The US Hispanic population grew of 43 per cent in 10 years, which is four times faster than the total US population, according to 2010 census data released on Thursday.

The Hispanic population increased by more than 15.2m people, which is more than half of the total US population increase of 27.3m. In terms of total population, people that reported being of Hispanic origin was 50.5m people, or 16.3 per cent of the total population of 308m.

The census counts all US residents, whether they are citizens, and if not, whether they are documented or not.

“A lot of this population growth is US citizens that were born in the US or are documented,” Patricia Foxen, associate director of research at the National Council of La Raza, said. “There is a misunderstanding that the majority of Latinos are undocumented immigrants.”

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