The U.S. Hispanic population is spreading throughout the country but is still mainly centered in California, Texas, and Florida, according to a study by The Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project.

According to CNN's coverage of the study, more than half of the Hispanic people in the U.S. reside in those three states, while another quarter of the population lives throughout New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Arizona, and Colorado.

While more Hispanic people live in California than any other state in the country, New Mexico has the highest percentage of Hispanic people; 46.7 percent of the state's population is Hispanic.

The Hispanic and Latino communities have seen consistent overall growth in recent years; according to a previous Pew Study which had research from 2012, more Hispanic high school graduates enrolled in college that year than whites.

The most recent study found that the Southeastern United States has been home to the fastest growing Latino populations in the country during the last decade.

Mark Hugo Lopez, director of Hispanic Research at Pew, told CNN said that he expects the population trends to be reflected in the political realm.

"I think this has huge political implications," he said. "It means that more Latinos will be voting, running for office, and being part of the political culture in many more states."

The Census Bureau says that the U.S. Hispanic Population was only 14.6 million in 1980 but grew to nearly 52 million in 2011. The Census Bureau also said that the population started to spread geographically during these years, as the Pew study indicated.