Distribution of Hispanic or Latino: Mexican People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Hispanic or Latino: Mexican

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7.95%
15.9%
23.85%
31.8%
47.7%
63.6%
79.5%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Starr County, Texas	95.61%
2	Maverick County, Texas	93.09%
3	Webb County, Texas	91.33%
4	Zapata County, Texas	90.25%
5	Zavala County, Texas	89.44%
6	Hidalgo County, Texas	88.8%
7	Kenedy County, Texas	87.73%
8	Brooks County, Texas	87.08%
9	Cameron County, Texas	86.23%
10	Jim Hogg County, Texas	85.18%
11	Duval County, Texas	85.12%
12	Dimmit County, Texas	84.8%
13	Willacy County, Texas	84.72%
14	Presidio County, Texas	82.04%
15	Santa Cruz County, Arizona	80.94%
16	Imperial County, California	80.65%
17	La Salle County, Texas	80.09%
18	El Paso County, Texas	78.12%
19	Val Verde County, Texas	78.1%
20	Jim Wells County, Texas	75.89%

Top Counties by Population of Hispanic or Latino: Mexican

#	County	Population
1	Los Angeles County, California	3,716,024
2	Harris County, Texas	1,454,999
3	Maricopa County, Arizona	1,152,230
4	Bexar County, Texas	1,028,274
5	Riverside County, California	1,021,154
6	Cook County, Illinois	1,015,441
7	San Diego County, California	988,555
8	San Bernardino County, California	962,717
9	Orange County, California	925,437
10	Dallas County, Texas	862,271
11	Hidalgo County, Texas	754,220
12	El Paso County, Texas	654,380
13	Clark County, Nevada	492,635
14	Tarrant County, Texas	486,470
15	Fresno County, California	480,432
16	Kern County, California	428,451
17	Santa Clara County, California	415,406
18	Cameron County, Texas	363,683
19	Pima County, Arizona	340,290
20	Travis County, Texas	333,086

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Texas	33.69%	9,394,506
2	California	32.24%	12,621,844
3	New Mexico	31.47%	658,516
4	Arizona	27.73%	1,926,274
5	Nevada	21.54%	629,469
6	Colorado	15.71%	869,149
7	Illinois	13.38%	1,715,831
8	Idaho	10.73%	181,185
9	Oregon	10.56%	431,169
10	Utah	10.06%	306,375
11	Washington	9.98%	728,208
12	Kansas	9.56%	278,213
13	Oklahoma	8.5%	333,166
14	Nebraska	7.9%	150,424
15	Wyoming	7.68%	44,704
16	Georgia	5.45%	561,710
17	Arkansas	5.33%	159,273
18	North Carolina	5.3%	538,505
19	Indiana	5.02%	333,219
20	Wisconsin	4.82%	278,789
21	Iowa	4.58%	143,368
22	Alaska	3.8%	28,049
23	Michigan	3.65%	363,421
24	Minnesota	3.65%	201,580
25	Delaware	3.61%	34,244
26	Florida	3.46%	713,518
27	Tennessee	3.27%	217,557
28	Hawaii	3.22%	45,832
29	South Carolina	3.04%	150,582
30	Missouri	2.83%	172,055
31	Montana	2.64%	27,510
32	New Jersey	2.6%	230,875
33	Alabama	2.55%	124,210
34	South Dakota	2.46%	21,229
35	New York	2.43%	477,194
36	North Dakota	2.38%	17,915
37	District of Columbia	2.07%	14,156
38	Virginia	2.06%	173,046
39	Louisiana	2.01%	93,750
40	Kentucky	2.01%	89,217
41	Mississippi	1.88%	56,282
42	Ohio	1.72%	200,060
43	Maryland	1.62%	97,231
44	Connecticut	1.6%	57,383
45	Pennsylvania	1.19%	152,537
46	Rhode Island	1.05%	11,123
47	Massachusetts	0.7%	47,911
48	New Hampshire	0.65%	8,686
49	West Virginia	0.6%	10,982
50	Vermont	0.53%	3,335
51	Maine	0.47%	6,251
52	Puerto Rico	0.32%	10,834

Top States and Territories by Population of Hispanic or Latino: Mexican

#	State	Population
1	California	12,621,844
2	Texas	9,394,506
3	Arizona	1,926,274
4	Illinois	1,715,831
5	Colorado	869,149
6	Washington	728,208
7	Florida	713,518
8	New Mexico	658,516
9	Nevada	629,469
10	Georgia	561,710
11	North Carolina	538,505
12	New York	477,194
13	Oregon	431,169
14	Michigan	363,421
15	Indiana	333,219
16	Oklahoma	333,166
17	Utah	306,375
18	Wisconsin	278,789
19	Kansas	278,213
20	New Jersey	230,875
21	Tennessee	217,557
22	Minnesota	201,580
23	Ohio	200,060
24	Idaho	181,185
25	Virginia	173,046
26	Missouri	172,055
27	Arkansas	159,273
28	Pennsylvania	152,537
29	South Carolina	150,582
30	Nebraska	150,424
31	Iowa	143,368
32	Alabama	124,210
33	Maryland	97,231
34	Louisiana	93,750
35	Kentucky	89,217
36	Connecticut	57,383
37	Mississippi	56,282
38	Massachusetts	47,911
39	Hawaii	45,832
40	Wyoming	44,704
41	Delaware	34,244
42	Alaska	28,049
43	Montana	27,510
44	South Dakota	21,229
45	North Dakota	17,915
46	District of Columbia	14,156
47	Rhode Island	11,123
48	West Virginia	10,982
49	Puerto Rico	10,834
50	New Hampshire	8,686
51	Maine	6,251
52	Vermont	3,335

Source Data

This data was sourced from the 2013-2018 American Communities Survey. As this is freely available government data, feel free to use and share these numbers and metrics.