US cities with sizeable Black immigrant populations

[Docere]

NYC and Miami/Fort Lauderdale obviously have the largest Black immigrant populations - I suspect African Americans with roots in the South are outnumbered by those of Caribbean origin in those cities.

A lot of Black immigrants in Boston too - both Caribbean and Cape Verdean.

The DC has a large Ethiopian population in its metro area and likely a good number of Black immigrants in sheer numbers - though the "non-AA" component would represent a pretty small percentage of the overall Black population.

Then there's smaller Black centers where East Africans have had a very signficant demographic impact like Minneapolis and Seattle.

I will dig up some stats a little later...

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DC has a large and prominent West African population too. I'm not aware of the numbers.

[Agent Orange]

By observation, Denver seems to have a decent Ethiopian and Eritrean population (concentrating outside of the city proper in Aurora).

I haven’t met very many people from Southern Africa in the United States. Usually it’s West Africa or East Africa. I’m curious: do many make it here, or do they tend to emigrate to other parts of the world (or not emigrate at all)?

[MonkeyRonin]

Originally Posted by Agent Orange

I haven’t met very many people from Southern Africa in the United States. Usually it’s West Africa or East Africa. I’m curious: do many make it here, or do they tend to emigrate to other parts of the world (or not emigrate at all)?

I think it's mostly a function of population. The most populated parts of Sub-Saharan Africa are the Western and Eastern bits. And South Africa excepted, the more populous parts of the south are mostly former-Portuguese and French/Belgian colonies, so that's where most of their emigration is directed.

South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, and Angola are also generally the most prosperous African countries, if I'm not mistaken. Though I'm not sure that's enough to prevent much out-migration.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin

I think it's mostly a function of population. The most populated parts of Sub-Saharan Africa are the Western and Eastern bits. And South Africa excepted, the more populous parts of the south are mostly former-Portuguese and French/Belgian colonies, so that's where most of their emigration is directed.

Quebec has quite a few recent immigrants from Congo, Rwanda and Burundi, which are in the African Great Lakes region of the southern-central part of the continent.

These are former Belgian colonies but as you allude to, they lean towards the French language as the Belgians imposed that language (as opposed to Flemish ) when they colonized the region.

[Docere]

Re: Minneapolis - I said that it's a smaller Black center, not a smaller Black immigrant center. Black immigrants and their children make up a very large percentage of the overall Black population there. There are probably more African immigrants in the DC area than in Minneapolis-St. Paul, but it's a small percentage of the overall Black population, given that is much, much larger (1.5 million vs. maybe around 250,000 or so).

[Docere]

Most immigrants from South Africa are white. In Toronto, there's a fair sized number of South African Jews.

[iheartthed]

Originally Posted by Docere

Re: Minneapolis - I said that it's a smaller Black center, not a smaller Black immigrant center. Black immigrants and their children make up a very large percentage of the overall Black population there. There are probably more African immigrants in the DC area than in Minneapolis-St. Paul, but it's a small percentage of the overall Black population, given that is much, much larger (1.5 million vs. maybe around 250,000 or so).

In the few months that I spent traveling to Minneapolis last year, it seemed like most black people there were Somali descendants, or recent descendants of other parts of Africa.

[Jonesy55]

Originally Posted by Agent Orange

I haven’t met very many people from Southern Africa in the United States. Usually it’s West Africa or East Africa. I’m curious: do many make it here, or do they tend to emigrate to other parts of the world (or not emigrate at all)?

There are quite a lot of South Africans and Zimbabweans here in the UK. The South Africans are mostly white though.

[Docere]

South African immigrants in Canada are almost all white as well. Toronto has a sizeable South African Jewish population.

[the urban politician]

Originally Posted by Docere

NYC and Miami/Fort Lauderdale obviously have the largest Black immigrant populations - I suspect African Americans with roots in the South are outnumbered by those of Caribbean origin in those cities.

A lot of Black immigrants in Boston too - both Caribbean and Cape Verdean.

The DC has a large Ethiopian population in its metro area and likely a good number of Black immigrants in sheer numbers - though the "non-AA" component would represent a pretty small percentage of the overall Black population.

Then there's smaller Black centers where East Africans have had a very signficant demographic impact like Minneapolis and Seattle.

I will dig up some stats a little later...

Minneapolis is not "smaller", it's actually got some of the largest in the country, although not as many as NYC.

I can't find much data on Chicago, which is weird, except for a 2013 article that stated that 43,000 African immigrants lived in the area.

[uaarkson]

Not a US city, but I know Windsor does and they frequently hop the river for work.

[ColDayMan]

Around 45,000 Somalis live in Columbus.

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But it is I who mentions racism in every topic right?!

[Xing]

Minneapolis has the largest Samali American population, with Columbus, Seattle, San Diego, and Washington DC having large populations as well. I noticed on my visit to Minnesota some time ago, there are also Samalis living in rural towns outside of Minneapolis as well.

Of the Afro Latino population, I’m sure the prize goes to New York City, with Miami up there as well.

[Crawford]

Originally Posted by Xing

Of the Afro Latino population, I’m sure the prize goes to New York City, with Miami up there as well.

Yes, though Afro Latinos in the U.S. rarely self-identify as black.

They're Latino for most demographic purposes. On the Census form, they won't look that different than, say, Mexicans.

[Shawn]

Originally Posted by Xing

Minneapolis has the largest Samali American population, with Columbus, Seattle, San Diego, and Washington DC having large populations as well. I noticed on my visit to Minnesota some time ago, there are also Samalis living in rural towns outside of Minneapolis as well.

Of the Afro Latino population, I’m sure the prize goes to New York City, with Miami up there as well.

Little-known fact: A little over 10,000 Somalis live in the Portland, ME CSA. Over 5,000 in Lewiston alone - a city of 36,000.

[JManc]

Large Nigerian population here in Houston. Sizable Somali population (for its size) in Portland ME.

[sopas ej]

I don't know about other sub-Saharan African nationalities/ethnic groups, but according to Wikipedia, Los Angeles County unofficially has around 60,000 Ethiopians, supposedly the 2nd largest Ethiopian-American population in the US.

Los Angeles even has an official "Little Ethiopia" neighborhood, the only such official designation in the US.

[BG918]

Originally Posted by sopas ej

I don't know about other sub-Saharan African nationalities/ethnic groups, but according to Wikipedia, Los Angeles County unofficially has around 60,000 Ethiopians, supposedly the 2nd largest Ethiopian-American population in the US.

Los Angeles even has an official "Little Ethiopia" neighborhood, the only such official designation in the US.

Ethiopian Airlines connects LA to Addis Ababa via Dublin (one of the stranger fifth freedom flights).