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The "Other Hispanics"— What Are Their National Origins?

Estimating the Latino-Origin Populations in the United States

Mercy College of Northwest Ohio, Toledo

This population study examines possible reasons for a severe underestimation of Latino-origin group populations in 2000 and introduces several alternative methods for estimating these Latino subgroup populations. The new simulated estimates for the Latino subgroups, based on the 2000 Public Use Microdata Sample from the 2000 U.S. Census, are presented at the national level and for selected states and cities. The figures included here represent some of the first alternative estimates for Latino-origin groups at the subnational level. Differences between official 2000 enumerations and estimated counts were larger for smaller Latino subgroups. The 2000 population of Dominicans should have been nearly 1 million rather than the approximately 799,768 the Census recorded. The estimates also gave 42.6% more Salvadorans, 47% more Central Americans, and 41.3% more South Americans.

Key Words: Latino-origin population • Latino subgroup population • population estimation • Census • Dominicans

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 29, No. 2, 133-155 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0739986306297441


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