Five Myths about U.S. Hispanics

America is home to 62 million Hispanics. That’s 19 percent of the entire U.S. population, and it’s still growing very fast. In fact, the number of Hispanics has almost tripled in just 30 years.

There are as many Hispanics in America as there are Frenchmen in France, or Italians in Italy. Yet far too many Americans have a simplistic notion of who Hispanics are. They see Hispanics as much more alike and unified than they actually are.

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Jim Robb

Jim Robb is a vice president of NumbersUSA and the author of Political Migrants: Hispanic Voters on the Move.

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America is home to 62 million Hispanics. That’s 19 percent of the entire U.S. population, and it’s still growing very fast. In fact, the number of Hispanics has almost tripled in just 30 years.

There are as many Hispanics in America as there are Frenchmen in France, or Italians in Italy. Yet far too many Americans have a simplistic notion of who Hispanics are. They see Hispanics as much more alike and unified than they actually are.