888-806-2588
Hispanic – U.S. ǀ Hispanic ǀ Iberian American
Hispanic Americans are people identifying or identified as Hispanic or Latino/a sampled in the United States. As of 2010, Hispanics accounted for 16.3% of the U.S. population, or around 50.5 million people. The projected Hispanic population of the United States for July 1, 2050 is 132.8 million people, or 30.2% of the nation's total projected population on that date. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis from Los Angeles became the first Hispanic woman to serve in the U.S. Cabinet.
The Hispanic – U.S. population data represent DNA samples, inter alia, from 210 Hispanic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic-American) individuals. Samples were taken from the database at the Bode Technology Group, located in Springfield, Va. For more details on this population, see http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=137.
Source publication: Allele Frequencies for Fourteen STR Loci of the PowerPlex 1.1 and 2.1 Multiplex Systems and Penta D Locus In Caucasians, African-Americans, Hispanics, and Other Populations of the United States of America and Brazil, Levedakou et.al, JFS, 2001, 46(3) 736-761.
[Population 40, 132, 166, 277]