Editing Southwestern United States (section)

==Demographics==
Hispanic Americans can be found in large numbers in every major city in the Southwest such as [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]] (80%), [[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]] (63%), [[Los Angeles]] (48%), [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]] (47%), [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] (43%), [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]] (41%), [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]] (32%), and [[Mesa, Arizona|Mesa]] (27%). Over 60 percent of the Latino population in the Southwest is [[Mexican Americans|Mexican American]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://usa.usembassy.de/etexts/outgeogr/geog13.htm|title=An Outline of American Geography - Chapter 13 - About the USA}}</ref>

Very large Hispanic American populations can also be found in the smaller cities such as [[Eagle Pass, Texas|Eagle Pass]] (96%), [[Las Cruces, New Mexico|Las Cruces]] (56%), [[Yuma, Arizona|Yuma]] (55%), [[Blythe, California|Blythe]] (53%), [[Pueblo, Colorado|Pueblo]] (48%), [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] (48%), and [[Glendale, Arizona|Glendale]] (36%). Many small towns throughout the southwestern states also have significantly large Latino populations.

The largest Asian American populations in the southwest can be found in [[California]] and [[Texas]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF2/PCT1/0100000US.04000.001/popgroup~031 |title=Total Population: Asian Alone or in combination with one or more other races |work=2010 Census Summary File 2 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=May 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214004626/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF2/PCT1/0100000US.04000.001/popgroup~031 |archive-date=February 14, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> with some significant Asian population in Phoenix. The most significant American Indian populations can be found in [[New Mexico]] and [[Arizona]].

More than 20% of Native Americans live in the Southwest.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Southwest-Indian Southwest Indian | History, Tribes, Culture, & Facts | Britannica]</ref>

Before 1700, the only permanent Spanish settlements in the Southwest were along the valley of the upper Rio Grande in New Mexico.{{cn|date=August 2023}}