17 Facts About Spanish Americans

Spanish Americans are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly from Spain.

However, the term "Spanish American" is used only to refer to Americans whose self-identified ancestry originates directly from Spain, and excludes Americans whose Spanish ancestors immigrated to Latin America first before coming to the United States.

Spanish Americans immigrants established settlements in San Diego, California, San Antonio, Texas (1691) and Tucson, Arizona (1699).

These Spanish Americans settlers expanded European influence in the New World.

Much larger numbers of Spanish Americans immigrants entered the country in the first quarter of the twentieth century—27, 000 in the first decade and 68, 000 in the second—due to the same circumstances of rural poverty and urban congestion that led other Europeans to emigrate in that period, as well as unpopular wars-in this first wave of Spanish Americans immigration.

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Many of the Hispanic and Latino Americans bring their Spanish-speaking culture into the country.

In 1990 Florida ranked first with 78, 656 Spanish Americans immigrants followed by: California 74, 784, New York, Texas (32, 226), New Jersey (28, 666).

Some of the first ancestors of Spanish Americans were Spanish Jews who spoke Ladino, a language derived from Castilian Spanish and Hebrew.

Californio is a Spanish Americans term for a descendant of a person of Castillian ancestry who was born in Alta California.

However, its combination of a good port, Henry Plant's new railroad line, and humid climate attracted the attention of Vicente Martinez Ybor, a prominent Spanish Americans-born cigar manufacturer; the neighborhood of Ybor City was named after him.

The influence of Spanish Americans cuisine is seen in the cuisine of the United States throughout the country.

Spanish Americans was the second European language spoken in North America after Old Norse, the language of the Viking settlers.

Many Spanish Americans are more active in Catholic church activities than was common in past generations in Spain; they rarely change their religious affiliation and participate frequently in family–centered ecclesiastical rituals.

In 1980, 62, 747 Spanish Americans claimed only Spaniard ancestry and another 31, 781 claimed Spaniard along with another ethnic ancestry.

Spanish Americans are found in relative numbers throughout United States, particularly in the Southwestern and Gulf Coast.

In 2000, 299, 948 Spanish Americans specifically reported their ancestry as "Spaniard", which was a significant decrease over the 1990 data, where in those who reported "Spaniard" numbered 360, 858.

In 2013, an estimated 746, 000 Hispanics of Spanish Americans origin were living in the United States, making them the ninth largest Hispanic origin population residing in the United States.