As of the year 2019, Hispanics and Latinos of any race were 10.4% of the state's population.
[1] The largest concentration of Hispanics/Latinos is in the National Capital Area, where Hispanics and Latinos constitute 16.04% of the total population (17.02% of Montgomery County and 14.94% of Prince George's County).
Other communities such as Wheaton, Glenmont, and Aspen Hill have a Hispanic/Latino plurality population.
In the early 18th century, a Sephardi Spanish and Portuguese Jewish community was established in Maryland.
[3] As of 2016, 35.8% of Maryland's Hispanic and Latino population was eligible to vote.