In the upcoming midterm elections, to be held next November, some 35 million Latinos will have the right to vote. Hispanics represent 18.4% of the population and 17.3% of the labor force, a proportion that will increase to more than 30% by 2060, according to Census forecasts.
Decisive
The participation of Hispanics in these elections can be decisive for the future of the country. In 2008, the Hispanic vote represented 9% of the electorate, and in 2016 it was 11%. In 2000, less than 20 million Hispanics were eligible to vote, while in 2016 it was 27 million: 70% growth in less than two decades.
In the 2018 midterms, there were 29.1 million Hispanics eligible to vote. In the last presidential election (2020), the number exceeded 32 million. An analysis by The Hispanic Council showed that the Hispanic community registered record turnout figures.
In 2020, the Hispanic community was for the first time the largest minority group in elections. They represented 13.3% of the electorate, confirming that the Hispanic vote is increasingly crucial in some key states.
62 million Hispanics
Out of a U.S. population of more than 331 million, 62 million are Hispanic. By the year 2060, 27.5% of the U.S. population will be Hispanic (111 million ). Currently, 1 out of every 6 inhabitants is Hispanic.
According to 2020 census data, the three states with the highest percentage of the Hispanic population are New Mexico (47.7%), California (39.4%) and Texas (39.3%), and the three states where the Hispanic Hispanic population grew the most between 2010 and 2010 to 2020 were North Dakota (148.1%), South Dakota (75.1%) (148.1%), South Dakota (75.1%) and Vermont (68.4%).
