List of Mexican-American communities
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This is a list of communities known for possessing a community or a large number of Mexican Americans. About 61 percent of Mexican Americans live in just two states, namely California (36%) and Texas (25%).[1] According to the 2010 census, the distribution of Mexican Americans in the United States by region is: 51.8% live in the West, 34.4% in the South, 10.9% in the Midwest, and 2.9% in the Northeast.[2]
Mexican Americans are found in all 50 states. The number of Mexican Americans has been increasing dramatically in the late 20th century.
The largest communities by population are located in Los Angeles (esp. East Los Angeles, which became a Chicano community since the end of World War II), East L.A. was 65% Mexican-American in the 1970 US census reports, but dropped to 40% in 2015 and according to the US Census in 2015, 88% of Mexicans living in East L.A. are now immigrants. The suburb of Maywood is another largely Mexican and Latino community.[3] Then there's Santa Ana, California (70% out of 80% Latino) in Orange County, San Diego and San Bernardino in Southern California; and San Francisco (the San Francisco Bay Area) including San Jose, California. The other largest communities by percentage are found in the California cities of Calexico on the Mexican border, Coachella, Huron, McFarland, Mecca (unincorporated), Oasis (unincorporated), Parlier, San Fernando and Thermal (unincorporated). There are Mexican American majority regions in Central California and Southern California as well in southern Texas and southern Arizona.
The majority of Mexican American persons in northern New Mexico are Hispanos. In Texas, some are Tejanos. Tejano or Texano (Spanish for "Texan") is a term used to identify a Texan of criollo Spanish or Mexican heritage. Some also use Texian, an archaic demonym which defined a resident of Mexican Texas and the Republic of Texas and the same region after annexation by the United States of America in 1845.[1] In addition to Texian, several other names were used during the period, including Texasian, Texilingan, Texican, and Texonian.
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States[]
Cities and regions with large Mexican-American populations are:
Arizona[]
- Avondale
- Buckeye
- Casa Grande
- Cochise County
- Douglas
- El Mirage
- Goodyear
- Guadalupe
- Marana
- Maricopa
- Nogales
- Palo Verde
- Phoenix
- Pima County
- Pinal County
- Santa Cruz County
- Tolleson
- Tucson
- Verde Valley
- Wickenburg
- Yuma
- Yuma County
Arkansas[]
California[]
- Imperial Valley
- Lower Colorado River Valley
- Napa Valley
- Sonoma Valley
- San Joaquin Valley
- Anaheim
- Arvin (70% out of 80% Latino)
- Bakersfield
- Baldwin Park
- Barstow
- Beaumont
- Bell Gardens
- Bellflower
- Brawley
- Carson
- Cathedral City
- Chino
- Colusa County
- Compton
- Corona
- Costa Mesa
- Covina
- Culver City
- Daly City
- Davis
- Delano
- Downey
- East Palo Alto
- El Centro
- El Monte
- Escondido
- Fillmore
- Fontana
- Fresno
- Garden Grove
- Gilroy
- Glenn County
- Gonzales
- Greenfield
- Guadalupe
- Hayward
- Hemet
- Hollister
- Hornitos in Mariposa County
- Huntington Park
- Indio (reportedly 75% out of 85% Latino)
- Inglewood
- Kern County
- Kings County
- La Puente
- La Quinta
- Lakewood
- Lennox
- Long Beach
- Lynwood
- Los Banos
- Los Angeles
- Boyle Heights
- Lincoln Heights
- South Los Angeles
- Venice Beach - site of the Zoot Suit Riots
- Madera
- Menifee
- Menlo Park
- Merced
- Modesto
- Montebello
- Moreno Valley
- Morgan Hill
- Napa
- Norwalk
- Oakland- Fruitvale
- Oceanside
- Ontario
- Orange
- Oroville
- Oxnard
- Palmdale
- Palm Springs
- Paramount
- Perris
- Pico Rivera
- Pomona
- Rancho Cucamonga
- Redwood City - East Redwood (Little Mexico)
- Reedley
- Rialto
- Richmond
- Rio Linda
- Riverside
- Romoland
- Sacramento
- Salinas
- San Benito County
- San Bruno
- San Diego Area - i.e. Chula Vista and National City
- San Diego - i.e. Logan Heights and Chicano Park
- San Ysidro on the Mexican border
- San Fernando Valley region
- San Francisco Mission District
- San Gabriel
- San Jacinto
- San Jose - East Side
- San Joaquin
- San Luis Obispo
- San Mateo
- San Marcos
- San Pablo
- San Rafael
- Santa Barbara
- Santa Clara
- Santa Cruz County
- Santa Maria
- Santa Paula
- Santa Rosa
- Seaside
- Solano County
- Soledad
- Sonoma County
- South Gate
- South San Francisco
- Stockton
- Sutter County
- Tecate
- Tehachapi
- Torrance
- Tulare County
- Tustin
- Upland
- Vallejo
- Ventura
- Victorville
- Watsonville
- West Covina
- Whittier
- Williams
- Yolo County
- Yuba City
Colorado[]
- Alamosa
- Aspen
- Burlington
- Colorado Springs
- Cortez
- Denver
- Durango
- Eagle County
- Greeley
- Las Animas
- La Junta
- Monte Vista
- Pagosa Springs
- Pueblo
- Rico
- San Luis Valley
- Steamboat Springs
- Sterling
- Telluride
- Trinidad
- Vail
- Walsenburg
Florida[]
- South Florida with Miami.
- Arcadia
- Belle Glade
- Clewiston
- DeSoto County
- Immokalee
- LaBelle
- Pahokee
Idaho[]
Illinois[]
- Addison
- Aurora
- Beach Park
- Bensenville
- Berwyn
- Blue Island
- Carpentersville
- Chicago
- Chicago Heights
- Cicero
- Elgin
- Fairmont City
- Franklin Park
- Hanover Park
- Harvard
- Highwood
- Joliet
- Melrose Park
- Mendota
- Mundelein
- North Chicago
- Northlake
- Prospect Heights
- Rockford
- Rosemont
- Round Lake
- Round Lake Beach
- Schiller Park
- Silvis (home to the Hero Street memorial of 8 Mexican-American World War II soldiers).
- Streamwood
- Waukegan
- West Chicago
- Wheeling
- Woodstock
Kansas[]
- Kansas City, Missouri/Kansas City, Kansas metro area (the Kansas City region with Overland Park, Kansas).
- Dodge City
- Elkhart
- Fort Scott
- Garden City
- Hutchinson
- Liberal
- Olathe
- Topeka
- Ulysses
- Wichita
Nevada[]
- Carson City
- Las Vegas
- Reno
- Wendover/ Wendover, Utah
- Winnemucca
- Douglas County-Lake Tahoe
- Esmeralda County
- Mineral County-Western Nevada
- Pershing County
New Mexico[]
There are more Hispanics who self-identify as Hispano or Spanish than Mexican-American in Santa Fe, where there is a cultural Mexican community nonetheless in the more-than-400-year-old city and state capital.
Oklahoma[]
- Ardmore
- Enid
- Guymon
- Lawton
- Oklahoma City
- Optima
- Texhoma
- Tulsa
- Warr Acres
- Watonga
- Woodward
- Beaver County
- Cimarron County
- Harmon County
- Jackson County
- Texas County
- Tillman County
Oregon[]
- Ashland
- Bend
- Corvallis
- Grants Pass
- Klamath Falls
- La Grande
- Madras
- Medford
- Nyssa/Nyassa, Idaho
- Ontario
- Pendleton
- Portland
- Roseburg
- Salem
- Talent
- Tule Lake, OR/CA
- Willamette Valley
- Woodburn
Texas[]
- Rio Grande Valley, Texas
- South Texas
- West Texas
- Alice
- Austin
- Beaumont
- Beeville
- Brazos
- Brownsville
- Cotulla
- Corpus Christi
- Crystal City
- Dallas
- Del Rio
- Eagle Pass
- El Paso and El Paso County
- Fabens
- Fort Worth
- Freeport
- Garland
- George West
- Hebbronville
- Houston and South Houston
- Huntsville
- Irving
- Jacinto City - a.k.a. Barrio San Jacinto.
- Kingsville
- Laredo
- Mesquite
- McAllen
- Mission
- Natalia
- Pasadena
- Pearsall
- Pharr
- Port Isabel
- Presidio
- Rio Grande City
- Roma
- San Angelo
- San Antonio
- San Benito
- San Diego
- San Marcos
- Seguin
- Sonora
- South Padre Island
- Uvalde
- Victoria
- Weslaco
Utah[]
- American Fork
- Delta and nearby Deseret in Millard County.
- Ephraim
- Gunnison
- Heber
- Logan
- Manti
- Ogden
- Orem near Provo
- Price
- Richfield
- Salt Lake City
- Salina
- Sandy
- Sevier County
- Spanish Fork
- Washington County, Utah (St. George)
Washington[]
- Bridgeport
- Centralia
- Chehalis
- Ellensburg
- Kennewick
- Moses Lake
- Okanagan
- Othello
- Palouse
- Pasco
- Richland
- Renton
- Seattle metro area
- Seatac
- Selah
- Tacoma
- Walla Walla
- Wenatchee
- Yakima
References[]
- ^ "Table 4. Top Five States for Detailed Hispanic or Latino Origin Groups With a Population Size of One Million or More in the United States: 2010" (PDF). The Hispanic Population 2010. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- ^ "Table 3. Detailed Hispanic or Latino Origin Groups With a Population Size of One Million or More for the United States and Regions: 2010" (PDF). The Hispanic Population 2010. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- ^ "Latino Ranking - Mapping L.A. - Los Angeles Times". maps.latimes.com.
- Lists of United States populated places by ethnic group
- Ethnic enclaves in the United States
- Mexican-American history