Honduras identifies itself as a mestizo nation — of mixed indigenous and European roots — and officially only about 2 percent of the population is of African descent … Machismo." Most Afro-Hondurans are culturally Ladinos (Hispanic).The term ‘’Amerindian’’ was coined by the U.S. Anthropology Association in 1902 to refer to the American Indians. RUCKERT, ARNE.
Other Honduran whites are descendants of European immigrants who arrived at the beginning of the 20th century. Remnants of other civilizations are found throughout the country.
The Arab-Hondurans arrived in Honduras during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries and established a community in San Pedro Sula. Other Honduran whites are descendants of European immigrants who arrived at the beginning of the 20th century. A race is a grouping of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into categories generally viewed as distinct by society. According to the 2019 revision of the World Population ProspectsAs of 2014, 60% of Hondurans live below the poverty line.Structure of the population (01.07.2007) (estimates) (data refer to projections based on the 2001 Population Census):Structure of the population (01.07.2010) (estimates): Johnston, Jake, and Stephan Lefebvre. The proportion of the population aged below 15 in 2010 was 36.8%, 58.9% were aged between 15 and 65 years of age, and 4.3% were aged 65 years or older. Honduras is growing at a rate of 1.63%, adding about 158,500 people from 2019 to 2020. MURPHY-GRAHAM, ERIN. Some neighborhoods have piñatas on the street. Klasen, Stephan; Otter, Thomas; Villalobos, Carlos (2012): The dynamics of inequality change in a highly dualistic economy: Honduras, 1991–2007, Discussion papers, Ibero America Institute for Economic Research, No. Hondurans (Spanish: Hondureños) are people inhabiting in, originating from, or having significant heritage from Honduras. The British exported about 4,000 Black Caribs to Roatan Island, Honduras in 1797 after they rebelled against them in Saint Vincent Island. Ethnicity And Race.
The Garifunas are the descendants of the West African people, Arawaks, and the Caribs.
The largest ethnic group in Honduras in 2017 was the Mestizo (90%) followed by the Amerindians (6%), Blacks (2%), and Whites (1%). The Creole people and the Garifunas came to Honduras during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to do work in the construction and banana export industry. Reyes, H Luz McNaughton, et al. Honduras is one of the poorest countries in Latin America, and holds the unfortunate record for highest rate of homicide in the world. The term ‘’Mestizo’’ refers to an individual of combined Indigenous American and European descent. Honduras is, like many Central American nations, a place defined by tropical jungles, deep ancestral traditions, and unfortunately, a great amount of political instability. A considerable percentage of the native population died of numerous illnesses like measles and smallpox during colonization. "Political Space, Pro-Poor Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy in Honduras: A Story of Missed Opportunities". The national tree of Honduras was declared in 1928 to be simply "the Pine that appears symbolically in our Legends and fairy tales are paramount in Honduran culture.