While natural increase made the greatest contribution to Hispanic population growth between 2022 and 2023 with approximately 722,000 more births than deaths, international migration resulted in about one-third of the overall net gain in the Hispanic population, with just over 437,000 migrants coming into the country.
Reflecting this growth, Hispanics of any race made up almost one-fifth (19.5%) of the U.S. population in 2023, making it the second largest group after the non-Hispanic White population. Although the Hispanic population continued to grow, its yearly growth of 1.8% between 2022 and 2023 is slower than it was in previous decades: 2.0% between 2012 and 2013, and 3.7% between 2002 and 2003.
However, the Hispanic population still grew faster than the nation’s non-Hispanic population, which increased by 0.2% (just under one-half million) from 2022 to 269.7 million in 2023. The non-Hispanic population’s slower growth stemmed from natural decrease where it experienced 217,000 more deaths than births from 2022 to 2023. Despite this natural decrease, the non-Hispanic population experienced some growth due to a net gain of more than 700,000 people through net international migration.
