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FACTS
Hispanic trends in the U.S
An estimated 1.4 million Hispanics of Guatemalan origin lived in the United States in 2017, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. Guatemalans in this statistical profile are people who self-identified as Hispanics of Guatemalan origin; this includes immigrants from Guatemala and those who trace their family ancestry to Guatemala.
Guatemalans are the sixth-largest population of Hispanic origin living in the United States, accounting for 2% of the U.S. Hispanic population in 2017. Since 2000, the Guatemalan-origin population has increased 255%, growing from 406,000 to 1.4 million over the period. At the same time, the Guatemalan foreign-born population living in the U.S. grew by 171%, from 319,000 in 2000 to 864,000 in 2017. By comparison, Mexicans, the nation’s largest Hispanic origin group, constituted 36.6 million, or 62%, of the Hispanic population in 2017.
The following key facts compare demographic and economic characteristics of the Guatemalan-origin population in the U.S. with the characteristics of U.S. Hispanics and the U.S. population overall. It is based on Pew Research Center tabulations of the 2017 American Community Survey. Key facts include:
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Immigration status
Among Hispanics in the U.S., about 33% are foreign born, compared with 60% of U.S. Guatemalans.
About 33% of foreign-born
Guatemalans have been in the U.S. for over 20 years, and 27% of foreign-born Guatemalans are U.S. citizens.
Income
Among U.S. Hispanics, the median annual personal earnings for those ages 16 and older was $25,000, compared with $23,000 for Guatemalans.
Looking at full-time, year-round workers, U.S. Hispanics earned more than Guatemalans ($34,000 vs. $28,800).
Homeownership
The rate of homeownership among U.S. Hispanics (47%) is higher than the rate for Guatemalans overall (32%).
Among Guatemalans in the U.S., rates of homeownership are higher for the U.S. born than foreign born (40% vs. 31%).
Source: Pew Research
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