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For instance, a 2006 study conducted by Mexico's [[National Institute of Genomic Medicine INMEGEN|National Institute of Genomic Medicine (INMEGEN)]], which genotyped 104 samples, reported that Mestizo Mexicans are 58.96% European, 35.05% Amerindian, and 5.03% African.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ashg.org/genetics/abstracts/abs06/f1065.htm|title=Evaluation of Ancestry and Linkage Disequilibrium Sharing in Admixed Population in Mexico|author1=J.K. Estrada|author2=A. Hidalgo-Miranda|author3=I. Silva-Zolezzi|author4=G. Jimenez-Sanchez|publisher=ASHG|access-date=July 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913031830/http://www.ashg.org/genetics/abstracts/abs06/f1065.htm|archive-date=September 13, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to a 2009 report by the Mexican Genome Project, which sampled 300 Mestizos from six Mexican states and one Indigenous group, the gene pool of the Mexican mestizo population was calculated to be 55.2% percent Indigenous, 41.8% European, 5% African, and 0.5% Asian.<ref name="Silva-Zolezzi et al 2009"/> A 2012 study published by the ''[[Journal of Human Genetics]]'' found the deep paternal ancestry of the Mexican Mestizo population to be predominately European (64.9%) followed by Amerindian (30.8%) and African (5%).<ref>{{cite journal|title=Admixture and population structure in Mexican-Mestizos based on paternal lineages - |publisher=Journal of Human Genetics |quote=In the total population sample, paternal ancestry was predominately European (64.9%), followed by Native American (30.8%) and African (4.2%).|pmid=22832385|doi=10.1038/jhg.2012.67|volume=57|issue=9 |year=2012|journal=J. Hum. Genet.|pages=568–74 | last1 = Martínez-Cortés | first1 = G | last2 = Salazar-Flores | first2 = J | last3 = Fernández-Rodríguez | first3 = LG | last4 = Rubi-Castellanos | first4 = R | last5 = Rodríguez-Loya | first5 = C | last6 = Velarde-Félix | first6 = JS | last7 = Muñoz-Valle | first7 = JF | last8 = Parra-Rojas | first8 = I | last9 = Rangel-Villalobos | first9 = H| doi-access = free }}</ref> An autosomal ancestry study performed on Mexico City reported that the European ancestry of Mexicans was 52% with the rest being Amerindian and with alongside African contribution, additionally maternal ancestry was analyzed, with 47% being of European origin. Unlike previous studies which only included Mexicans who self-identified as Mestizos, the only criteria for sample selection in this study was that the volunteers self-identified as Mexicans.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Price |first1=Alkes L. |last2=Patterson |first2=Nick |last3=Yu |first3=Fuli |last4=Cox |first4=David R. |last5=Waliszewska |first5=Alicja |last6=McDonald |first6=Gavin J. |last7=Tandon |first7=Arti |last8=Schirmer |first8=Christine |last9=Neubauer |first9=Julie |last10=Bedoya |first10=Gabriel |last11=Duque |first11=Constanza |last12=Villegas |first12=Alberto |last13=Bortolini |first13=Maria Catira |last14=Salzano |first14=Francisco M. |last15=Gallo |first15=Carla |last16=Mazzotti |first16=Guido |last17=Tello-Ruiz |first17=Marcela |last18=Riba |first18=Laura |last19=Aguilar-Salinas |first19=Carlos A. |last20=Canizales-Quinteros |first20=Samuel |last21=Menjivar |first21=Marta |last22=Klitz |first22=William |last23=Henderson |first23=Brian |last24=Haiman |first24=Christopher A. |last25=Winkler |first25=Cheryl |last26=Tusie-Luna |first26=Teresa |last27=Ruiz-Linares |first27=Andrés |last28=Reich |first28=David |title=A Genomewide Admixture Map for Latino Populations |journal=The American Journal of Human Genetics |date=June 2007 |volume=80 |issue=6 |pages=1024–1036 |doi=10.1086/518313 |pmid=17503322 |pmc=1867092 }}</ref>
 
While Mexico does not have comprehensive modern racial censuses, some international publications believe that Mexican people of predominately European descent (Spanish or other European) make up approximately one-sixth (16.5%), this based on the figures of the last racial census in the country, made in 1921.<ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica">{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/379167/Mexico/27384/Ethnic-groups|title=Encyclopædia Britannica: Mexico Ethnic groups|date=18 July 2023 }}</ref> According to an opinion poll conducted by the [[Latinobarómetro]] organization in 2011, 52% of Mexican respondents said they were mestizos, 19% Indigenous, 6% white, 2% mulattos and 3% "other race"black.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.infoamerica.org/primera/lb_2011.pdf|title=Informe 2011 Latinobarómetro - pag. 58|accessdate=4 December 2023}}</ref>
 
=== US Census Bureau classifications ===