This question was asked 9 years ago, but there were only a few comments with mixed answers, so I was hoping for an “updated” definition/explanation because I am noticing it being listed more and more often on surveys/documents.
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Generally, people from mainland Spain and Portugal are white Hispanic. Some Mexicans are also white Hispanic, but that varies a lot – many have darker skin.
People from the Spanish speaking parts of Latin America and the Caribbean are, I guess you’d say, brown Hispanic.
“Hispanic” is a cultural group, it doesn’t correlate directly to skin colour.
Like there are white British people and black British people. “British” doesn’t correlate to a skin tone any more than “Hispanic” does.
As far as how a person would define themselves on a census, they’ll likely decide based on their parents, how they “feel”, or just by looking at themselves in a mirror.
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