Consular Offices - Honduras
1220 19th Street NW Suite #320
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202 966 7702
Avenida La Paz. Tegucigalpa M.D.C. Honduras
Phone: (504) 2236-9320
Fax: (504) 2236-9037
An estimated 940,000 Hispanics of Honduran origin lived in the United States in 2017, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. Hondurans in this statistical profile are people who self-identified as Hispanics of Honduran origin; this includes immigrants from Honduras and those who trace their family ancestry to Honduras. Hondurans are the eighth-largest population of Hispanic origin living in the United States, accounting for 2% of the U.S. Hispanic population in 2017. Since 2000, the Honduran-origin population has increased 296%, growing from 237,000 to 940,000 over the period. At the same time, the Honduran foreign-born population living in the U.S. grew by 215%, from 184,000 in 2000 to 579,000 in 2017. By comparison, Mexicans, the nation’s largest Hispanic origin group, constituted 36.6 million, or 62%, of the Hispanic population in 2017. |
Immigration status
- Among Hispanics in the U.S., about 33% are foreign-born, compared with 62% of U.S. Hondurans.
- About 29% of foreign-born Hondurans have been in the U.S. for over 20 years, and 24% of foreign-born Hondurans are U.S. citizens.
Educational attainment
- About 16% of U.S. Hispanics ages 25 and older have obtained at least a bachelor’s degree, compared with 11% of Hondurans.
- Among Hondurans ages 25 and older, U.S.-born are more likely than foreign-born to have a bachelor’s degree or higher (21% vs. 9%).
Income
- Among U.S. Hispanics, the median annual personal earnings for those ages 16 and older was $25,000, compared with $23,000 for Hondurans.
- Looking at full-time, year-round workers, U.S. Hispanics earned more than Hondurans ($34,000 vs. $29,000).
Poverty status
- The share of U.S. Hispanics who live in poverty (19%) is lower than among Hondurans (26%).
- About 26% of both U.S.-born Hondurans and foreign-born Hondurans live in poverty.
Homeownership
- The rate of homeownership among U.S. Hispanics (47%) is higher than the rate for Hondurans overall (30%).
- Among Hondurans in the U.S., rates of homeownership are higher for the U.S.-born than foreign-born (36% vs. 29%).
Top states of residence
- The Honduran population is concentrated in Texas (17%), Florida (16%), and California (9%).
Age
- The median age of U.S. Hispanics (29) is about the same as that of Hondurans (29) and lower than that of the U.S. population (38).
Marital status
- About 46% of U.S. Hispanics ages 18 and older are married, compared with 43% of Hondurans.
- Among Hondurans ages 18 and older, those who are foreign-born are more likely to be married than the U.S.-born (48% vs. 23%).
Fertility
- Some 7% of U.S. Hispanic women ages 15 to 44 gave birth in the 12 months before the July 2017 American Community Survey. The rate for Honduran women was 8%.
Language
- About 70% of U.S. Hispanics ages 5 and older speak only English at home or speak English at least “very well,” compared with 48% of Hondurans.
- Similarly, 64% of Hispanic adults are English proficient, as are 40% of Honduran adults.
“Facts on Hispanics of Honduran Origin in the United States, 2017” Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C. (September 16, 2019).