<p>Hi Entomom: My opinion is that one should be of Central American origin to be considered Hispanic, but my opinion doesn’t count. It seems pretty clear from your post Hispanic/Latino defined - that the definition of Hispanic has been broadly expanded. Anyway under US census rules, it seems one can certainly be Hispanic/Asian although on the common application the choice would be (I think) Hispanic/white. If this is wrong, I will stand corrected and admit it in a post. Anyway, I think the real question is whether or not it will help on an application. For reasons stated I believe the Hispanic preference is a thing long gone.</p>