FIGURE1 Cuban-Origin Population in the U.S., 1980-2013
An estimated 2 million Hispanics of Cuban origin resided in the United States in 2013, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
Since 1980, the Cuban-origin population in the U.S. has more than doubled, growing from 822,000 to 2 million over the period. At the same time, the foreign-born population of Cuban origin living in the U.S. grew by 78%, up from 636,000 in 1980 to 1.1 million 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  | Cuban-Origin Population in the U.S., 1980-2013  | In thousands  | 2.500  | All  | 1,986  | 2,000  | 1,500  | U.S. born  | 1.000 822  | 1,135  | 636  | 500  | Foreign born  | 2000  | 2005 2010 2013  | 1980  | 1990  | Note: People 2001 in group 2005 quarterssuch as college dormitories or institutions are notincludedin  | figures for 2001 group to 2005 Changes in the college 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 htp." WWW, pewhispanic .016/2/2002 /05/09, /counting-the-other.  | hispanics/  | The 1980 Cuban-origin population estimate does notinclude Cuban immigrants who arrived  | in the U.S as partofthe 1980 Mariel Boatlift, which occurred after 1980's April 1 Census  | Day. For more on Cuban imm igration waves see http: 'WWW, pewresearch. org /fact-  | tank/@014022334archardans igration recontusticticalingret.ed pewresearch.  | Source: Pew Research Centerta bulations of 1980. 1990 and 2000 censuses (5% IPUMS)  | and 2001-2013 American Community Surveys (1% IPUMS)  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 