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/1960.htm

o Volume 1: U.S. Summary

 Introduction to Race and Color, p. XLI; to Mother Tongue, p. XLVI

o Volume 2: Subject Reports

 1B: Persons of Spanish Surname

 1D: Puerto Ricans in the United States

• 1970 Census of Population

http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/1970.htm

o Volume 1: Characteristics of the Population

 Chapter D gives data for Persons of Spanish Heritage, Persons of Spanish Language, Persons of Spanish Surname or Spanish Language, or Persons of Puerto Rican Birth or Parentage, depending on geography.

o Series PC(S1): Supplementary Reports

 No. 30: Persons of Spanish Ancestry

 Nos. 57-61: Characteristics of Spanish Surname Population by Census Tract, for SMSA’s in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas.

o Volume 2: Series PC(2): Subject Reports

 1C: Persons of Spanish Origin

 1D: Persons of Spanish Surname

 1E: Puerto Ricans in the United States

• 1980 Census of Population

http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/1980.htm

o Spanish origin data available from 100 percent and sample form

o Supplementary Reports

 PC80-S1-1: Age, Sex, Race, and Spanish Origin of the Population…

 PC80-S1-7: Persons of Spanish Origin by State

• 1990 Census of Population

http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial.html

o CP-1 and CP-2: Hispanic origin data available from 100 percent and sample form

o CP-3-3: Persons of Hispanic Origin in the United States

• 2000 Census of Population

http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/index.html

o PHC-1 and PCH-2: Hispanic or Latino origin data available from 100 percent and sample form

o Census 2000 Briefs

 La Población Hispana

 Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin

 The Hispanic Population

Other Selected Resources:

• U.S. Census Bureau: Hispanic Population of the United States

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hispanic.html

o Links to data and reports from the Current Population Survey, Estimates and Projections, Census 2000 and 1990 Census, information on preparations for the 2000 Census from the Federal Register, Census Briefs and Statistical Briefs, and Population Division Working Papers.

• Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For The United States, Regions, Divisions, and States (Population Division Working Paper No. 56)

o http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056.html

o http://www.census.gov/population/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.pdf

• Minority Links: Facts on the Hispanic or Latino Population

http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/NEWhispML1.html

o From the Public Information Office, includes links to American Community Survey and Decennial reports and information, data on Social and Economic Characteristics.

• Public Law 94-311 (June 16, 1976), called for the expansion of statistics reflecting the socioeconomic status of Hispanics.

• Appendix 1: Directive No. 15, Race and Ethnic Standards for Federal Statistics and Administrative Reporting. Office of Management and Budget, 1977.

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/Directive_15.html

• Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity. Office of Management and Budget, 2000.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/1997standards.html