Editing Demographics of Honduras (section)

=== European ===
Honduras of European descent or White Hondurans, along with Afro-descendants and Amerindians belong to the minorities of Honduras. Most of the white population are descendants of the Spanish settlers, who mainly came from southern Spain, and inhabit most of the western part of the country. Other populations include descendants of European immigrants who arrived at the beginning of the 20th century. In 2014, there were about 14,000 [[Italian Hondurans|Hondurans of Italian descent]], while there were around 400 Italian citizens.<ref name="El Heraldo, 2014">{{cite web|url=https://www.elheraldo.hn/pais/575489-214/29-mil-extranjeros-viven-el-sueno-hondureno|publisher=El Heraldo|title=29 mil extranjeros viven el sueño hondureño|date=7 April 2014|access-date=7 March 2021|language=it}}</ref> Percentages of whites varied between 2.1% and 7%,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-21 |title=Honduras {{!}} Map, Population, History, Geography, & Culture {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Honduras |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> due to the fact that the majority of [[Hondurans]] identify themselves as [[mestizo]]s, regardless of their ethnic and racial category.<ref>{{Citation |last=Euraque |first=Darío A. |title=SEXUALIDAD MASCULINA Y HOMOFOBIA EN LA HISTORIA DE HONDURAS |date=2019-06-01 |work=Antología del pensamiento hondureño contemporáneo |pages=293–308 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvnp0kc9.17 |access-date=2024-10-22 |publisher=Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales. CLACSO|doi=10.2307/j.ctvnp0kc9.17 }}</ref> This makes it more difficult to study the number of people who fit into the white category in Honduras.

The census states that only 89,000 people in Honduras labeled themselves as white, which is equal to around 1% of the total population at the time.<ref>{{Citation |title=Honduras |date=2024-10-28 |work=The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/honduras/ |access-date=2024-11-17 |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |language=en}}</ref> Another study has stated that around 210,000 people in Honduras fit this category, which would make the Honduran white population to be around 2.1%.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

However, other studies report that the percentage could rise much more, reaching close to a half a million white people in [[Honduras]], which according to official national sources would make a percentage of between 5% and 6.9% of whites in Hondurans.<ref>Honduras - XVII Censo de Población y VI de Vivienda 2013». Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Honduras. 16 de noviembre de 2015</ref> This is because the majority of whites in Honduras do not identify themselves as Euro-descendants as such, adopting and feeling more identified with the mestizo identity.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}

Examples of white Hondurans are ex-president [[Simon Azcona del Hoyo]], pharmacologist [[Salvador Moncada]], film director Juan Carlos Fanconi, politician [[Roberto Micheletti]], General [[Florencio Xatruch]] and former president of the [[Federal Republic of Central America|Central American federation]] Don [[Francisco Morazán]] Quezada.

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Don Francisco Morazan Quezada.JPG|Central American president, General Francisco Morazán
Florencio Xatruch 1.jpg|General, Florencio Xatruch
Dr. Francisco Bertrand, Pres't Honduras LCCN2014693045.jpg|Ex-President, Francisco Bertrand
EWS23.20.jpg|Sir. Salvador Moncada, Honduran pharmacologist
Juan Carlos Fanconi.jpg|Juan Carlos Fanconi, film director
Jose Azcona 1987.jpg|Ex president, José Simón Azcona del Hoyo
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