) are Americans of full or partial Mexican descent. Some members of the community prefer to call themselves Chicanos. As of July 2016, Mexican Americans made up 11.2% of the United States' population, as 36.3 million U.S. residents identified as being of full or partial Mexican ancestry. As of July 2016, Mexican Americans comprised 63.2% of all Hispanics and Latinos in the United States. Many Mexican Americans reside in the American Southwest, which many Chicanos call Aztlán — over 60% of all Mexican Americans reside in the states of California and Texas. As of 2016 Mexicans make up 53% of total percent population of Latin foreign-born. Mexicans are also the largest foreign born population account for 27% of the total foreign born Population. Of the estimated 11 million unauthorized immigrants living in the United States 56% are from Mexico. - Source: Wikipedia
