Is there any data on what percent of American Hispanics are White?

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Don't they still count as white and add onto the current 56% white figure in America?

No. This is a cultural label, not one indicating genetic ancestry. A black latino and a white latino are both counted as hispanic/latino

"OMB defines "Hispanic or Latino" as a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race."

A white soccer player like Lionel Messi would be a hispanic, because he is culturally South American

https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html

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As you say, race and ethnicity (Hispanic or non-Hispanic are the only entries in America) are collected as two different categories of data.