• 50.5 million: The Hispanic population of the United States as of April 1, 2010. Hispanic Americans make up 16.3 percent of the U.S.'s total population—the largest minority group in the country. Only Mexico has a larger Hispanic population than the U.S.

• 10.4 million: The number of Hispanic family households in the United States in 2010

• 63 percent: The percentage of Hispanic-origin people in the United States that have a Mexican background. These are the top backgrounds among Hispanic Americans:

         • 63 percent: Mexican background

         • 9.2 percent: Puerto Rican background

         • 3.5 percent: Cuban background

         • 3.3 percent: Salvadoran background

         • 2.8 percent: Dominican background

• 46.3 percent: The percentage of New Mexico's Hispanic population in 2010, the highest of any state.

• 2.3 million: The number of Hispanic-owned businesses in 2007, which generated $345.2 billion.

• 35 million: The number of U.S. residents, age 5 and older, who spoke Spanish at home in 2009.

• 20 percent: The percentage of elementary and high school students that were Hispanic in 2009.

• 3.9 million: The number of Hispanic Americans who had at least a bachelor's degree in 2010.

• 1.1 million: The number of Hispanic/Latino Americans who are veterans of the U.S. armed forces.

Source: Census.gov