Which group makes up the largest segment of the Mexican population?
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Responses
Spanish
Spanish
Indigenous peoples
Indigenous peoples
Mestizos
Mestizos
Aztecs
Aztecs
Mestizos
The group that makes up the largest segment of the Mexican population is Mestizos. To arrive at this answer, it is important to have a basic understanding of Mexican demographics and history.
Mestizos refer to people of mixed European (primarily Spanish) and Indigenous American ancestry. Mexico has a complex history of colonization, with Spanish conquistadors arriving in the 16th century and establishing a colony known as New Spain.
As a result of this colonization, intermarriage and mixing of cultures and populations occurred, leading to the creation of a new ethnic group known as Mestizos. They now constitute the largest segment of the Mexican population, reflecting the blending of Indigenous and Spanish or European heritage.
While the other options you mentioned, such as Spanish, Indigenous peoples, and Aztecs, are all important components of Mexican society, it is the Mestizo group that forms the largest segment.