Ohio’s Hispanic community is comprised of more than 350,000 people, accounting for 3.1 percent of the state’s total population. According to the 2010 Census, Ohio’s Hispanic population grew by 63.4 percent since 2000 and nearly tripled since 1980. For the United States, taken as a whole, the Hispanic population is nearly 50.5 million, or 16.3 percent of the nation’s total population. Since 2000, the number of Hispanics within the U.S. has increased by more than 15 million, or 43.0 percent.
OVERVIEW
o 354,674 people – 3.1 percent of Ohio’s total population
o 63.4 percent increase in population since 2000
o 76,000 were born outside the U.S.
o 50 percent are of Mexican ancestry
o Median age of 24.5 years compared to 38.8 years for Ohioans as a whole
o 49,000 enrolled in public schools
o Median household income: $34,500
o 9,700+ Hispanic-owned businesses with $2.3 billion in receipts
Note: Hispanic, Latino, and Spanish refers to a person whose origins are from Spain, the Spanish-speaking
countries of Central or South America, the Dominican Republic, or people identifying themselves generally as
such. Origin can be viewed as the heritage, nationality group, lineage, or country of birth of the person or the
person’s parents or ancestors before their arrival in the United States. People who identify their origin as
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino may be of any race.
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