39 million and counting! Hispanic Americans recently became the largest minority group in the United States.

What do Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez, and Cameron Diaz have in common? Not only are they all celebrities, but they are also all Hispanic Americans.

Those celebrities are part of the rapidly growing Hispanic American population in the United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hispanic Americans now make up the largest minority group in the country. A census is an official count of people.

Hispanic Americans are people whose families came to the United States from Spanish-speaking countries. Those parts of the world include Spain, Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and most countries in Central America and South America. In the United States, many hispanic …