Hispanic and Latino Marylanders are residents of the state of
Maryland who are of
Hispanic or Latino ancestry. As of the year 2019, Hispanics and Latinos of any race were 10.4% of the state's population. The largest concentration of Hispanics/Latinos is in the
National Capital Area
The Washington metropolitan area, also commonly referred to as the National Capital Region, is the metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C. The metropolitan area includes all of Washington, D.C. and parts of the states of Maryland, Virgin ...
, where Hispanics and Latinos constitute 16.04% of the total population (17.02% of
Montgomery County and 14.94% of
Prince George's County). Some Maryland communities such as
Langley Park,
Riverdale Park,
East Riverdale,
Templeville
Templeville is a town in Caroline and Queen Anne's counties, Maryland, United States. Templeville is located near the Maryland-Delaware line. The population was 138 at the 2010 census. It was known as Bullock Town until the name was changed in 18 ...
, and
Marydel have Hispanic and Latino-majority populations. Other communities such as
Wheaton,
Glenmont, and
Aspen Hill have a Hispanic/Latino plurality population.
History
In the early 18th century, a
Sephardi Spanish and Portuguese
Portuguese and Spanish, although closely related Romance languages, differ in many aspects of their phonology, grammar and lexicon. Both belong to a subset of the Romance languages known as West Iberian languages, West Iberian Romance, which als ...
Jewish community was established in Maryland. This small community of Sephardim was centered in Baltimore.
Baltimore
Politics
As of 2016, 35.8% of Maryland's Hispanic and Latino population was eligible to vote. By contrast, 80% of non-Hispanic white Marylanders are eligible to vote. Maryland had 199,000 Hispanic/Latino eligible voters, ranking 20th in the United States by state. 5% of all eligible voters in Maryland are Hispanic/Latino.
Hispanic or Latino by national origin
See also
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Hispanics and Latinos in Washington, D.C.
In 2016 the Latino community made up nine percent of Washington, D.C.'s population, and 44.9 percent of non-English-speaking households spoke Spanish. The district’s Latino population has been increasing steadily since the 1980s as its total po ...
References
External links
Hispanics in Maryland: Health Data and Resources
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