Differences in Growth between the U.S. Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Populations
Source: https://www.census.gov/ , Press Release
JUNE 27, 2024 – Between 2022 and 2023, the Hispanic population accounted for just under 71% of the overall growth of the United States population, driven primarily by Hispanic births, according to newly released Vintage 2023 Population Estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Hispanics of any race grew to just over 65 million, an increase of 1.16 million (1.8%) from the prior year. This growth significantly contributed to the nation’s total population gain of 1.64 million in 2023.
“The Hispanic population is expanding at a substantially faster rate than the non-Hispanic population, primarily due to natural increase, that is, more births than deaths,” said Kristie Wilder, a demographer in the Census Bureau’s Population Division. “The annual increase of 1.8% was in sharp contrast to the 0.2% increase in the non-Hispanic population, whose growth was tempered by a decline among non-Hispanic Whites, the largest demographic within the non-Hispanic category and the only one to experience a population loss.”
While natural increase made the greatest contribution to Hispanic population growth between 2022 and 2023 with approximately 722,000 more births than deaths, international migration resulted in about one-third of the overall net gain in the Hispanic population, with just over 437,000 migrants coming into the country.
Reflecting this growth, Hispanics of any race made up almost one-fifth (19.5%) of the U.S. population in 2023, making it the second largest group after the non-Hispanic White population.
However, the Hispanic population still grew faster than the nation’s non-Hispanic population, which increased by 0.2% (just under one-half million) from 2022 to 269.7 million in 2023. The non-Hispanic population’s slower growth stemmed from natural decrease where it experienced 217,000 more deaths than births from 2022 to 2023. Despite this natural decrease, the non-Hispanic population experienced some growth due to a net gain of more than 700,000 people through net international migration.
The slow growth within the total non-Hispanic population reflects a slight decline in the non-Hispanic White population. At 195 million people, the non-Hispanic White population had the largest share (58%) of the nation’s total population in 2023, even though it slid 0.2% (461,612) from the previous year. With nearly 630,000 more deaths than births, natural decrease was the main contributor to the non-Hispanic White population decline. Conversely, the other non-Hispanic race groups experienced population growth in 2023: Two or More Races, 2.4%; Asian, 2.3%; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 1.7%; Black, 0.6%; and American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%.
State, Metro Area and County-Level Changes
Twenty-seven of the 43 states where the total population increased between 2022 to 2023 experienced more growth in the Hispanic population relative to the non-Hispanic. In 13 of those 27 states (Alaska, Connecticut, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Rhode Island and Vermont), the non-Hispanic population declined while the number of Hispanic residents increased.
Non-Hispanic White Alone
The White population in the United States was 195,432,584 in 2023, representing a loss of -0.2% or -461,612 people between 2022 and 2023.
In 2023, California had the nation’s largest White population (13,361,684), followed by Texas (12,088,544) and Florida (11,742,859). South Carolina had the fastest-growing White population, up 1.6% (54,695) from 2022.
Hispanic or Latino, of any race
The Hispanic population surpassed 65 million people after having gained nearly 1.2 million residents since 2022, an increase of 1.8%, for a total population of 65,219,145.
Among states, California (15,760,437), Texas (12,135,690), Florida (6,197,465) and New York (3,873,130) had the largest Hispanic populations.
Texas (242,306), Florida (191,373) and California (83,036) had the largest numeric increases in Hispanics between 2022 and 2023, while New York (0.1%/-3,375) was the only state to experience a drop in that population.
Ocala, FL (9.3%), and Homosassa Springs, FL (9.3%), had the fastest-growing Hispanic population between 2022 and 2023 among U.S. metro areas with a Hispanic population of at least 10,000 in 2022 and 2023.
