Tejanos

Tejanos
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 (/tˈhɑːnz/,[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]

  1. ^ US Census Bureau: Table QT-P10 Hispanic or Latino by Type: 2020 Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  2. ^ "Definition of TEJANO". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  3. ^ Gerald E. Poyo; Gilberto M. Hinojosa (2011). Tejano Origins in Eighteenth-Century San Antonio. Macquarie University. University of Texas Press. p. 222.
  4. ^ "Encyclopedia of the Great Plains | TEJANOS". plainshumanities.unl.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
  5. ^ "TSHA | Tejano". www.tshaonline.org. Retrieved 2022-04-30.