Total population | |
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18,092 (2019 American Community Survey)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
New York City (Harlem, Brooklyn, Bronx), New Jersey, Chicago (Illinois), New Orleans, Atlanta, Oakland | |
Languages | |
Religion | |
Muslims, Christians and Practitioners of traditional religion of Senegal. | |
Related ethnic groups | |
African Americans, American groups of West Africa (Gambian, Ivorian, Malian, Guinean, Mauritanian, Bissau-Guinean, etc.), French |
Senegalese Americans (French: Américains sénégalais) are an ethnic group of Americans of Senegalese descent. In the surveys of 2019, 18,091 people claimed to be of Senegalese origin or descent in the United States. However, many West Africans trafficked by enslavers to the United States were also of Senegalese origin (arriving together with Africans of other origins who came by way of Senegalese ports). Thus many African Americans may also have some ancestors of this country.