 Little Haiti, Miami, Florida | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 1,138,855 (2022)[1] 0.34% of the U.S. population (2019)[2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Majority concentrated in the metropolitan areas of Miami, Orlando, New York and Boston. Historical population (1800s) in the New Orleans area. Majority in states like Florida, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Georgia, and Pennsylvania Smaller numbers in other parts of the country, including Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maryland, North Carolina, Louisiana and Texas | |
| Languages | |
| English, Haitian Creole, French, Frespañol | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Roman Catholicism with considerable adherents of Protestantism · Mormonism · Jehovah's Witnesses · also Haitian Vodou · New Orleans Voodoo | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Haitians, West Africans, Haitian Canadians, French Americans, Louisiana Creoles, Afro-Haitians, Mulatto Haitians, White Haitians, Arab Haitians, Chinese Haitians, Indo-Haitians, African Americans |
Haitian Americans (French: Haïtiens-Américains; Haitian Creole: ayisyen ameriken) are a group of Americans of full or partial Haitian origin or descent. The largest proportion of Haitians in the United States live in Little Haiti to the South Florida area. In addition, they have settled in major Northeast cities such as New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and in Chicago and Detroit in the Midwest. Most are immigrants or their descendants from the mid-late 20th-century migrations to the United States. Haitian Americans represent the largest group within the Haitian diaspora.
In 2021, the U.S. Census estimated that 1,138,855 people of full or partial Haitian descent lived in the United States.[2] During the 1960s and 1970s, many Haitians emigrated to the U.S. to escape the oppressive conditions during the dictatorships of François "Papa Doc" and his son Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier. Political unrest, economic strains and natural disasters have provided additional reasons for people to emigrate.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ a b "B04006 – PEOPLE REPORTING ANCESTRY – United States – 2019 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. July 1, 2019.