Indigenous Mexican Americans
Appearance
Total population | |
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175,494[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
California, Texas, New York, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, New Mexico | |
Languages | |
American English, Spanish, Mixtecan languages and other Mesoamerican languages | |
Religion | |
Christianity, Mesoamerican religion |
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Indigenous Mexican Americans or Mexican American Indians are American citizens who are descended from the indigenous peoples of Mexico. Indigenous Mexican-Americans usually speak an Indigenous language as their first language and may not speak either Spanish or English. Indigenous Mexican-Americans may or may not identify as "Hispanic" or "Latino".