Identity & heritage community ranking

Top Mexican communities in U.S. city markets.

Explore where this community is largest and where it represents the greatest share of the local city market. The default ranking lens is 2024 ACS detailed Hispanic / Latino origin (B03001_004E).

Identity discovery only — never a score. Census ancestry, ethnicity, origin, race, and birthplace measures can overlap. V3.4.3 keeps those lenses separate and never adds them together. Identity context never changes the Follow Your Heart Index or any component score.

Top 10 by population

Largest communities

Estimated population under the governed default identity lens.

Rank	City and state	Community population	City-market population
#1	Los Angeles, California	1,124,480	3,848,831
#2	Houston, Texas	996,314	3,320,004
#3	San Antonio, Texas	935,953	1,847,231
#4	Chicago, Illinois	581,640	2,694,535
#5	Phoenix, Arizona	569,857	1,500,198
#6	El Paso, Texas	516,006	688,428
#7	Dallas, Texas	389,190	1,224,625
#8	Las Vegas, Nevada	383,695	1,645,118
#9	San Diego, California	348,279	1,411,139
#10	New York, New York	340,895	8,468,353

Top 10 by representation

Highest community share

Share of the full city-market population under the same governed lens.

Rank	City and state	Community share	City-market population
#1	La Homa, Texas	92.41%	62,456
#2	Pharr, Texas	91.39%	80,540
#3	San Benito, Texas	91.37%	50,964
#4	Donna, Texas	91.13%	51,426
#5	Eagle Pass, Texas	91.07%	57,434
#6	Laredo, Texas	89.97%	268,523
#7	Brownsville, Texas	88.43%	212,132
#8	Edinburg, Texas	86.28%	178,279
#9	Weslaco, Texas	85.97%	74,972
#10	East Los Angeles, California	85.76%	108,740

Governed identity lenses

One community can have more than one Census lens.

Detailed Hispanic / Latino origin: 2024 ACS detailed Hispanic / Latino origin (B03001_004E) — default ranking lens
Birthplace: 2024 ACS birthplace (B05006_160E)

The default lens controls this page's rankings. Secondary lenses remain preserved in the publication contract and are not combined with the default measure.

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