Salvadoran Americans

Salvadoran Americans
Salvadoreño-Estadounidenses
Total population
2,480,509 (2022 American Community Survey)[1][2]
0.75% of total U.S. population, 2021[2]
Regions with significant populations
Greater Los Angeles, Houston, San Francisco Bay Area, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Dallas, New York City, Long Island, New Jersey, Greater Boston, Miami, Northern Virginia, Chicago, Atlanta, Charlotte, Las Vegas Valley, Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers metropolitan area, San Diego
Languages
Spanish, English
Religion
Christianity (mostly Catholic, significantly Protestant)
Related ethnic groups
Spanish Americans

Salvadoran Americans (Spanish: salvadoreño-estadounidenses or estadounidenses de origen salvadoreño) are Americans of full or partial Salvadoran descent. As of 2021, there are 2,473,947 Salvadoran Americans in the United States,[2] the third-largest Hispanic community by nation of ancestry. According to the Census Bureau, in 2021 Salvadorans made up 4.0% of the total Hispanic population in the United States.[3]

Salvadorans are the largest group of Central Americans of the Central American Isthmus community in the U.S.

The largest Salvadoran populations are in the metropolitan areas of Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., which have been established since the 1970s and currently number in the hundreds of thousands, as well as other Central Americans such as Guatemalan and Honduran Americans.[4]

Salvadorans are concentrated in California (32% of the nationwide Salvadoran population), Texas (15%), Maryland (8%) and New York (8%).[5]

  1. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "B03001 HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN BY SPECIFIC ORIGIN - United States - 2021 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". U.S. Census Bureau. July 1, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
  3. ^ Krogstad, Jens Manuel; Passel, Jeffrey S.; Moslimani, Mohamad; Noe-Bustamante, Luis (September 22, 2023). "Key facts about U.S. Latinos for National Hispanic Heritage Month". Pew Research Center. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
  4. ^ "Top 101 cities with the most residents born in El Salvador (population 500+)". City-data.com. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  5. ^ Moslimani, Mohamad; Noe-Bustamante, Luis; Shah, Sono (August 16, 2023). "Facts on Hispanics of Salvadoran origin in the United States, 2021". Retrieved December 3, 2023.