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The above map shows U.S. cities with the highest percentages of people of Mexican ancestry. Move your mouse over points on the map to see city names and percentages, and to link to in-depth community information.

MEXICAN

Among U.S. residents of Hispanic heritage, those with roots in Mexico make up the largest group. In the 2000 census, 20,640,711 people claimed Mexican ancestry. Most lived in the Southwest.

ePodunk mapped the top communities by percentage of population. The map and the following list show communities in which 1,000 or more people listed an ancestry group, and in which at least 50 percent of those people said they were Mexican.

The links at left lead to information on other ethnicities.

Community	Place type	% Mexican
San Elizario, TX	populated place	95.02
Tornillo, TX	populated place	94.78
Lopezville, TX	populated place	93.59
Progreso, TX	city	93.57
Cameron Park, TX	populated place	90.79
Presidio, TX	city	89.92
Alton, TX	city	89.62
Hidalgo, TX	city	89.43
Cactus, TX	city	89.4
Penitas, TX	city	89.37
Palmview, TX	city	89.16
Roma, TX	city	88.76
Fort Hancock, TX	populated place	88.21
Calexico, CA	city	87.72
Somerton, AZ	city	87.42
Coachella, CA	city	87.24
Huron, CA	city	86.92
Parlier, CA	city	86.42
Lost Hills, CA	populated place	86.27
Mecca, CA	populated place	85.65
Heidelberg, TX	populated place	85.31
San Juan, TX	city	84.54
La Joya, TX	city	83.92
East Los Angeles, CA	neighborhd	83.86
San Joaquin, CA	city	83.24
Vinton, TX	village	83.19
San Luis, AZ	city	83
Monte Alto, TX	populated place	82.87
Mattawa, WA	town	82.83
Sunland Park, NM	city	82.72
Palmhurst, TX	city	82.7
El Cenizo, TX	city	82.68
Socorro, TX	city	82.64
La Grulla, TX	city	82.58
La Blanca, TX	populated place	82.39
Canutillo, TX	populated place	81.77
Nogales, AZ	city	81.37
Los Indios, TX	town	81.29
Fabens, TX	populated place	81.08
Elsa, TX	city	80.81
Mabton, WA	city	80.54
Eagle Pass, TX	city	80.15
Granger, WA	town	79.53
Commerce, CA	city	79.1
Sullivan City, TX	city	78.74
San Fernando, CA	city	78.53
Pharr, TX	city	78.38
Castroville, CA	populated place	78.3
Soledad, CA	city	78.11
Edcouch, TX	city	78.1
Greenfield, CA	city	77.99
Firebaugh, CA	city	77.96
Rio Grande City, TX	city	77.51
Earlimart, CA	populated place	76.86
Maywood, CA	city	76.76
Guadalupe, CA	city	76.11
Walnut Park, CA	populated place	76.08
Woodlake, CA	city	75.96
Arvin, CA	city	75.84
Pico Rivera, CA	city	75.73
Orange Cove, CA	city	75.47
Laredo, TX	city	75.43
Hamilton City, CA	populated place	75.09
Lamont, CA	populated place	74.94
Santa Rosa, TX	town	74.9
Gonzales, CA	city	74.72
Anthony, NM	populated place	74.66
Rio Bravo, TX	city	74.66
McFarland, CA	city	74.65
Biola, CA	populated place	74.64
Bell Gardens, CA	city	74.62
Westmorland, CA	city	74.52
Irwindale, CA	city	74.27
South El Monte, CA	city	74.19
Brownsville, TX	city	73.93
Huntington Park, CA	city	73.27
South Tucson, AZ	city	72.5
Cockrell Hill, TX	city	72.23
Columbus, NM	village	72.01
La Villa, TX	city	71.95
Donna, TX	city	71.75
Douglas, AZ	city	71.64
Royal City, WA	city	71.64
Primera, TX	town	71.61
Edinburg, TX	city	71.51
Sanger, CA	city	70.88
South Gate, CA	city	70.75
Mendota, CA	city	70.66
King City, CA	city	70.56
Lyford, TX	city	70.15
Crystal City, TX	city	69.99
Seeley, CA	populated place	69.89
Wapato, WA	city	69.88
Los Fresnos, TX	city	69.59
Van Horn, TX	town	69.49
Lindsay, CA	city	69.34
Del Rio, TX	city	69.31
Le Grand, CA	populated place	68.86
La Puente, CA	city	68.45
Cicero, IL	township	68.38
Cicero, IL	town	68.38
Mercedes, TX	city	68.32
Cudahy, CA	city	68.24
Alamo, TX	city	68.2
Wilder, ID	city	68.06
Toppenish, WA	city	67.81
Holtville, CA	city	67.8
Fellsmere, FL	city	67.79
Tolleson, AZ	city	67.71
Watsonville, CA	city	67.67
Weslaco, TX	city	67.41
Indio, CA	city	67.16
Mission, TX	city	67.16
Bell, CA	city	66.98
El Centro, CA	city	66.74
Stone Park, IL	village	66.74
Lynwood, CA	city	66.56
Wimauma, FL	populated place	66.32
Brawley, CA	city	66.23
Santa Ana, CA	city	65.9
McAllen, TX	city	65.72
Lennox, CA	populated place	65.71
Dinuba, CA	city	65.61
Livingston , CA	city	65.43
Hawaiian Gardens, CA	city	64.8
Baldwin Park, CA	city	64.67
Ivanhoe, CA	populated place	64.62
Raymondville, TX	city	64.49
Williams, CA	city	64.44
Laton, CA	populated place	64.4
South Houston, TX	city	64.36
Marfa, TX	city	63.93
Jacinto City, TX	city	63.91
El Paso, TX	city	63.81
Anthony, TX	town	63.69
San Benito, TX	city	63.53
Farmersville, CA	city	63.2
Santa Paula, CA	city	63.18
Eloy, AZ	city	63.17
Zapata, TX	populated place	62.81
Maricopa, AZ	populated place	62.79
Montebello, CA	city	62.56
Hatch, NM	village	62.46
La Pryor, TX	populated place	62.37
Wendover, UT	city	62.26
Arbuckle, CA	populated place	62.09
Selma, CA	city	61.47
Sunnyside, WA	city	61.41
Valinda, CA	populated place	61.37
Pierson, FL	town	61.36
Warden, WA	city	61.08
Carrizo Springs, TX	city	60.78
Guadalupe, AZ	town	60.69
Delano, CA	city	60.34
El Monte, CA	city	60.26
Batesville, TX	populated place	60.09
Paramount, CA	city	59.94
Avenal, CA	city	59.83
Galena Park, TX	city	59.8
Pixley, CA	populated place	59.78
Gervais, OR	city	59.73
Falfurrias, TX	city	59.69
Reedley, CA	city	59.64
Fillmore, CA	city	59.62
La Feria, TX	city	59.62
Rio Hondo, TX	city	59.47
Oxnard, CA	city	59.44
Fowler, CA	city	59.34
Madera, CA	city	59.16
Pecos, TX	city	59.07
Bridgeport, WA	city	59.06
Wasco, CA	city	58.97
Port Isabel, TX	city	58.77
Piru, CA	populated place	58.61
El Mirage, AZ	city	58.47
Grandview, WA	city	58.3
Gregory, TX	city	58.2
Bayard, NM	city	57.85
Santa Fe Springs, CA	city	57.68
Robstown, TX	city	57.63
Brackettville, TX	city	57.62
Kerman, CA	city	57.56
Immokalee, FL	populated place	57.45
South Whittier, CA	populated place	57.42
Buttonwillow, CA	populated place	57.27
Mammoth, AZ	town	57.04
Shafter, CA	city	56.29
Salinas, CA	city	56.15
Asherton, TX	city	56.04
Harlingen, TX	city	55.45
Bovina, TX	city	55.39
Combes, TX	town	55.27
Muscoy, CA	populated place	55.02
Lordsburg, NM	city	54.78
Imperial, CA	city	54.55
Othello, WA	city	54.46
Corcoran, CA	city	54.41
Horizon City, TX	city	54.37
Hart, TX	city	54.17
Superior, AZ	town	53.9
Calipatria, CA	city	53.9
Quincy, WA	city	53.81
Bloomington, CA	populated place	53.67
Pomona, CA	city	53.36
Azusa, CA	city	53.31
Brewster, WA	city	53.17
National City, CA	city	52.61
Santa Maria, CA	city	52.59
Uvalde, TX	city	52.37
Center, CO	town	52.01
Cotulla, TX	city	51.36
Dexter, NM	town	51.17
Pearsall, TX	city	51.05
Norwalk, CA	city	50.97
Premont, TX	city	50.72
West Wendover, NV	city	50.46
Fort Stockton, TX	city	50.24

Sources: 2000 Census, U.S. Census Bureau; Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups, ed. Stephan Thernstrom; Ancestry: 2000, U.S. Census Bureau (June 2004); We the People: Hispanics in the United States, U.S. Census Bureau (December 2004); The Hispanic Population: 2000 Census Brief, U.S. Census Bureau (May 2001); ePodunk

Mapping by Daniel Shorter

-- November 2005

Other resources:

· Mexico Events and Time Periods - FamilySearch
· Mexico Genealogy Forum
· Puerto Rican/Hispanic Genealogical Society

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