List of Mexican American communities

List of Mexican American communities (cities, regions and neighborhoods with large or majority populations of Mexican descent). Neighborhoods in many cities across America have developed significant and/or growing Mexican American populations.

California

outhern California

Southern California and the city of Los Angeles has one of the largest Mexican American populations Fact|date=February 2007, and 40 percent of Los Angeles county residents are Latinos, with Mexican descent as the largest ethnic group. Fact|date=February 2007

L.A. County

* East Los Angeles, California
* Echo Park, California
* San Pedro, California
* Venice, California
* Wilmington, California
* Long Beach, California
* San Fernando, California
* Montebello, California
* South Gate, California
* El Monte, California
* El Sereno, California
* Huntington Park, California
* Pico Rivera, California
* Bell Gardens, California
* Bell, California
* Maywood, California
* Inglewood, California
* Whittier, California
* Azusa, California
* San Gabriel, California
* Rosemead, California
* Downey, California
* Compton, California
* Lynwood, California
* Norwalk, California
* Santa Fe Springs, California
* City of Industry, California
* La Puente, California
* West Covina, California
* Baldwin Park, California
* Pomona, California
* Carson, California - Dominguez section
* Paramount, California
* Bellflower, California
* La Habra, California

Outside of L.A. County

* Oxnard, California
* Fillmore, California
* Santa Paula, California
* Santa Barbara, California
* Santa Maria, California
* Guadalupe, California
* Anaheim, California- west-central sections.
* Orange, California, in the El Modena district.
* Santa Ana, California- highest Latino percentage of any US major city.
* San Juan Capistrano, California
* Banning, California
* Beaumont, California
* Chino, California
* Colton, California
* Corona, California
* Fontana, California
* Hemet, California
* Moreno Valley, California - Sunnymead section.
* Murrieta, California
* Ontario, California
* Perris, California
* Rialto, California
* Riverside, California
* San Bernardino, California
* San Jacinto, California
* Victorville, California
* Indio, California
* Coachella, California - 90 percent of city residents are Latino. Fact|date=February 2007
* La Quinta, California
* Palm Springs, California
* Cathedral City, California
* Blythe, California
* Escondido, California
* San Marcos, California
* Logan Square, San Diego, California
* City Heights, San Diego, California
* San Ysidro, San Diego, California
* South San Diego, California
* National City, California
* Chula Vista, California
* Imperial Beach, California
* El Centro, California
* Calexico, California - US-Mexican border town is over 90 percent Latino. Fact|date=February 2007
* Brawley, California
* Calipatria, California

Central California

* Salinas, California
* Gonzales, California
* Greenfield, California
* Soledad, California
* Hollister, California
* San Juan Bautista, California
* Watsonville, California
* Bakersfield, California
* Delano, California
* McFarland, California
* Wasco, California
* Shafter, California
* Delano, California
* Arvin, California - an estimated 80 percent of residents are Latino. Fact|date=May 2008
* Earlimart, California
* Woodville, California
* Tulare, California
* Visalia, California
* Hanford, California
* Lemoore, California
* Fresno, California
* San Joaquin, California
* Parlier, California - Highest percentage of Latinos of any California city: 95 percent Latino.Fact|date=May 2008
* Mariposa, California
* Hornitos, California
* Madera, California
* Merced, California
* Los Banos, California
* Modesto, California
* Stockton, California
* Sonora, California
* San Andreas, California

Northern California

* Mission District, San Francisco, California
* Martinez, California
* Richmond, California
* San Pablo, California-23rd Street
* Oakland, California
* San Jose-Alviso-East San Jose, California
* Santa Clara, California
* Sacramento, California
* Vallejo, California
* Fairfield, California
* Napa, California
* Santa Rosa, California
* Chico, California
* Williams, California - 70 percent of residents are Hispanic. Fact|date=May 2008
* Daly City, California
* Woodland, California
* Yuba City, California
* Sunnyvale, California
* Orland, California
* Gilroy, California
* Redwood City, California - The central, eastern and Middlefield sections
* San Bruno, California
* Hayward, California
* East Palo Alto, California - Three-fifths of the total population are Hispanic, more than 60 percent
* Menlo Park, California - In the northern section
* North Fair Oaks, California - Mostly from Michoacan State, almost 80 percent of residents are Hispanic
* South San Francisco, California
* Alum Rock, California
* San Mateo, California

Texas

Texas long held the title as one of America's largest Hispanic/Latino percentages and Mexican populations ever since the state became a Republic in 1836 and joined the US in 1845. The state's Southernmost counties and towns along the Rio Grande river (the US-Mexican border) are majority Hispanic for over 150 years according to US census records, but Mexican immigration was steady in the late 20th century across the state. Fact|date=February 2007

* Arcada Park Dallas, Texas
* West Dallas Dallas, Texas
* Fort Worth, Texas
* Arlington, Texas
* Grand Prairie, Texas
* Irving, Texas
* Spring Branch, Houston, Texas
* Gulfgate, Houston, Texas
* Greater Hobby Area, Houston, Texas
* Northside, Houston, Texas
* East End, Houston, Texas
* South Houston, Texas
* Galena Park, Texas
* Pasadena, Texas
* Jacinto City, Texas
* Baytown, Texas
* San Antonio, Texas
* El Paso, Texas
* Austin, Texas
* San Marcos, Texas
* Crystal City, Texas
* Victoria, Texas
* Alice, Texas
* San Diego, Texas
* Sonora, Texas
* Natalia, Texas
* Cotulla, Texas
* Laredo, Texas
* Fabens, Texas
* Eagle Pass, Texas
* De Soto, Texas
* McAllen, Texas
* San Benito, Texas
* Harlingen, Texas
* Brownsville, Texas
* Pearland, Texas
* Del Rio, Texas
* Seguin, Texas
* Corpus Christi, Texas
* Edinburg, Texas
* Galveston, Texas
* Fresno, Texas
* Sugar Land, Texas
* Southwest, Texas

outhwestern USA

In five states formerly part of Mexico until the US annexation after the Mexican-American War in 1848. Some of the communities retained a Mexican/Hispanic cultural majority, others had been popular areas of choice for Mexican immigrants.
* Phoenix, Arizona
* Tucson, Arizona
* Yuma, Arizona
* Somerton, Arizona
* San Luis, Arizona
* Ajo, Arizona
* Avondale, Arizona
* Bisbee, Arizona
* Casa Grande, Arizona
* Coolidge, Arizona
* Douglas, Arizona
* Eloy, Arizona
* Gila Bend, Arizona
* Goodyear, Arizona
* Guadalupe, Arizona
* Maricopa, Arizona
* Mesa, Arizona
* Naco, Arizona
* Nogales, Arizona
* Palo Verde, Arizona
* Queen Creek, Arizona
* Sierra Vista, Arizona
* Tempe, Arizona
* Tolleson, Arizona
* Tubac, Arizona
* Wickenburg, Arizona
* Las Vegas, Nevada
* Denver, Colorado
* Alamosa, Colorado
* Burlington, Colorado
* Central City, Colorado
* Cortez, Colorado
* Durango, Colorado
* Fort Collins, Colorado
* Greeley, Colorado
* Kiowa, Colorado
* Las Animas, Colorado
* Montrose, Colorado
* Pagosa Springs, Colorado
* Pueblo, Colorado
* San Luis, Colorado
* Steamboat Springs, Colorado
* Trinidad, Colorado
* Vail, Colorado
* Walsenburg, Colorado
* Salt Lake City, Utah
* Rose Park, Salt Lake City, Utah
* Glendale, Salt Lake City, Utah
* Poplar Grove, Salt Lake City, Utah
* Orem, Utah
* Ogden, Utah
* Albuquerque, New Mexico
* Las Cruces, New Mexico
* Columbus, New Mexico - 80 percent of residents are of Mexican descent. Fact|date=May 2008

Other communities with large Mexican American populations across the USA

They have sections and districts where many Mexican Americans live, and these communities were popular areas of choice for immigrants from Mexico arrived to create new communities in the 1990s.

Northeast

* New York City
* Long Island, New York
* Nassau County, New York
* Hudson Valley, New York
* New Brunswick, New Jersey
* Newark, New Jersey
* West New York, New Jersey
* East Rutherford, New Jersey
* Passaic, New Jersey [http://passaic.areaconnect.com/statistics.html]
* Bridgeton, New Jersey [http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/04/30/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/30njCOVER.html]
* Bridgeport, Connecticut
* Danbury, Connecticut
* Middletown, Connecticut
* New Haven, Connecticut
* Stamford, Connecticut
* Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Reading, Pennsylvania
* Allentown, Pennsylvania
* Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
* Easton, Pennsylvania
* Hazleton, Pennsylvania
* Souderton, Pennsylvania
* Scranton, Pennsylvania
* Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
* Washington, DC
* Northern Virginia region
* Richmond, Virginia
* Hampton Roads, Virginia Metro area

outheast

* Belle Glade, Florida
* Eatonville, Florida
* Fellsmere, Florida
* Haines City, Florida
* Lake Worth, Florida
* Ocala, Florida
* Okeechobee, Florida
* Sebring, Florida
* Winter Haven, Florida
* Athens, Georgia
* Atlanta
* Augusta, Georgia
* Dalton, Georgia
* Gainesville, Georgia
* La Grange, Georgia
* Norcross, Georgia & Chamblee, Georgia (Suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia)
* Rome, Georgia
* Huntsville, Alabama
* Montgomery, Alabama
* Birmingham, Alabama
* Hoover, Alabama
* Bowling Green, Kentucky
* Covington, Kentucky
* Lexington, Kentucky
* Louisville, Kentucky
* Owensboro, Kentucky
* Paducah, Kentucky
* Eastland Charlotte, North Carolina
* Monroe, North Carolina (Suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina)
* Sanford, North Carolina
* Siler City, North Carolina
* Beaufort, South Carolina
* Ridgeland, South Carolina
* East Augusta, South Carolina
* Alva, Oklahoma
* Boise City, Oklahoma
* Enid, Oklahoma
* Guymon, Oklahoma
* Muskogee, Oklahoma
* Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
* Tulsa, Oklahoma
* Woodward, Oklahoma
* Berclair, Memphis, Tennessee
* Hickory Hill, Memphis, Tennessee
* Nutbush, Memphis, Tennessee
* Nashville, Tennessee
* Raleigh, Memphis, Tennessee
* Rogers, Arkansas
* Springdale, Arkansas

Northwest

* Ada, Idaho
* Bannock, Idaho
* Boise, Idaho
* Burley, Idaho
* Caldwell, Idaho
* Fayette, Idaho
* Ketchum, Idaho
* Nampa, Idaho
* Rupert, Idaho
* Lewiston, Idaho
* Twin Falls, Idaho
* Billings, Montana
* Great Falls, Montana
* Helena, Montana
* Bozeman, Montana
* Livingston, Montana
* Battle Mountain, Nevada
* Carson City, Nevada
* Elko, Nevada
* Ely, Nevada
* Hawthorne, Nevada
* Mindenville, Nevada
* Reno, Nevada
* Wells, Nevada
* Winnemucca, Nevada
* Portland, Oregon
* Woodburn, Oregon
* Eugene, Oregon
* Gervais, Oregon
* Grants Pass, Oregon
* Hermiston, Oregon
* Klamath Falls, Oregon
* Medford, Oregon
* Nyssa, Oregon
* Ontario, Oregon
* Salem, Oregon
* Willamette Valley, Oregon
* Seattle
* Kent, Washington
* Puyallup, Washington
* Renton, Washington
* Seatac, Washington
* Tacoma
* Kennewick, Washington
* Pasco, Washington
* Richland, Washington
* Yakima Valley, Washington
* Wenatchee, Washington

Midwest

* Mexicantown, Detroit, Michigan
* A number of neighborhoods of Chicago,IL, including Little Village ("La villita"), Bridgeport, Pilsen, and Brighton Park
* Cicero, Illinois & Mendota, Illinois (Suburbs of Chicago, Illinois)
* East St. Louis, Illinois
* Alton, Illinois
* East Chicago, Indiana
* Goshen, Indiana
* Hammond, Indiana
* Indianapolis
* New Albany, Indiana
* Portage, Indiana
* South Bend, Indiana
* Ames, Iowa
* Cedar Rapids, Iowa
* Des Moines, Iowa
* Iowa City, Iowa
* Sioux City, Iowa
* Dodge City, Kansas
* Elkhart, Kansas
* Garden City, Kansas
* Hutchinson, Kansas
* Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri
* Lawrence, Kansas
* Liberal, Kansas
* Overland Park, Kansas
* Salina, Kansas
* Topeka, Kansas
* Wichita, Kansas
* Saginaw, Michigan
* Minneapolis
* West Side St. Paul, Minnesota
* Browns Valley, Minnesota
* Johnson, Minnesota
* St. James, Minnesota
* Willmar, Minnesota
* Worthington, Minnesota
* St. Louis
* Columbia, Missouri
* Jefferson City, Missouri
* Omaha, Nebraska
* Beatrice, Nebraska
* Columbus, Nebraska
* Grand Island, Nebraska
* Hastings, Nebraska
* Lexington, Nebraska
* Lincoln, Nebraska
* Nebraska City, Nebraska
* Ogallala, Nebraska
* Papillion, Nebraska
* Cincinnati
* Cleveland
* Columbus
* Sioux Falls, South Dakota
* Kenosha, Wisconsin
* Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* Racine, Wisconsin

Regions with large Mexican American populations across America

outhern California

* Los Angeles County, California
* Orange County, California
* Riverside County, California
* San Bernardino County, California
* Ventura County, California
* Imperial County or Imperial Valley, California
* Kern County, California
* San Diego County, California
* Santa Barbara County, California
* Coachella Valley, California
* Antelope Valley, California
* Victor Valley, California
* Lower Colorado River Valley, California

Northern California

* Alameda County, California
* Butte County, California
* Colusa County, California
* Contra Costa County, California
* Fresno County, California
* Glenn County, California
* Kings County, California
* Madera County, California
* Marin County, California
* Mendocino County, California
* Merced County, California
* Modoc County, California
* Monterey County, California
* Napa County, California
* Sacramento County, California
* San Benito County, California
* San Francisco County, California
* San Joaquin County, California
* San Mateo County, California
* Santa Clara County, California
* Santa Cruz County, California
* Siskiyou County, California
* Stanislaus County, California
* Solano County, California
* Sonoma County, California
* Tehama County, California
* Tulare County, California
* Yolo County, California

Texas

* Atascosa County, Texas
* Bee County, Texas
* Bexar County, Texas
* Cameron County, Texas
* Castro County, Texas
* Crockett County, Texas
* Culberson County, Texas
* Deaf Smith County, Texas
* Dimmit County, Texas
* Duval County, Texas
* El Paso County, Texas
* Frio County, Texas
* Hidalgo County, Texas
* Hudspeth County, Texas
* Jim Hogg County, Texas
* Jim Wells County, Texas
* Kenedy County, Texas
* Kinney County, Texas
* Kleberg County, Texas
* La Salle County, Texas
* Maverick County, Texas
* Nueces County, Texas
* Presidio County, Texas
* Reeves County, Texas
* Starr County, Texas
* Sutton County, Texas
* Uvalde County, Texas
* Val Verde County, Texas
* Webb County, Texas
* Willacy County, Texas
* Zapata County, Texas
* Zavala County, Texas

outhwestern USA

* Cochise County, Arizona
* Maricopa County, Arizona
* Pima County, Arizona
* Pinal County, Arizona
* Yuma County, Arizona
* Pueblo County, Colorado
* San Luis Valley, Colorado
* Douglas County, Nevada
* Reno, Nevada metropolitian area
* Clark County, Nevada

ee also

* Mexicans in Omaha, Nebraska