 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 9,530,419 (people of Mexican origin; 2020 Census)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Texas (especially El Paso, San Antonio, and South Texas), Louisiana (Los Adaes) | |
| Languages | |
| Texan Spanish, Texan English, Spanglish | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Roman Catholic | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
Tejanos (/teɪˈhɑːnoʊz/,[2] Spanish: [teˈxanos]) are descendants of Texas Creoles and Mestizos who settled in Texas before its admission as an American state.[3] The term is also sometimes applied to Texans of Mexican descent.[4][5]
- ^ US Census Bureau: Table QT-P10 Hispanic or Latino by Type: 2020 Retrieved July 13, 2022.
- ^ "Definition of TEJANO". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
- ^ Gerald E. Poyo; Gilberto M. Hinojosa (2011). Tejano Origins in Eighteenth-Century San Antonio. Macquarie University. University of Texas Press. p. 222.
- ^ "Encyclopedia of the Great Plains | TEJANOS". plainshumanities.unl.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ^ "TSHA | Tejano". www.tshaonline.org. Retrieved 2022-04-30.