Hispanic

Hispanic, as used in the United States, is one of several terms used to categorize U.S. immigrants whose cultural, linguistic or genetic background is either from Spain, the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America or the original settlers of the traditionally Spanish-held Southwestern United States. The term is used as a broad form of classification in the U.S. census, local and federal employment, and numerous business market researches.

See also

• Famous Hispanic Americans
• List of United States cities with a majority Hispanic population
• Mexican-American
• Spanish in the United States
• Hispanic culture in the Philippines
• Lusitanic
• Islenos