Geographical distribution of Haitian people
Ethnic group
Haitian Diaspora ~3,500,000 United States 1,084,055[ 1] Dominican Republic 800,000+ Chile 185,865[ 2] Canada 178,990[ 3] Brazil 161,000[ 4] Bahamas 80,000 France 62,448[ 5] Mexico 72,500 French , Spanish , English , Portuguese , and Haitian Creole
Haiti has a sizable diaspora , present primarily in the United States , Panama , Dominican Republic , Cuba , Canada , France (including its French Caribbean territories[ 6] ), the Bahamas , Peru , Ecuador , Colombia , Brazil and Chile . They also live in other countries like Costa Rica , Mexico , Bolivia , Guatemala , Nicaragua , Honduras , Venezuela , Argentina , Barbados , Dominica , Suriname , Aruba , Guyana , Belgium , Switzerland , United States Virgin Islands , Turks and Caicos Islands , among others.
In the United States there are an estimated 2,003,000 people of Haitian ancestry, according to the 2010 Census; an estimated 500,000–800,000 Haitians live in the Dominican Republic[ 7] and there is a Haitian community of about 165,000 in Canada.[ 8] There are 185,865 Haitians in Chile,[ 2] the Haitian community in France numbers about 58,973,[ 5] [ 9] and up to 80,000 Haitians now live in the Bahamas .[ 10] As of 2023, 161,000 Haitians were estimated to live in Brazil.[ 11]
^ "Total ancestry categories tallied for people with one or more ancestry categories reported 2010 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates" . United States Census Bureau . Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2012 .
^ a b "Según estimaciones, la cantidad de personas extranjeras residentes habituales en Chile bordea los 1,5 millones al 31 de diciembre de 2019 (According to estimates, the number of foreigners habitually residing in Chile is around 1.5 million as of December 31, 2019)" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-09-13.
^ Statistics Canada (8 February 2023). "Census Profile, 2021 Census (Canada [Country])" . Retrieved 8 February 2023 .
^ "Governo lança carteira digital e plano voltados a migrantes" . Agência Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-06-20. Retrieved 2024-03-17 .
^ a b "Présentation de Haïti" .
^ Laëthier, Maud (2015). "The Role of Suriname in Haitian Migration to French Guiana" . In and Out of Suriname . Brill. pp. 229–251. JSTOR 10.1163/j.ctt1w76x18.15 .
^ F. Báez Evertsz and W. Lozano, "La inmigración haitiana contemporánea en la República Dominicana", 2008
^ Ethnic origins, 2006 counts, for Canada, provinces and territories – 20% sample data Archived 2008-12-05 at the Wayback Machine , Statistics Canada (2006). Retrieved 2008-08-11.
^ The Associated Press (14 January 2010). "France suspends expulsions of illegal Haitians" . The Seattle Times . Retrieved 7 June 2013 .
^ Bahamas outlook clouds for Haitians by Nick Davis, BBC News, 20 September 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
^ "Governo lança carteira digital e plano voltados a migrantes" . Agência Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-06-20. Retrieved 2024-03-17 .