The U.S. state of New Jersey is home to significant and growing numbers of people of Latino and Hispanic descent. who in 2018 represented a Census- estimated 20.4% of the state's total population (nearly 1.8 million). New Jersey's Latino population comprises substantial concentrations of Dominican Americans, Puerto Rican Americans, Cuban Americans, Mexican Americans, Central Americans, Peruvian Americans, Colombian Americans, and Ecuadorian Americans. New Jersey is also home to a large Brazilian American and Portuguese-speaking population.