I am Just a Number to You: One of 73,951

Hispanic Diversity Glance
By The Associated Press
Sat Jul 15, 12:30 PM ET

Hispanics from Puerto Rico and Cuba have had much different immigration experiences than have Latinos from other countries. Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens and most Cubans are allowed to stay in the United States if they make it to U.S. shores. The number of Hispanics who listed each ethnicity on the 2000 census:

Country No. Pct
Mexican: 20,900,102; 59.3
General Hispanic: 5,540,627; 15.7
Puerto Rican: 3,403,510; 9.7
Cuban: 1,249,820; 3.5
Dominican: 799,768; 2.3
Salvadoran: 708,741; 2.0
Colombian: 496,748; 1.4
Guatemalan: 407,127; 1.2
Ecuadorian: 273,013; 0.8
Peruvian: 247,601; 0.7
Honduran: 237,431; 0.7
Nicaraguan: 194,493; 0.6
Spaniard: 112,999; 0.3
Argentinian: 107,275; 0.3
Panamanian: 98,475; 0.3
Venezuelan: 96,091; 0.3
Other Central American: 93,234; 0.3
Chilean: 73,951; 0.2 . I wonder which one is me?
Costa Rican: 72,175; 0.2
Other South American: 50,941; 0.1
Bolivian: 45,188; 0.1
Uruguayan: 20,242; 0.1
Paraguayan: 8,929; 0.0
Total: 35,238,481
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Source: 2000 census.