Quick facts for kids
Spanish Americans
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Self-identified as "Spanish American" 2,598,873 (2000)
Self-identified with Spanish ancestry 10,017,244 (2006)
Hispanics and Latino with Spanish ancestry
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Christianity (Predominantly Roman Catholicism, minority Protestantism); non-religious |
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Spanish Americans (Spanish: estadounidenses españoles, hispanoestadounidenses, or hispanonorteamericanos) are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly from Spain.
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1 Poles came to the United States legally as Austrians, Germans, Prussians or Russians throughout the 19th century, because from 1772-1795 till 1918, all Polish lands had been partitioned between imperial Austria, Prussia (a protoplast of Germany) and Russia until Poland regained its sovereignty in the wake of World War I.
2 Russia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The vast majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia, therefore Russia as a whole is included as a European country here.
3 Yugoslav Americans are the American people from the former Yugoslavia.
4 Turkey is a transcontinental country in the Middle East and Southeast Europe. Has a small part of its territory (3%) in Southeast Europe called Turkish Thrace.
5 Azerbaijan and Georgia are transcontinental countries. They have a small part of their territories in the European part of the Caucasus.
6 Kazakhstan is technically a bicontinental country, having a small portion in European hands.
7 Disputed; Jews and Roma both have recognised origins and historic ties to Asia ( the Levant and Northern India respectively), but individual groups listed here experienced at least some distinctive identity development while in diaspora among Europeans.
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Images for kids
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Dominique Bouligny lawyer and politician, elected as U.S. Senator from Louisiana.
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Spanish American actress Anita Page in Our Modern Maidens (1929).
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The Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Little Spain, important nucleus for many decades of the Spanish community in New York.
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Spanish children from the SS Heliopolis after arriving in Hawaii.
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Albert Estopinal Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana.
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Bob Martinez first person of Spanish descent to be elected to the office of Governor of Florida.
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Daisy Fuentes American television host, model, actress.