African immigration to the United States
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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 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.
Tables
| Ancestry | 2000 | 2000 (% of U.S. population) | 2010 | 2010 (% of U.S. population) |
| "African" | 1,183,316 | negligible (no data) | 1,676,413 | negligible (no data) |
| Algerian | 8,752 | negligible (no data) | 14,716 | negligible (no data) |
| Angolan | 1,642 | negligible (no data) | negligible (no data) | |
| Cameroonian | 8,099 | negligible (no data) | 16,894 | negligible (no data) |
| Cape Verdean | 77,103 | negligible (no data) | 95,003 | negligible (no data) |
| Congolese | 5,488 (of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) | negligible (no data) | 11,009 | negligible (no data) |
| "Eastern Africans" | 2,129 | negligible (no data) | negligible (no data) | |
| Egyptian | 142,832 | negligible (no data) | 197,000 | negligible (no data) |
| Eritrean | 18,917 | negligible (no data) | negligible (no data) | |
| Ethiopian | 68,001 | negligible (no data) | 202,715 | negligible (no data) |
| Gambian | 3,035 | negligible (no data) | negligible (no data) | |
| Ghanaian | 49,944 | negligible (no data) | 91,322 | negligible (no data) |
| Guinea | 3,016 | negligible (no data) | negligible (no data) | |
| Ivorian | 3,110 | negligible (no data) | negligible (no data) | |
| Kenyan | 17,336 | negligible (no data) | 51,749 | negligible (no data) |
| Liberian | 25,575 | negligible (no data) | 51,296 | negligible (no data) |
| Libyan | 2,979 | negligible (no data) | negligible (no data) | |
| Malian | 1,790 | negligible (no data) | negligible (no data) | |
| Moroccan | 38,923 | negligible (no data) | 82,073 | negligible (no data) |
| Nigerian | 162,938 | negligible (no data) | 264,550 | negligible (no data) |
| "North African/Berber" | 4,544 ("North Africans": 3,217; "Berbers": 1,327) | negligible (no data) | ||
| Rwandan | 1,480 | negligible (no data) | negligible (no data) | |
| Senegalese | 6,124 | negligible (no data) | 11,369 | negligible (no data) |
| Sierra Leonean | 12,410 | negligible (no data) | 16,929 | negligible (no data) |
| Somali | 36,313 | negligible (no data) | 120,102 | negligible (no data) |
| South African | 44,991 | negligible (no data) | 57,491 | negligible (no data) |
| Sudanese | 14,458 | negligible (no data) | 42,249 | negligible (no data) |
| Tanzanian | 2,921 | negligible (no data) | negligible (no data) | |
| Togolese | 1,716 | negligible (no data) | negligible (no data) | |
| Tunisian | 4,735 | negligible (no data) | negligible (no data) | |
| Ugandan | 4,707 | negligible (no data) | 12,549 | negligible (no data) |
| "Western African" | 6,810 | negligible (no data) | ||
| Zambian | 1,500 | negligible (no data) | negligible (no data) | |
| Zimbabwean | 4,521 | negligible (no data) | 7,323 | negligible (no data) |
| TOTAL | More than 1,000,000 | citation needed] | NA | NA |
| Metropolitan area | African population | % of total metro population |
| Washington, DC, MD-VA-WV | 171,000 | 2.9 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | 70,100 | 1.3 |
| Atlanta, GA | 70,100 | 1.3 |
| Boston, MA-NH | 61,600 | 1.3 |
| Baltimore Area, MD | 33,100 | 1.2 |
| New York, NY | 223,000 | 1.1 |
| Dallas–Fort Worth, TX | 64,300 | 0.9 |
| Houston, TX | 56,100 | 0.9 |
| San Antonio, TX | 68,100 | 0.5 |
| Greater Los Angeles Area | 68,100 | 0.5 |
| San Francisco Bay Area | 24,500 | 0.5 |
| State/territory | Subsaharan Africanpopulation (2019 Census) | Percentage |
| Alabama | 44,872 | |
| Alaska | 2,200 | |
| Arizona | 58,584 | |
| Arkansas | 42,549 | |
| California | 319,119 | |
| Colorado | 56,591 | |
| Connecticut | 38,138 | |
| Delaware | 15,648 | |
| District of Columbia | 20,108 | |
| Florida | 161,983 | |
| Georgia | 199,299 | |
| Hawaii | 4,510 | |
| Idaho | 3,243 | |
| Illinois | 127,008 | |
| Indiana | 61,567 | |
| Iowa | 31,301 | |
| Kansas | 26,179 | |
| Kentucky | 38,745 | |
| Louisiana | 45,340 | |
| Maine | 14,674 | |
| Maryland | 248,180 | |
| Massachusetts | 149,753 | |
| Michigan | 80,461 | |
| Minnesota | 178,662 | |
| Mississippi | 2,300 | |
| Missouri | 54,003 | |
| Montana | 2,760 | |
| Nebraska | 28,566 | |
| Nevada | 45,510 | |
| New Hampshire | 8,701 | |
| New Jersey | 122,485 | |
| New Mexico | 6,826 | |
| New York | 263,282 | |
| North Carolina | 133,428 | |
| North Dakota | 8,100 | |
| Ohio | 137,487 | |
| Oklahoma | 17,477 | |
| Oregon | 24,159 | |
| Pennsylvania | 131,704 | |
| Rhode Island | 30,235 | |
| South Carolina | 47,684 | |
| South Dakota | 7,200 | |
| Tennessee | 95,626 | |
| Texas | 446,330 | |
| Utah | 18,672 | |
| Vermont | 2,400 | |
| Virginia | 226,140 | |
| Washington | 114,071 | |
| West Virginia | 8,748 |
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