Mecklenburg County’s Latino population has grown by nearly 60,000 people in the past 10 years, according to the 2020 census. A large part of that growth has come from U.S.-born Latinos. This population growth presents both an array of new opportunities as well as shifting needs as more Latinos are born in the United States.
North Carolina's Latino population has gone through exponential growth in the last four decades. There are now more than 1 million Latino residents and one in four of them live in Mecklenburg or Wake counties. Economic opportunities in Mecklenburg County and North Carolina drive the growth.