Official California Department of Health Services
Hispanic origin codes are as follows:
| Code | Description |
| 1 | Not Hispanic |
| 2 | Mexican/Mexican-American/Chicano |
| 3 | Puerto Rican |
| 4 | Cuban |
| 5 | Central/South American |
| 6 | Other Hispanic (Born outside the US) |
| 8 | Other Hispanic (Born in the US) |
| 9 | Unknown or Unreported |
AVSS has a list of standard Hispanic choices based on specifications provided in the Electronic Submission Specifications from the Department of Health Services as follows:
| Code | Hispanic Text |
| 5 | ARGENTINIAN |
| 6 | BALEARIC ISL. |
| 6 | BASQUE |
| 5 | BELIZEAN |
| 5 | BOGOTAN |
| 5 | BOLIVIAN |
| 6 | BORICUA |
| 5 | BRAZILIAN |
| 8 | CALIFORNIO |
| 6 | CANARY ISLAND |
| 6 | CASTILIAN |
| 6 | CATALONIAN |
| 5 | CENTRAL AMER. |
| 2 | CHICANO |
| 5 | CHILEAN |
| 5 | COLOMBIAN |
| 5 | COSTA RICAN |
| 4 | CUBAN |
| 5 | DOMINICAN |
| 5 | ECUADORIAN |
| 5 | EL SALVADORAN |
| 6 | ESPANOL |
| 5 | FALKLAND ISL. |
| 6 | FERNANDO PO |
| 5 | GALAPAGOS ISL |
| 5 | GANESEAN |
| 5 | GUATEMALAN |
| 5 | GUYANESE |
| 5 | HONDURAN |
| 6 | IBERIAN |
| 5 | JAMAICAN |
| 6 | LA RAZA |
| 6 | LATIN |
| 6 | MAJORCAN |
| 5 | MANAGUAN |
| 2 | MEX-AMERICAN |
| 2 | MEXICAN |
| 5 | MONROVIAN |
| 2 | MX/MX-AM/CHI |
| 5 | NICARAGUAN |
| 1 | NO |
| 6 | OTHER |
| 5 | PANAMANIAN |
| 5 | PARAGUAYAN |
| 5 | PERUVIAN |
| 3 | PUERTO RICAN |
| 5 | S. DOMINGAN |
| 5 | SALVADORIAN |
| 5 | SANTIAGAN |
| 5 | SANTO DOMINGN |
| 6 | SPANISH |
| 5 | SURINAMESE |
| 9 | UNKNOWN |
| 5 | URUGUAYAN |
| 5 | V. CRUZEAN |
| 6 | VALENCIAN |
| 5 | VENEZUELAN |
| 5 | WEST INDIES |
| 9 | WITHHELD |
Updated June 25, 1997 by RL Williams
