Spanish Americans information

Spanish Americans
españoles estadounidenses (Spanish)
Total population
	Self-identified as "Spaniard"; 978,978 (2020); Self-identified as "Spanish American"; 50,966 (2020); Self-identified as "Spanish"; 866,356 (2020)
Regions with significant populations
	California; Louisiana; Texas; New Mexico; Colorado; Florida; New York; Montana; Arizona; Nevada;
Languages
	English; Spanish; Languages of Spain (Catalan, Galician, Basque, Occitan, Aragonese and Asturian);
Religion
	Christianity (Predominantly Roman Catholicism, minority Protestantism); non-religious
Related ethnic groups
	Spaniards; Hispanic and Latino Americans; Portuguese Americans; Hispanos; Isleño; other European Americans;

Spanish Americans (Spanish: españoles estadounidenses, hispanoestadounidenses, or hispanonorteamericanos) are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly from Spain.^[4] They are the longest-established European American group in the modern United States, with a very small group descending from those explorations leaving from Spain and the Viceroyalty of New Spain (modern Mexico), and starting in the early 1500s, of 42 of the future U.S. states from California to Florida; and beginning a continuous presence in Florida since 1565 and New Mexico since 1598.^[5] In the 2020 United States census, 978,978 self-identified with "Spaniard" origins representing (0.4%) of the white alone or in combination population who responded to the question. Other results include 866,356 (0.4%) identifying as "Spanish" and 50,966 who identified with "Spanish American".^[6]^[7]

Many Hispanic and Latino Americans (Hispanos being the oldest group) living in the United States have Spanish ancestral roots due to five centuries of Spanish colonial settlement and large-scale immigration of Hispanic groups after independence. By this criterion, these groups, and especially white Hispanic and Latino Americans 12,579,626 (white alone, 20.3% of all Hispanics) largely overlap with "Spanish Americans", with the caveat that the former groups can also include European ancestries other than Spanish, and often Amerindian or African ancestry.

However, the term "Spanish American" is used mostly to refer to Americans whose self-identified ancestry originates directly from Spain in the 20th century.

^ "Eight Hispanic Groups Each Had a Million or More Population in 2020". September 26, 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
^ "Eight Hispanic Groups Each Had a Million or More Population in 2020". September 26, 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
^ "Eight Hispanic Groups Each Had a Million or More Population in 2020". September 26, 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
^ Most dictionaries give this definition as the first or only definition for "Spanish American". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (3rd ed.) (1992). Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-44895-6. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.) (2003). Springfield: Merriam-Webster. ISBN 0-87779-807-9. The Random House Dictionary of the English Language (2nd ed.) (1987). New York: Random House. ISBN 0-394-50050-4. Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles (2007). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-920687-2. Webster's New Dictionary and Thesaurus (2002). Cleveland: Wiley Publishing. ISBN 978-0-471-79932-0
^ "A Spanish Expedition Established St. Augustine in Florida". Library of Congress. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
^ "Eight Hispanic Groups Each Had a Million or More Population in 2020". September 26, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
^ "Detailed Races and Ethnicities in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2020 Census". United States census. September 21, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2023.

[1] "Eight Hispanic Groups Each Had a Million or More Population in 2020". September 26, 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2023.

[2] "Eight Hispanic Groups Each Had a Million or More Population in 2020". September 26, 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2023.

[3] "Eight Hispanic Groups Each Had a Million or More Population in 2020". September 26, 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2023.

[4] Most dictionaries give this definition as the first or only definition for "Spanish American". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (3rd ed.) (1992). Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-44895-6. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.) (2003). Springfield: Merriam-Webster. ISBN 0-87779-807-9. The Random House Dictionary of the English Language (2nd ed.) (1987). New York: Random House. ISBN 0-394-50050-4. Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles (2007). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-920687-2. Webster's New Dictionary and Thesaurus (2002). Cleveland: Wiley Publishing. ISBN 978-0-471-79932-0

[loc-5] "A Spanish Expedition Established St. Augustine in Florida". Library of Congress. Retrieved June 29, 2012.

[6] "Eight Hispanic Groups Each Had a Million or More Population in 2020". September 26, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2023.

[7] "Detailed Races and Ethnicities in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2020 Census". United States census. September 21, 2023. Retrieved November 7, 2023.

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Total population
Self-identified as "Spaniard" 978,978 (2020)^[1] Self-identified as "Spanish American" 50,966 (2020)^[2] Self-identified as "Spanish" 866,356 (2020)^[3]
Regions with significant populations
California Louisiana Texas New Mexico Colorado Florida New York Montana Arizona Nevada
Languages
English Spanish Languages of Spain (Catalan, Galician, Basque, Occitan, Aragonese and Asturian)
Religion
Christianity (Predominantly Roman Catholicism, minority Protestantism); non-religious
Related ethnic groups
Spaniards Hispanic and Latino Americans Portuguese Americans Hispanos Isleño other European Americans

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