PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF HISPANICS BY DESCENT: NEW YORK CITY 1980-1990

1980

1990

Changes

1980-1990

Total

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Hispanics

1,406,389

100

1,783,511

100

377,122

26.8

Puerto Rican

860,552

61.2

896,763

50.3

36,211

4.2

Dominican

125,380

8.9

332,713

18.7

207,333

165.4

Colombian

45,160

3.2

84,454

4.7

39,294

87

Ecuadorean

40,320

2.9

78,444

4.4

38,124

94.6

Mexican

22,577

1.6

61,722

3.5

39,145

173.4

Cuban

60,930

4.3

56,041

3.1

-4,889

-8

Salvadoran

6,300

0.4

23,926

1.3

17,626

279.8

Peruvian

11,640

0.8

23,257

1.3

11,617

99.8

Panamanian

17,700

1.3

22,707

1.3

5,007

28.3

Honduran

14,100

1

22,167

1.2

8,067

57.2

Spaniard

16,740

1.2

20,148

1.1

3,408

20.4

Guatemalan

5,200

0.4

15,765

0.9

10,565

203.2

Argentinean

7,000

0.5

13,934

0.8

6,934

99.1

Nicaraguan

3,840

0.3

9,660

0.5

5,820

151.6

Costa Rican

4,620

0.3

6,920

0.4

2,300

49.8

Chilean

3,820

0.3

6,721

0.4

2,901

75.9

Venezuelan

4,460

0.3

4,172

0.2

-288

-6.5

Bolivian

1,960

0.1

3,465

0.2

1,505

76.8

Uruguayan

1,460

0.1

3,233

0.2

1,773

121.4

 

Sources: 1980 Census Summary Tape File I and Census Public Use Microdata Sample A 1990 Census Summary Tape Files I and 3 Population Division New York City Department of City Planning