A total of 882,000 Hispanics of Colombian origin resided in the United States in 2008, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
A total of 882,000 Hispanics of Colombian origin resided in the United States in 2008, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
Colombians in this statistical profile are people who self-identified as Hispanics of Colombian origin; this means either they themselves are Colombian immigrants or they trace their family ancestry to Colombia. Colombians are the seventh-largest population of Hispanic origin living in the United States, accounting for 1.9% of the U.S. Hispanic population in 2008. Mexicans constituted 30.7 million, or 65.7%, of the Hispanic population.1
This statistical profile compares the demographic, income and economic characteristics of the Colombian population with the characteristics of all Hispanics and the U.S. population overall. It is based on Pew Hispanic Center tabulations of the 2008 American Community Survey. Key facts include:
• Immigration status. Two-thirds of Colombians (66.5%) in the United States are foreign born compared with 38.1% of Hispanics and 12.5% of the U.S. population overall. Most immigrants from Colombia (58.7%) arrived in the U.S. in 1990 or later. Less than half of Colombian immigrants (48.8%) are U.S. citizens.
• Language. A majority of Colombians (57.5%) speak English proficiently.2 Some 42.5% of Colombians ages 5 and older report speaking English less than very well, compared with 37.3% of all Hispanics
• Age. Colombians are older than Hispanics overall. The median age of Colombians is 36, which is the same as the median ages of the U.S. population; the median age of all Hispanics is 27.
• Marital status. Colombians are more likely than Hispanics overall to be married—50.4% versus 46.5%. [continued on page 2]
Good summation of information on Colombians, thank you for sharing. It’s interesting that Colombians are a little older on average than the rest of the Latino population in the US. As far as regionalization, here in Arizona (we’re not all pendejos here…), I know the numbers are lower than they are in California.
One thing is for certain, Colombians like gente from all over the world are cheering for their paisanos during the Copa Mundial.
Thanks for sharing this info!
Thank you, Joe!!! The same thing happens to other countries of origin, like Argentina. A little older than the average Latino population and we loooove people cheering for us (especially if they are Latinos!) on the Copa Mundial!!!