How Mixed-Race, Mestizo, 'uulatto' Hispanics Report Their Race Which of the following describes your race? You can select as many as apply. Note: Mixed prace includes those who volunteered that they were *mixed race for gave any two responses (including "Some other race without specifying which race, or volunteering "Hispanic' or Latino or a Hispanic origin as volunteering their race). Other races and Don' it know/ Refused" Survey origin not shown. Source: race). Pew Research Center 2014 National Survey of Latinos Sept. 11-0ct. 9, 2014 (N=1,520 Hispanic adults)
The use of these labels to describe mixed-race ancestry is an example of how racial identity among Hispanics often defies conventional classifications used in the U.S. For example, among Hispanic adults we surveyed who say they consider themselves mixed race, mestizo or mulatto, only 13% explicitly select two or more races or volunteer that they are “mixed race” when asked about their racial background in a standard race question (like those asked on U.S. census forms). Instead, about four-in-ten of Hispanic respondents identifying as mestizo/mulatto say their race is white, while one-in-five volunteered their race as Hispanic.
How Mixed-Race, Mestizo, 'uulatto'  | Hispanics Report Their Race  | Which of the following describes your race?  | You can select as many as apply.  | White  | 42%  | Hispanic (vol.)  | 20  | Mixed (2+ races, vol.)  | 13  | Black  | 10  | American Indian  | Note: Mixed prace includes those who volunteered that they  | were *mixed race for gave any two responses (including  | "Some other race without specifying which race, or  | volunteering "Hispanic' or Latino or a Hispanic origin as  | volunteering their race). Other races and Don' it know/ Refused" Survey origin not shown.  | Source: race). Pew Research Center 2014 National Survey of  | Latinos Sept. 11-0ct. 9, 2014 (N=1,520 Hispanic adults)  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 