"Hispanic" in the U.S.

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Sat Jun 19 13:43:00 UTC 2010


In the U.S. today, is "Hispanic" used predominantly in sense 1,
"Pertaining to Spain or its people; esp. pertaining to ancient
Spain", or sense 2, "Spanish-speaking, esp. applied to someone of
Latin-American descent living in the United States"?  And how much
predominantly?

Can someone reproduce the 2010 U.S. census choices related to
"Hispanic" and race or not-race?  (I'm a bit lazy at the moment.)

Joel

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