FIGURE1 Colombian-Origin Population in the U.S., 1990-2013 In thousands 1,073
An estimated 1.1 million Hispanics of Colombian origin resided in the United States in 2013, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
Colombians are the seventh-largest population of Hispanic origin living in the United States, accounting for 2% of the U.S. Hispanic population in 2013. Since 1990, the Colombian-origin population has almost tripled, growing from 378,000 to 1.1 million over the period. At the same time, the foreign-born population of Colombian origin living in the U.S. grew by 131%, up from 282,000 in 1990 to 653,000 in 2013. In comparison, Mexicans, the nation’s largest Hispanic origin group, constituted 34.6 million, or 64.1%, of the Hispanic population in 2013.
FIGURE1  | Colombian-Origin Population in the U.S., 1990-2013  | In thousands  | All  | 1.200  | 1,073  | 900  | U.S. born  | 653  | 600  | 378  | 300  | 282  | Foreign born  | 2005  | 1990  | 2000  | 2010 2013  | figures Note: People 2001 in group 2005. quarterssuch Changes as college dormitories Hispanic or institutions are notincludedin  | figures for 2001 group to 2005. Changes in the wording ofthe Hispanic origin question in the  | 2000 decennial census may have led to an undercountof some Hispanic origin groups in  | thatyear. For more see may http.) WWW, pewhispanic _org/2002, /05/09, /counting-the-other- origin groups  | hispanics/  | Source Pew Research Centerta bulations of1990 and 2000 censuses (5% IPUMS) and  | 2001-2013 American Community Surveys (1% IPUMS)  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 