Mexico counts 2,576,213 Afro-descendants for the first time (Mexico, 2019–2020)
Record: the document says itPattern: documents line upLens: our readingOpen: not yet proven
Year: 2019 · Places: Louisiana, Gulf Coast, Mexico, Europe, Africa
SUMMARYMexico counts 2,576,213 Afro-descendants for the first time (Mexico, 2019–2020) [Connections: Gulf, Louisiana, Texas & Mexico, Nov 5, 2026]
RECORDA 2019 decree added Section C to Article 2 of Mexico's Constitution, recognizing Afro-Mexican peoples and communities. The 2020 census counted 2,576,213 Afro-descendants (about 2%), the first time since independence. The largest populations are in Guerrero (303,923), State of Mexico, Veracruz (215,435) and Oaxaca. Minority Rights Group estimates "200,000 or more enslaved Africans" were brought to New Spain; in 2015, 1.4 million self-identified
PATTERNFor about two centuries the Mexican state did not count Afro-descendants, then constitutionally recognized them next to Indigenous peoples in the same article
LENS (WW9)Mexico had to amend its constitution to admit that the people were there all along
OPENCheck INEGI for how many Afro-descendants also identify as Indigenous; the Wilson Center page does not say
SOURCEWilson Center, "Infographic: Afrodescendants in Mexico"; Minority Rights Group.