9,530,419 (people of Mexican origin; 2020 Census)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Texas (especially El Paso, San Antonio, and South Texas), Louisiana (Los Adaes)
Languages
Texan Spanish, Texan English
Religion
Predominantly Roman Catholic
Related ethnic groups
Mexican Americans, Louisiana Creoles, Adaeseños, Afro-Mexicans, Indigenous peoples of Mexico, Mestizos in Mexico, Isleños, Cajuns, Texan Natives
Tejanos (/teɪˈhɑːnoʊz/,[2]Spanish:[teˈxanos]) are descendants of Texas Creoles and Mestizos who settled in Texas before its admission as an American state.[3] The term is also sometimes applied to Texans of Mexican descent.[4][5]
^US Census Bureau: Table QT-P10 Hispanic or Latino by Type: 2020 Retrieved July 13, 2022.
^"Definition of TEJANO". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
^Gerald E. Poyo; Gilberto M. Hinojosa (2011). Tejano Origins in Eighteenth-Century San Antonio. Macquarie University. University of Texas Press. p. 222.
^"Encyclopedia of the Great Plains | TEJANOS". plainshumanities.unl.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
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