IF R IS FEMALE, READ LATINA; IF MALE, READ LATINO. Are you Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino/Latina? Yes . . . . . (ASK A) No . . . . . . (GO TO NEXT QUESTION) IF YES: Which group are you from? Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano/Chicana Puerto Rican Cuban Other As of 2024, HISPANIC has been recoded to remove certain sensitive categories. This has been retroactively applied to all previous years of HISPANIC. The original HISPANIC containing data from 2000 to 2022 has been renamed HISPANIC_0022.
Hispanic origin and specific group (original 2000-2022 coding) · Asked in 12 waves, 2000–2022 · 34,253 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 3,544 |
| General Social Survey 2021 | 2020-12-03 to 2021-05-02 | web | 4,032 | 4,011 |
| General Social Survey 2018 | 2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10 | face to face | 2,348 | 2,348 |
| General Social Survey 2016 | 2016-04-05 to 2016-11-19 | face to face | 2,867 | 2,867 |
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 2,538 |
| General Social Survey 2012 | 2012-03-20 to 2012-09-05 | face to face | 1,974 | 1,974 |
| General Social Survey 2010 | 2010-03-15 to 2010-08-12 | face to face | 2,044 | 2,044 |
| General Social Survey 2008 | 2008-04-17 to 2008-09-13 | face to face | 2,023 | 2,023 |
| General Social Survey 2006 | 2006-03-07 to 2006-08-07 | face to face | 4,510 | 4,510 |
| General Social Survey 2004 |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → web (2021).
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Not hispanic | Mexican, mexican american, chicano/a | Puerto rican | Cuban | Salvadorian | Guatemalan | Panamanian | Nicaraguan | Costa rican | Central american | Honduran | Dominican | West indian | Peruvian | Ecuadorian | Colombian | Venezuelan | Argentinian | Chilean | Spanish | Basque | Filipino/a | Latin american | South american | American | Latin | Latino/a | Hispanic | Other, not specified | n | MoE | |
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| All respondents | 84% | 9% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | – | 1% | – | 0% | – | 0% | – | – | – | 0% | 0% | 3544 | ±3 | |
| Liberals | 84% | 9% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | – | – | 0% | 0% | – | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | – | 1% | – | |||||||||||
| Moderates | 83% | 9% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | – | 0% | 0% | |||||||||||||||||
| Conservatives | 85% | 9% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | – | 0% | 0% | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | – | – | 1% | – |
General Social Survey 2022 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.
| 2004-08-18 to 2005-01-04 |
| face to face |
| 2,812 |
| 2,812 |
| General Social Survey 2002 | 2002-02-06 to 2002-06-26 | face to face | 2,765 | 2,765 |
| General Social Survey 2000 | 2000-02-01 to 2000-06-25 | face to face | 2,817 | 2,817 |
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