For the first time in American history, one in five people living in the U.S. identify as Latino, according to a new study by the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and California Lutheran University.

The Tuesday study used data from the 2024 U.S. Census Bureau. Released in June, the data showed an increase of 2 million persons compared to population estimates from 2023.

Altogether, researchers believe that the Latino population in the U.S. is over 68 million. In 1988, David Hayes-Bautista, professor of medicine at UCLA and co-author of the report, said in UCLA's statement that the Latino population would reach 58.8 million by 2024, “but obviously we were too conservative.”

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