The figures used to establish this following charts were sourced from statistical information of populations (US Census Bureau 2000, other such forgein national censuses, governmental statistical data, etc.) provided by individual government entities.


"Chart A" Tabulates the Racial composition of the countries of Spanish and Portuguese origin of Latin America.

Racial Definitions of "Chart A":
Mestizo Persons of mixed White (Iberian, especially Spanish and Portuguese) and Amerindian descent
Amerindian Persons of American Indian descent
White Persons of European descent
Black Persons of Sub-Saharan African descent
Mulatto Persons of mixed White (Iberian, especially Portuguese and Spanish) and Black descent
Zambo Persons of mixed Black and Amerindian descent
Other Races Primarily Asians, North Africans (Arabs), Muslim and Hindu Indians, and all other races


Chart A

(#) Brazil counts its Mestizos of predominantly white ancestry and Mulattos of predominantly white ancestry into its White population as one single figure. This may cause an over-representation of it's and Latin America's overall White population and an under-representation of its Mestizos and Mulattos..
(*) Costa Rica counts its Mestizo population into its White population as one single figure. This will cause an over-representation of it's and Latin America's overall White population and an under-representation of its Mestizos.



"Chart B" Tabulates the Racial composition of the population of the United States of America.


Chart B
(The figures used to establish this table were sourced from subsequent Census estimates of population).



"Chart C.1." Details Hispanics by National Origin residing in the United States of America.


Chart C.2.
 

"Chart C.2." Details Hispanics' Race by National Origin residing in the United States of America.


Chart C.2.
(Figures used to establish this table were sourced from the 2000 US Census).



Note: Although The Philippines is located in Asia, and unlike Latin America almost its entire population is non-Hispanic in ancestry or descent, I have included the statistics hereafter as much of Filipino religion, history and culture has been influenced either by Spain or New Spain (Mexico) and their Iberian rulers.
Spanish was, at one time in Filipino history, used as the official language of the country. However, after the Spaniards and their descendants retreated following independence, Spanish as a language and Spaniards as an ethnicity have become all but extinct in the Philippines.

"Chart D" Explains the racial composition of The Philippines.

Racial Definitions for Chart D:
Malay, Persons of South East Asian descent (ethnic Filipinos) of the Malay Archipielago (ie Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia)
Chinese, Persons of ethnic Chinese descent
Mestizo Malay/European, Persons of mixed Filipino (Malay) and European (primarily Spanish) descent
Mestizo Malay/Chinese, Persons of mixed Filipino (Malay) and Chinese (occasionally other Asian ancestries) descent
Other Races, Primarily Negritos (ie. pre-Malay natives), other Asian ancestries, Europeans, and all other races


Chart D


CONCLUSION

By observation of the above charts, the racial make up of the nations of Latin America can be concluded as being overwhelmingly European in origin and descent.

Almost 80% of the inhabitants of Latin America are either of European (primarily Iberian) or of mixed European descent.

The largest one-race (ie. not of mixed-race) group of individuals in Latin America are Whites, comprising around 30% of the Latin American population. It is then distantly followed by Amerindians; 14%, and at a further distance by Blacks; 5.4%.

Concerning individuals of mixed-race, the largest group were Mestizos, who constitute around 38% of the population of Latin America. This group was then distantly followed by Mulattos; 11.4%, and then a population of around 1,268,513 or 0.2% of Zambos, which when contrasted against the rest of Latin America is a very tiny minority.

Being that the largest one-race group in Latin America is White, it can be said that together individuals of whole European and individuals of mixed-European descent (as is the case of Mestizos and Mulattos) account for the overwhelming majority of Latin America at 79%. Meanwhile, the remaining 21% are divided primarily among Amerindians, then Blacks, Zambos and "Other Races".

This is much in contrast to the Philippines, a non-Latino country with a strong Hispanic identity.

In the case of the Philippines, it is the only Asian nation with such a strong European legacy, which can be seen culturally, religiously, historically, and to some degree linguistically. The Philippines is without a shadow of a doubt Hispanic in national origin.

Filipinos, however, are overwhelmingly non-Hispanic (ie. non-European) in ancestry. Only 1% of The Philippines' inhabitants are of mixed Malay and European descent (Mestizo Malay/European) and so few are of unmixed European descent, numbering only a several hundred amongst a filipino population not far from 90 million, that their numbers are of no statistical significance.

This may account for the disuse of Spanish as the official national language and it may also account for the disassociation that younger generations of Filipinos have towards their nation's Hispanic identity. Nowadays, many Filipinos have begun dropping their historically imposed Spanish names and surnames only to begin adopting for themselves English ones as a result of its increasingly Americanized culture.
 
 

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