▁after ▁H ond uras ▁and ▁Gu atem ala , ▁from ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁census , ▁the ▁population ▁exceed s ▁ 6 ▁million . ▁The ▁total ▁impact ▁of ▁civil ▁wars , ▁dict ator ships ▁and ▁so cio e conom ics ▁drove ▁over ▁a ▁million ▁Salvador ans ▁( both ▁as ▁imm igr ants ▁and ▁refuge es ) ▁into ▁the ▁United ▁States ; ▁Gu atem ala ▁is ▁the ▁second ▁country ▁that ▁hosts ▁more ▁Salvador ans ▁behind ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁approximately ▁ 1 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Salvador ans ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁national ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁in ▁addition ▁small ▁Salvador an ▁communities ▁spr ung ▁up ▁in ▁Canada , ▁Australia , ▁Bel ize , ▁Pan ama , ▁Costa ▁Rica , ▁Italy , ▁and ▁Sweden ▁since ▁the ▁migration ▁tr end ▁began ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁The ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁U . S . ▁Census ▁counted ▁ 1 , 6 4 8 , 9 6 8 ▁Salvador ans ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁up ▁from ▁ 6 5 5 , 1 6 5 ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁By ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁the ▁figured ▁had ▁ris en ▁to ▁over ▁ 2 . 3 ▁million . ▁ ▁Ra cial ▁and ▁eth nic ▁groups ▁ ▁El ▁Salvador ' s ▁population ▁numbers ▁ 6 , 3 7 7 , 3 5 8 . ▁Eth n ically , ▁ 8 6 . 3 % ▁of ▁Salvador ans ▁are ▁mixed ▁(