Research Guides: African Immigration to the United States: Statistics

U.S. Census Statistical Reports

Characteristics of Selected Sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Ancestry Groups in the United States: 2008–2012 (June 2017)
The report focuses on the population reporting Ethiopian, Nigerian, Haitian, Jamaican, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian ancestry groups in
the United States. These selected sub-Saharan African and Caribbean ancestry groups each had 150,000 or more total population in the 2008–2012 American Community Survey. The report does not include Spanish-speaking Caribbean ancestry groups.
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American Community Survey Reports. By Stella U. Ogunwole, Karen R. Battle, and Darryl T. Cohen. Issued June 2017
New Population Counts for 62 Detailed Black or African American Groups. (October 17, 2023)
African American was the most reported detailed response by those who identified their race as Black or African American in the 2020 Census, according to recently released data. Nigerian and Ethiopian were the most reported Sub-Saharan African groups, while Jamaican and Haitian were the largest Caribbean groups. Has populaton stastics for the three states with the largest Nigerian and Ethiopian populations. It also has the largest county poulation statistics for Nigerians, South Africans, Somalians, Ethiopians, Congolese, Ghanaians, and Kenyans. Color coded maps are included.
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Written by: Alli Coritz, Ricardo Henrique Lowe, Jr. and Jessica E. Peña (October 17, 2023)

Migration Policy Institute

Migration Policy Institute

https://www.migrationpolicy.org/about/about-migration-policy-institute

Mission: The nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute seeks to improve immigration and integration policies through authoritative research and analysis, opportunities for learning and dialogue, and the development of new ideas to address complex policy questions.

Maps of Immigrants in the United States. Use our interactive maps to learn where immigrant populations are concentrated in the United States by country or region of birth, or explore settlement patterns and concentration of various immigrant populations in the United States. To look at a map, click on its title or thumbnail. https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/maps-foreign-born-united-states

U.S. Immigrant Population by State and County, https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/us-immigrant-population-state-and-county

U.S. Immigrant Population by Metropolitan Area, https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/us-immigrant-population-metropolitan-area