The ePodunk map shows U.S. cities with the highest percentages of people of Mexican ancestry. Learn about cities with Mexican genealogy and find in-depth community information about the Mexican ancestry cities.
MEXICAN ANCESTRY
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 of Mexican ancestry.
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
-- November 2005
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Puerto Rican/Hispanic Genealogical Society
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The ePodunk map shows U.S. cities with the highest percentages of people of Mexican ancestry. Learn about cities with Mexican genealogy and find in-depth community information about the Mexican ancestry cities.