One in Every Four Children in the United States Were of Hispanic Origin in 2020

While younger than the non-Hispanic population, the Hispanic or Latino population has aged faster over the past decade, according to 2020 Census data released today.

Despite that, children of Hispanic or Latino origin in 2020 made up a quarter of all children under age 18 in the United States. And in states where their numbers increased the most, the total counts of children often decreased, the data show.

Throughout this article, we refer to the Hispanic or Latino population as the Hispanic population.

The Hispanic population’s median age in 2020 was 30.0, up 2.7 years from 2010. The non-Hispanic population was older but aged at a slower rate: median age was 41.1 in 2020, up 1.5 years from 2010.

The data show 1 in every 4 children, 25.7% (18.8 million), in the United States were of Hispanic origin in 2020, up from 23.1% (17.1 million) in 2010.

The population pyramids below provide a clear picture of the changing sex and age distribution of the Hispanic and the non-Hispanic populations for a selected Census year. In 2010, the shape of the Hispanic population pyramid (Figure 1) was triangular, indicating a younger population. It maintained a similar shape in 2020 but there was a decrease in the proportion of the population under age 10.

In contrast, the non-Hispanic population pyramid (Figure 2) had a more rectangular shape in 2010, gradually narrowing as age increased, with a large proportion in the 45-54 age group. By 2020, the non-Hispanic population pyramid was more urn-shaped, indicating an aging population. A larger proportion of that population was age 55 and older and a smaller proportion of the population was under age 20.

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