 Dominican ancestry by state (2010) | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 2,393,718[1] 0.72% of the U.S. population (2021)[1][2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| East Coast of the United States Majority concentrated in New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Florida, Pennsylvania and Connecticut Smaller numbers in other parts of the country, including Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, New Hampshire, among other areas.[3] | |
| Languages | |
| Dominican Spanish, American English, Spanglish | |
| Religion | |
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Dominican Americans (Spanish: domínico-americanos,[4] estadounidenses dominicanos) are Americans who trace their ancestry to the Dominican Republic. The phrase may refer to someone born in the United States of Dominican descent or to someone who has migrated to the United States from the Dominican Republic. As of 2021, there were approximately 2.4 million people of Dominican descent in the United States, including both native and foreign-born.[1] They are the second largest Hispanic group in the Northeastern region of the United States after Puerto Ricans, and the fifth-largest Hispanic/Latino group nationwide.
The first Dominican to migrate into what is now known as the United States was sailor-turned-merchant Juan Rodríguez who arrived on Manhattan in 1613 from his home in Santo Domingo.[5] Thousands of Dominicans also passed through the gates of Ellis Island in the 19th and early 20th centuries.[6] The most recent movement of emigration to the United States began in the 1960s, after the fall of the dictatorial Trujillo regime.
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- ^ "1960 Census: Detailed tables" (PDF). Census.gov. February 14, 2019. pp. 103–104. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
- ^ "La Liga de Oficiales Electos Dominico Americanos proponen soluciones a los altos precios del petróleo". Archived from the original on January 13, 2016.
- ^ Roberts, Sam (October 2, 2012). "Local History: Honoring a Very Early New Yorker". The New York Times. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
- ^ "Preview of Research Findings October 22: Dominican Immigration Through Ellis Island - CUNY Dominican Studies Institute News". Cunydsi.typepad.com. Archived from the original on March 19, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2015.