Hispanic presence lower in Seattle than U.S. and Washington State.
Seattle's population of Hispanic origin increased 62 percent between 1990 and 2000, higher than the national average for growth within this group; however, Hispanics represent only 5.3 percent of the city's total population, significantly less than the nation as a whole (13 percent). The percent of King County's population that is Hispanic is about the same as Seattle's--5.5 percent. In Washington State 7.5 percent of the population is of Hispanic origin. Hispanic or Latino is the only ethnicity reported by the Census. Hispanics can be of any race.
Census finds majority of city's Hispanics have origins in Mexico.
Sixty percent of Seattle’s Hispanics are of Mexican origin. The next largest group are of Puerto Rican origin followed by those of Cuban descent.
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