In 2012, Hispanic Latino Americans were the second fastest-growing ethnic group by percentage growth in the United States after Asian Latino Americans.
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18 Facts About Latino Americans
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Hispanics of Indigenous descent and Native Latino Americans are the oldest ethnic groups to inhabit much of what is today the United States.
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The Pew Research Center believes that the term "Hispanic" is strictly limited to Spain, Puerto Rico, and all countries where Spanish is the only official language whereas "Latino Americans" includes all countries in Latin America regardless of the fact that Portuguese is its only official language, but it does not include Spain.
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Term Latino Americans is a condensed form of "latinoamericano", the Spanish term for a Latin American, or someone who comes from Latin America.
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US ethnic designation Latino Americans is abstracted from the longer form latinoamericano.
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Two thirds of all Hispanic Latino Americans were born in the United States.
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The largest numbers of those who consider themselves white Hispanic Latino Americans come from within the Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Salvadorans, Spanish and Argentines communities.
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Hispanic Latino Americans are often racially of Native American ancestry mixed with Iberians.
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Hispanics have influenced the way Latino Americans speak with the introduction of many Spanish words into the English language.
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Latino Americans is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and has been endorsed by various politically progressive organizations and individuals.
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Mexican Latino Americans have no such historical relationship with either party.
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Latino Americans will be the first Mexican-born woman to serve in the United States Congress.
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Hispanic Latino Americans have made distinguished contributions to the United States in all major fields, such as politics, the military, music, film, literature, sports, business and finance, and science.
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Latino Americans built his career developing and operating low-income multifamily apartments across Miami.
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Latino Americans is the highest-profile Hispanic in network television and one of the few executives who has the power to approve the airing or renewal of series.
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Since 1988, when Ronald Reagan appointed Lauro Cavazos the Secretary of Education, the first Hispanic United States Cabinet member, Hispanic Latino Americans have had an increasing presence in presidential administrations.
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Latino Americans's nephew John Carlos Baez is a noted mathematical physicist.
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Latino Americans was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Bill Clinton, and was the first Hispanic president of the American Public Health Association.
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