Salvadoran Mexicans

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Salvadoran Mexicans
*salvadoreño-mexicanos*
Total population
10,315 El Salvador-born residents (2017)^[1] Unknown number of Mexicans of Salvadoran descent
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Salvadorans

Salvadoran Mexicans (Spanish: salvadoreño-mexicanos) are people of Salvadoran descent living in Mexico.

Migration history[edit]

The largest wave of Salvadorans arrived in Mexico as refugees during the Salvadoran Civil War.

Demographics[edit]

During the 2010 Census, there were 8,088 El Salvador-born individuals registered as living in Mexico.^[2] According to the Salvadoran consul in Mexico José Antonio Domínguez Mena, as of December 2016 only 10% to 15% of Salvadoran nationals were registered with the Instituto Nacional de Migración.^[3]

Institutions[edit]

Asociación Salvadoreña Mexicana, A. C.
Asociación de Salvadoreños residentes en Jalisco

References[edit]

^ "Table 1: Total migrant stock at mid-year by origin and by major area, region, country or area of destination, 2017". United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
^ "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010" (PDF). National Institute of Statistics and Geography. p. 69. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
^ "De los salvadoreños en México, sólo 15% está registrado en el INM". www.elfinanciero.com.mx. Retrieved 4 August 2017.

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Ancestry and ethnicity in Mexico

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Non-Amerindian

Mexico	Mestizo
From Sub-Saharan Africa	Kenyan
From the Americas	American Mascogo Mormon Argentine Belizean Brazilian Canadian Chilean Colombian Costa Rican Cuban Dominican Ecuadorian Guatemalan Haitian Honduran Nicaraguan Peruvian Salvadoran Uruguayan Venezuelan
From South and East Asia	Chinese Filipino Indian Japanese Mexico City Korean Romani¹
From Europe	Austrian Belgian British Cornish Bulgarian Croatian Czech Dutch French German Mennonite² Greek Hungarian Irish Italian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Scandinavian Norwegian Swedish Spanish Basque Swiss Ukrainian
From Western Asia and North Africa	Arab Lebanese Palestinian Syrian Armenian Assyrian Jewish¹ Iranian Turkish

Amerindian

More than 100,000 people	Chinantec Ch'ol Huastec Mazahua Mazatec Mixe Mixtec Nahua Otomi Purépecha Rarámuri Tlapanec Totonac Tzeltal Tzotzil Yucatec Maya Zapotec
20,000–100,000 people	Amuzgo Chatino Chontal Maya Cora Cuicatec Huave Huichol Mam Mayo Popoluca Tepehuán Tojolabal Triqui Yaqui Zoque
1,000–20,000 people	Chocho Chichimeca Jonaz Chuj Guarijio Jacaltec Mexicanero Ocuiltec Pame Pima Bajo Qʼanjobʼal Tacuate Tepehua
Fewer than 1,000 people	Aguacatec Cochimí Cocopah Ixcatec Ixil Kaqchikel K'iche' Kikapú³ Kiliwa Kumeyaay Lacandon Motozintlec Opata Paipai Qʼeqchiʼ Seri Tohono Oʼodham

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¹ Jews and Romani originate in the Middle East and South Asia respectively, with most arriving to Mexico via Europe · ² Primarily arrived via Canada · ³ Originated in what is now the United States