African immigration to the United States
African immigration to the United States refers to immigrants to the United States who are or were nationals of modern African countries. The term African in the scope of this article refers to geographical or national origins rather than racial affiliation. From the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 to 2017, Sub-Saharan African-born population in the United States grew to 2.1 million people.
Sub-Saharan African Americans | |
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| Total population | |
| African: 3,183,104 (Sub-Saharan African: 2,847,199 + North African: 335,895) (2010 U.S. Census) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| New York City, Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Houston, Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose, Minneapolis, Columbus, Chicago, Boston, Providence, Miami, New Orleans, Tennessee, Albuquerque, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Portland, Denver | |
| Languages | |
| English (African English, American English), Arabic, Igbo, Yoruba, Akan, Lingala, Nuer,
Meta, Dinka, Shilluk, French, Wolof, Swahili, Amharic, Somali, Tigrinya, Berber, Afrikaans, Hausa, Portuguese, Cape Verdean Crioulo, Spanish, others | |
| Religion | |
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| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other African people |
Sub-Saharan Africans in the United States come from almost all regions in Africa and do not constitute a homogeneous group. They include peoples from different national, linguistic, ethnic, racial, cultural and social backgrounds. U.S. and foreign born Sub-Saharan Africans are different and distinct from native-born African Americans, many of whose ancestors were involuntarily brought from West Africa to the colonial United States by means of the historic Atlantic slave trade. African immigration is now driving the growth of the Black population in New York City.