Consular Offices

Ecuador

General Consulate in New York

800 2nd Ave, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10017
Phone:(212) 808-0170 / 71
Email: cecunewyork@mmrree.gob.ec

Ecuadorian Embassy in USA

2535 15th Street, N.W., 20009
Washington DC
Phone: (202) 234-7200
Fax: (202) 667 3482
Email: embassy@ecuador.org

USA Embassy in Ecuador

E12-170 Avigiras Ave. and Ave. Eloy Alfaro
Quito, Ecuador
Phone: +593-2-398-5000

Facts on Hispanics of Ecuadorian origin in the United States, 2017

Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C. (September 16, 2019).

BY LUIS NOE-BUSTAMANTE, ANTONIO FLORES AND SONO SHAH

An estimated 738,000 Hispanics of Ecuadorian 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. Ecuadorians in this statistical profile are people who self-identified as Hispanics of Ecuadorian origin; this includes immigrants from Ecuador and those who trace their family ancestry to Ecuador.

Ecuadorians are the 10th-largest population of Hispanic origin living in the United States, accounting for 1% of the U.S. Hispanic population in 2017. Since 2000, the Ecuadorian-origin population has increased 174%, growing from 270,000 to 738,000 over the period. At the same time, the Ecuadorian foreign-born population living in the U.S. grew by 109%, from 205,000 in 2000 to 427,000 in 2017. By comparison, Mexicans, the nation’s largest Hispanic origin group, constituted 36.6 million, or 62%, of the Hispanic population in 2017.

IMAGE: PEW RESEARCH CENTER

Immigration status

  • Among Hispanics in the U.S., about 33% are foreign born, compared with 58% of U.S. Ecuadorians.
  • About 42% of foreign-born Ecuadorians have been in the U.S. for over 20 years, and 50% of foreign-born Ecuadorians 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 23% of Ecuadorians.
  • Among Ecuadorians ages 25 and older, the U.S. born are more likely than the foreign born to have a bachelor’s degree or higher (41% vs. 18%).

Income

  • Among U.S. Hispanics, the median annual personal earnings for those ages 16 and older was $25,000, compared with $28,000 for all Ecuadorians.
  • Looking at full-time, year-round workers, U.S. Hispanics earned $34,000 and Ecuadorians earned $35,900.

Poverty status

  • The share of U.S. Hispanics who live in poverty (19%) is greater than among Ecuadorians (13%).
  • About 13% of U.S.-born Ecuadorians live in poverty, which is similar to foreign-born Ecuadorians (13%).

Homeownership

  • The rate of homeownership among U.S. Hispanics is 47%, compared with 44% for Ecuadorians overall.
  • Among Ecuadorians in the U.S., rates of homeownership are higher for the U.S. born than foreign born (45% vs. 43%).

Top states of residence

  • The Ecuadorian population is concentrated in New York (39%), New Jersey (18%) and Florida (11%).

Age

  • The median age of U.S. Hispanics (29) is lower than that of Ecuadorians (33) and the U.S. population (38).

Marital status

  • U.S. Hispanics ages 18 and older are less likely to be married (46%) than Ecuadorians (50%).
  • Among Ecuadorians ages 18 and older, those who are foreign born are more likely to be married than the U.S. born (56% vs. 31%).

Fertility

  • Some 7% of U.S. Hispanic women ages 15 to 44 gave birth in the 12 months prior to the July 2017 American Community Survey. That was similar to the rate for Ecuadorian women (7%).

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 60% of Ecuadorians.
  • Similarly, 64% of Hispanic adults are English proficient, as are 52% of Ecuadorian adults.

“Facts on Hispanics of Ecuadorian origin in the United States, 2017.” Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C. (September 16, 2019).

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