Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans are Hispanic and Latino Americans having Asian ancestry and for those Hispanics who consider themselves or were officially classified by the United States Census Bureau, Office of Management and Budget, and other U.S. government agencies as Asian Americans.
Hispanicity, which is independent of race, is the only ethnic category, as opposed to racial category, which is officially unified by the U.S. Census Bureau. The distinction made by government agencies for those within the population of any official race category, including "Asian American", is between those who report Hispanic or Latino ethnic backgrounds and all others who do not. In the case of Asian Americans, these two groups are respectively termed Asian Hispanics and non-Hispanic Asian Americans, the former being those who say Asian ancestry from Spanish-speaking Latin America, and the latter consisting of an ethnically diverse collection of all others who are classified as Asian Americans that do not report Hispanic ethnic backgrounds.
Video Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans
Population
In the 2000 US Census, 119,829 Hispanic or Latino Americans identified as being of Asian race alone. In 2006, the Census Bureau's American Community Survey estimated them at 154,694, while its Population Estimates, which are official, put them at 277,704. In the 2010 Census, there were 598,146 Asian Hispanic or Latino Americans, including those who are multiracial in origin.
Filipino Americans, often have Spanish surnames from the Alphabetical Catalog of Surnames, due to an 1849 decree.
Maps Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans
Notable people
- Kirk Acevedo, American actor
- Miguel del Aguila, American composer
- Tatyana Ali, American actress and R&B singer
- Daniella Alonso, American Actress
- Tyson Beckford, American male model and actor
- Steve Caballero, pro skateboarder
- Franklin Chang-Díaz, former NASA astronaut
- Sonia Chang-Díaz, politician
- Alex Cabrera Suzuki, Venezuelan professional baseball player
- Chris Cheng, professional marksman
- Arthur Chin, United States Air Force pilot
- Benjamin Brian Castro, Actor, Singer, Visual artist, and YouTube sensation
- Carlos Galvan, singer
- Enrique Iglesias, singer
- Equipto, rapper
- Cassie Ventura, singer, model, and actress
- Kelis, singer
- Wallace Loh, President of the University of Maryland
- Kamala Lopez, American actress
- Bruno Mars, singer
- Chino Moreno, frontman of Deftones
- Asia Nitollano, singer
- Sigrid Nunez, writer
- Chino Rodriguez, Latin music record executive
- Tao Rodríguez-Seeger, musician
- Jessica Sanchez, singer
- Harry Shum, Jr., actor
- Elmelindo Rodrigues Smith, United States Army soldier
- Jasmine Villegas, singer
See also
- Punjabi Mexican Americans
- Latino
- Hispanic
- List of Hispanic and Latino Americans
- White Hispanic and Latino Americans
- Black Hispanic and Latino Americans
References
External links
- PBS: A CULTURAL IDENTITY An essay on the meaning of the Hispanic label. By Richard Rodriguez.
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