Weighted Demographic Tables, Nationally and by State

Latino National Survey

December 7, 2006

Luis R. Fraga, StanfordUniversity

John A. Garcia, University of Arizona

Rodney Hero, University of Notre Dame

Michael Jones-Correa, CornellUniversity

Valerie Martinez-Ebers, TexasChristianUniversity

Gary M. Segura, University of Washington

Latino Population by Nationality of Origin
Argentina / Bolivia / Chile / Columbia / Costa Rica / Cuba / Dom Rep / Ecuador / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras
National / 0.33 / 0.41 / 0.17 / 1.54 / 0.31 / 4.05 / 3.5 / 1.24 / 4.27 / 2.04 / 1.07
Arizona / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.4 / 0.2 / 0.3 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.2 / 1.7 / 0.3
Arkansas / 0.3 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.9 / 0.4 / 0.5 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 5.2 / 2.5 / 0.7
California / 0.2 / 0.0 / 0.2 / 0.0 / 0.1 / 0.6 / 0.0 / 0.2 / 7.9 / 2.7 / 0.5
Colorado / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.7 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.6 / 0.4 / 0.0
D.C. / 0.0 / 1.3 / 2.7 / 0.0 / 1.3 / 5.8 / 11.9 / 1.4 / 26.1 / 3.0 / 0.0
Florida / 1.0 / 0.0 / 0.4 / 6.5 / 1.0 / 27.6 / 8.6 / 1.3 / 1.0 / 1.7 / 2.0
Georgia / 0.2 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 3.2 / 0.2 / 3.2 / 0.5 / 0.2 / 2.7 / 3.6 / 1.7
Illinois / 1.0 / 0.2 / 0.0 / 0.6 / 0.0 / 1.1 / 0.2 / 0.6 / 0.9 / 1.7 / 0.1
Iowa / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.8 / 0.0 / 1.2 / 2.0 / 2.2 / 0.6
Maryland / 1.1 / 5.6 / 0.6 / 2.8 / 0.5 / 2.5 / 4.0 / 2.2 / 27.7 / 17.8 / 3.5
Nevada / 0.2 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.8 / 0.2 / 3.0 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 3.7 / 1.7 / 1.2
New Jersey / 0.9 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 5.3 / 0.0 / 14.5 / 17.1 / 6.6 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
New Mexico / 0.4 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.3 / 0.6 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.0
New York / 0.3 / 0.4 / 0.7 / 3.5 / 0.6 / 2.5 / 20.2 / 6.6 / 3.3 / 1.5 / 2.6
North Carolina / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.2 / 1.8 / 1.2 / 2.0 / 0.6 / 0.2 / 2.5 / 1.5 / 2.0
Texas / 0.2 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.3 / 0.0 / 0.5 / 0.0 / 0.2 / 8.8 / 0.7 / 0.7
Virginia / 1.5 / 12.3 / 0.5 / 2.4 / 0.4 / 2.4 / 0.9 / 1.1 / 28.7 / 4.1 / 6.3
Washington / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.3 / 0.0 / 0.7 / 0.8 / 0.0 / 0.2 / 1.0 / 0.7 / 0.5
Mexico / Nicaragua / Panama / Paraguay / Peru / Puerto Rico / Spain / Uruguay / Venezuela / USA[1]
National / 68.62 / 0.57 / 0.13 / 0.03 / 0.79 / 8.59 / 1.06 / 0.07 / 0.27 / 0.37
Arizona / 94.5 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 1.4 / 0.8 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Arkansas / 86.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 2.0 / 1.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
California / 84.5 / 0.3 / 0.1 / 0.0 / 0.3 / 0.9 / 0.5 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.7
Colorado / 92.9 / 0.0 / 0.5 / 0.0 / 0.6 / 2.1 / 1.1 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.8
D.C. / 29.9 / 1.3 / 1.2 / 0.0 / 1.5 / 9.2 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Florida / 20.6 / 3.3 / 0.4 / 0.0 / 1.1 / 19.0 / 1.3 / 0.0 / 1.8 / 0.2
Georgia / 72.3 / 0.0 / 0.2 / 0.0 / 1.2 / 7.1 / 2.7 / 0.0 / 0.7 / 0.0
Illinois / 83.2 / 0.2 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.2 / 8.6 / 0.7 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.4
Iowa / 87.8 / 0.4 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.5 / 2.4 / 1.1 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.7
Maryland / 18.9 / 3.6 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 1.6 / 4.7 / 1.7 / 0.7 / 0.0 / 0.0
Nevada / 84.0 / 0.2 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.5 / 1.8 / 1.3 / 0.5 / 0.0 / 0.2
New Jersey / 20.3 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.5 / 4.2 / 25.1 / 2.7 / 0.3 / 1.0 / 0.2
New Mexico / 93.9 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 1.2 / 1.1 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 1.2
New York / 15.6 / 0.1 / 0.3 / 0.0 / 2.1 / 36.7 / 1.4 / 0.2 / 0.6 / 0.4
North Carolina / 77.2 / 1.4 / 0.4 / 0.0 / 0.7 / 6.9 / 0.6 / 0.2 / 0.2 / 0.0
Texas / 86.1 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 1.0 / 0.7 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.3
Virginia / 20.4 / 2.4 / 0.0 / 0.6 / 3.7 / 9.1 / 1.8 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0
Washington / 89.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.8 / 4.2 / 0.7 / 0.0 / 0.0 / 0.4
Generation and Citizenship Status
Gen 1 / Gen 2 / Gen 3 / Gen 4+ / Citizen / Not a Citizen
National / 57 / 42.9
Arizona / 56.5 / 16.3 / 13.1 / 12.9 / 61.4 / 38.4
Arkansas / 81.4 / 5.5 / 5.9 / 5.7 / 39.5 / 60.5
California / 67.7 / 15.1 / 8.3 / 8.3 / 56.8 / 43.2
Colorado / 58.5 / 8.5 / 16.4 / 14.9 / 60.3 / 39.7
D.C. / 75.2 / 45.0 / 55.0
Florida / 72.0 / 9.7 / 3.8 / 1.5 / 67.4 / 32.6
Georgia / 81.9 / 7.4 / 3.1 / 4.9 / 32.9 / 63.1
Illinois / 65.8 / 16.0 / 6.6 / 6.1 / 61.6 / 38.4
Iowa / 62.0 / 12.3 / 11.8 / 11.8 / 54.4 / 45.6
Maryland / 86.6 / 45.0 / 55.0
Nevada / 75.9 / 15.6 / 7.1 / 4.0 / 49.4 / 50.6
New Jersey / 68.3 / 12.1 / 5.5 / 1.1 / 60.8 / 39.2
New Mexico / 43.7 / 9.3 / 27.1 / 19.1 / 72.6 / 27.4
New York / 56.2 / 7.4 / 8.4 / 6.5 / 67.1 / 32.9
North Carolina / 85.5 / 7.1 / 1.8 / 2.4 / 34.3 / 66.7
Texas / 56.4 / 12.5 / 15.3 / 15.0 / 63.4 / 36.6
Virginia / 80.7 / 47.9 / 52.1
Washington / 66.5 / 10.4 / 10.0 / 9.4 / 55.3 / 44.7
Age Distributions
% of Population in AgeRange
18 to 30 years old / 31 to 44 years old / 45+ years old / Mean Age
National / 42.1 / 29.2 / 28.7 / 37.0
Arizona / 45.8 / 28.0 / 26.2 / 36.3
Arkansas / 48.7 / 31.7 / 19.6 / 33.1
California / 42.6 / 29.2 / 28.3 / 36.7
Colorado / 43.1 / 28.6 / 28.3 / 36.6
D.C. / 51.0 / 25.6 / 23.4 / 35.1
Florida / 31.8 / 25.1 / 43.1 / 43.0
Georgia / 53.7 / 31.5 / 14.7 / 32.1
Illinois / 44.9 / 28.4 / 26.7 / 34.9
Iowa / 46.2 / 30.6 / 23.2 / 36.2
Maryland / 39.4 / 30.4 / 30.2 / 37.2
Nevada / 45.5 / 32.7 / 21.8 / 34.5
New Jersey / 33.6 / 30.4 / 36.0 / 40.2
New Mexico / 34.6 / 25.6 / 39.8 / 40.7
New York / 35.6 / 28.1 / 36.4 / 39.8
North Carolina / 57.9 / 28.8 / 13.3 / 31.3
Texas / 37.2 / 29.7 / 33.2 / 38.7
Virginia / 44.4 / 32.5 / 23.1 / 35.2
Washington / 44.1 / 34.1 / 21.8 / 34.4
Income Distribution, Percentages
<15K / 15-24K / 25-34K / 35-44K / 45-54K / 55-64K / 65<
National / 15.5 / 18.4 / 13.4 / 9.4 / 6.2 / 4.7 / 10.5
Arizona / 13.0 / 19.9 / 14.9 / 12.0 / 8.1 / 2.7 / 8.0
Arkansas / 19.5 / 24.0 / 15.4 / 7.5 / 4.2 / 3.0 / 5.2
California / 13.3 / 19.6 / 14.1 / 9.3 / 6.1 / 4.8 / 9.5
Colorado / 15.1 / 17.3 / 11.6 / 8.6 / 6.1 / 6.0 / 10.7
D.C. / 18.6 / 21.3 / 7.8 / 9.8 / 3.5 / 7.2 / 15.0
Florida / 13.7 / 16.3 / 12.8 / 9.3 / 7.8 / 4.2 / 11.4
Georgia / 14.3 / 19.3 / 11.1 / 6.7 / 3.3 / 3.1 / 10.3
Illinois / 12.0 / 15.8 / 14.2 / 10.9 / 7.1 / 6.7 / 14.4
Iowa / 14.9 / 21.4 / 16.1 / 8.8 / 6.8 / 5.2 / 7.4
Maryland / 10.9 / 17.1 / 8.0 / 8.7 / 7.6 / 7.0 / 22.1
Nevada / 11.6 / 20.5 / 16.8 / 8.7 / 8.8 / 7.0 / 9.2
New Jersey / 21.1 / 13.2 / 15.7 / 9.1 / 3.3 / 3.0 / 16.5
New Mexico / 14.7 / 16.6 / 13.5 / 13.2 / 7.9 / 6.0 / 9.0
New York / 18.7 / 19.8 / 11.7 / 9.1 / 5.7 / 4.1 / 9.6
North Carolina / 21.0 / 17.3 / 12.9 / 7.0 / 3.2 / 4.4 / 7.6
Texas / 17.3 / 19.2 / 11.8 / 9.1 / 5.7 / 4.1 / 9.6
Virginia / 10.1 / 19.5 / 8.1 / 10.4 / 5.1 / 4.1 / 22.4
Washington / 16.3 / 15.6 / 16.1 / 11.5 / 7.7 / 4.2 / 10.2
Level of Education, Percentages
None / < 8th grade / Some HS / GED / HS Grad / Some College / 4 year degree / GradSchool
National / 2.7 / 20.2 / 18.0 / 2.9 / 22.2 / 19.2 / 8.7 / 6.2
Arizona / 1.4 / 18.7 / 19.6 / 2.7 / 22.3 / 22.1 / 8.0 / 5.2
Arkansas / 3.3 / 24.9 / 22.0 / 3.2 / 24.4 / 13.0 / 6.8 / 2.5
California / 3.6 / 20.6 / 18.6 / 2.9 / 22.0 / 20.1 / 6.7 / 5.5
Colorado / 1.7 / 17.4 / 18.6 / 3.3 / 26.9 / 17.1 / 9.3 / 5.6
D.C. / 3.6 / 14.5 / 19.6 / 0.0 / 12.1 / 27.9 / 9.7 / 12.7
Florida / 1.6 / 14.5 / 13.2 / 2.6 / 21.1 / 23.2 / 14.1 / 9.8
Georgia / 3.7 / 23.9 / 19.2 / 3.2 / 20.3 / 14.4 / 8.3 / 7.0
Illinois / 3.8 / 20.8 / 16.6 / 2.8 / 22.9 / 18.3 / 8.9 / 5.8
Iowa / 2.2 / 24.8 / 17.8 / 2.9 / 22.9 / 19.3 / 6.2 / 3.9
Maryland / 3.7 / 21.8 / 15.3 / 2.8 / 18.3 / 19.9 / 13.8 / 10.3
Nevada / 2.1 / 20.7 / 20.7 / 3.4 / 25.7 / 17.0 / 5.6 / 4.9
New Jersey / 3.2 / 15.6 / 18.0 / 1.0 / 23.0 / 20.3 / 12.3 / 6.6
New Mexico / 1.7 / 15.9 / 15.8 / 3.9 / 22.8 / 22.9 / 12.3 / 7.2
New York / 1.4 / 17.5 / 17.3 / 2.9 / 23.5 / 21.0 / 8.9 / 7.6
North Carolina / 2.6 / 26.1 / 21.4 / 2.4 / 22.2 / 14.4 / 6.3 / 4.6
Texas / 2.6 / 21.6 / 18.4 / 3.7 / 20.8 / 18.5 / 9.7 / 4.7
Virginia / 2.4 / 19.9 / 16.0 / 2.0 / 15.1 / 20.8 / 14.6 / 9.3
Washington / 5.4 / 20.4 / 18.4 / 2.8 / 20.3 / 20.8 / 8.1 / 4.0
Preferred Self-Identity after Forced-Choice
Pan-Ethnic / Country of Origin / American
National / 38.3 / 39.6 / 16.0
Arizona / 43.6 / 36.6 / 16.7
Arkansas / 45.9 / 39.4 / 10.9
California / 33.5 / 41.7 / 17.6
Colorado / 43.5 / 31.6 / 17.6
D.C. / 42.3 / 42.8 / 8.7
Florida / 32.5 / 40.8 / 18.7
Georgia / 35.9 / 48.2 / 11.6
Illinois / 40.5 / 41.2 / 13.3
Iowa / 37.2 / 39.8 / 16.5
Maryland / 41.6 / 37.4 / 13.1
Nevada / 39.6 / 38.7 / 15.9
New Jersey / 39.1 / 41.7 / 13.5
New Mexico / 34.7 / 32.0 / 25.1
New York / 37.1 / 42.6 / 14.0
North Carolina / 36.6 / 48.9 / 8.9
Texas / 41.3 / 32.5 / 20.4
Virginia / 44.9 / 33.8 / 12.4
Washington / 36.1 / 40.5 / 16.1
Registered voters and partisan identification
I1 / I1 / I5a / I5a / J1 / J1 / J1
Registered / Not Registered / Vote2004 Bush / Vote2004 Kerry / Dem / Rep / Ind
National / 77.4 / 21.4 / 35 / 46.5 / 34.0 / 10.5 / 17.6
Arizona / 78.9 / 20.1 / 41.3 / 43.2 / 40.7 / 7.8 / 20.2
Arkansas / 57.4 / 39.8 / 52.7[2] / 24.2 / 22.6 / 10.2 / 21.5
California / 73.6 / 25.5 / 31.5 / 50.1 / 35.6 / 11.1 / 19.6
Colorado / 78.3 / 21.4 / 30.7 / 51.6 / 32.3 / 11.0 / 21.4
D.C. / 79.7 / 12.4 / 19.5 / 71.8 / 39.4 / 3.0 / 20.6
Florida / 83.6 / 15.7 / 50.1 / 31.8 / 25.1 / 22.2 / 16.6
Georgia / 65.3 / 32.9 / 53.3 / 28.1 / 18.7 / 11.1 / 20.2
Illinois / 78.0 / 21.1 / 28.2 / 51.7 / 40.7 / 7.9 / 15.1
Iowa / 74.6 / 25.4 / 29.6 / 51.3 / 29.0 / 7.7 / 18.9
Maryland / 82.6 / 16.1 / 29.8 / 57.6 / 34.7 / 11.3 / 20.4
Nevada / 71.2 / 26.3 / 28.3 / 53.8 / 31.6 / 10.5 / 19.9
New Jersey / 84.5 / 14.5 / 33.7 / 48.5 / 39.3 / 11.5 / 16.8
New Mexico / 85.5 / 14.0 / 32.4 / 49.9 / 44.1 / 13.0 / 13.5
New York / 81.6 / 17.6 / 25.7 / 53.2 / 48.9 / 6.6 / 14.8
North Carolina / 58.6 / 38.9 / 45.0 / 35.0 / 18.2 / 10.2 / 18.5
Texas / 80.8 / 18.5 / 39.0 / 43.3 / 37.2 / 9.3 / 16.7
Virginia / 76.2 / 21.8 / 31.0 / 44.4 / 32.5 / 9.8 / 19.3
Washington / 74.1 / 24.3 / 32.8 / 48.7 / 28.4 / 8.9 / 18.3
Linguistic Preferences
Language of Interview (S3) / Language of Media Preference (A4)
English / Spanish / English / Spanish / Bilingual
National / 38.1 / 61.8 / 29.3 / 45.9 / 23.8
Arizona / 44.2 / 55.8 / 36.3 / 39.4 / 22.2
Arkansas / 31.6 / 68.4 / 20.8 / 56.8 / 21.4
California / 39.8 / 60.2 / 29.8 / 45.3 / 22.4
Colorado / 51.8 / 48.2 / 36.0 / 38.3 / 24.5
D.C. / 35.0 / 65.0 / 27.5 / 49.5 / 29.0
Florida / 27.4 / 72.6 / 26.6 / 47.8 / 24.3
Georgia / 25.7 / 74.3 / 18.8 / 58.4 / 21.8
Illinois / 34.8 / 65.2 / 27.8 / 44.6 / 26.5
Iowa / 47.4 / 52.7 / 32.4 / 45.5 / 21.8
Maryland / 23.9 / 76.1 / 23.0 / 48.0 / 26.5
Nevada / 36.4 / 63.6 / 24.1 / 51.9 / 23.5
New Jersey / 35.0 / 66.1 / 26.6 / 44.2 / 28.1
New Mexico / 55.9 / 44.1 / 43.1 / 31.9 / 25.0
New York / 36.1 / 63.9 / 31.6 / 43.1 / 24.5
North Carolina / 29.9 / 70.1 / 17.5 / 55.7 / 26.6
Texas / 42.7 / 57.3 / 33.6 / 43.3 / 19.3
Virginia / 26.9 / 73.1 / 22.8 / 45.6 / 31.7
Washington / 49.1 / 50.9 / 36.7 / 43.4 / 19.3

[1] Volunteered

[2] On 74 respondents reported having voted in 2004.