This report describes the Hispanic population in the United States in 2002 using data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau in the Annual Demographic Supplement to the March 2002 Current Population Survey. Results indicate that more than one in eight people in the United States are of Hispanic origin. Hispanics are more geographically concentrated than non-Hispanic Whites, and they are more likely to live inside central cities of metropolitan areas. Hispanics are more likely than non-Hispanic Whites to be under age 18. Two in five Hispanics are foreign born. Hispanics live in family households that tend to be larger than those of non-Hispanic Whites. More than two in five Hispanics age 25 and older have not graduated from high school. Educational attainment varies among Hispanics. Hispanics are much more likely than non-Hispanic Whites to be unemployed. Hispanics and non-Hispanic Whites have different occupational distributions. Hispanic workers earn less than non-Hispanic white workers. Hispanics are more likely than non-Hispanic Whites to live in poverty. (SM)