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List of ethnic enclaves in North American cities

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This is a list of ethnic enclaves in cities in North America. An ethnic enclave in this context denotes an area primarily populated by a population with a similar ethnic or racial background that is different from the majority population of the country or city it is in.[9] This list includes historic examples which may no longer be ethnic enclaves.

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Ethnic enclaves in North American cities
New York City is home to the largest overseas Chinese population of any city proper in the Western Hemisphere, with over half million. Multiple large Chinatowns in Manhattan, Brooklyn (above), and Queens are thriving as traditionally urban ethnic enclaves, as large-scale Chinese immigration continues into New York,[1][2][3][4] with the largest metropolitan Chinese population outside of Asia.[5]
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Broad Avenue, Koreatown in Palisades Park, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA,[6] where Koreans constitute the majority (52%) of the population.[7]
India Square in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, is one of at least 24 Indian American enclaves characterized as a Little India which have emerged within the New York City Metropolitan Area, with the largest metropolitan Indian population outside Asia, as large-scale immigration from India continues into New York.[1][2][3][8]

Africa

African Americans

List of African-American neighborhoods - Thousands of African-American neighborhoods exist today. However, many of these communities are now less populated by African Americans than they were during the earlier, sometimes mid and late parts of the 20th century.

Cape Verde

Ethiopia

Nigeria

Senegal

Somalia

Pan-Africa

Asia (East, South and Southeast)

Afghanistan

Bangladesh

Cambodia

Main article: Little Cambodia
Manhattan's Chinatown, home to the highest concentration of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere,[31][32][33][34][35] is the oldest of at least 9 Chinatowns in the New York City Metropolitan Area.

China

Main article: Chinatown
Chinatown, San Francisco
Toronto's downtown Chinatown

Hmong

India

Main article: Little India (location)

Japan

Main article: Japantown

Korea

Main article: Koreatown

Laos

Myanmar (Burma)

Pakistan

Pakistani and other South Asian shops in Gerrard Street, Toronto.
Main article: Little Pakistan

Philippines

Main article: Little Manila
See also: Demographics of Filipino Americans § Population concentrations

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

Thailand

Vietnam

Main articles: List of U.S. cities with large Vietnamese-American populations and Little Saigon
Little Saigon, Orange County, California

Pan-Asia

European or Anglo origin

Australia

Main article: Little Australia

Albania

Basque

Basque shepherds migrated to Southeastern Oregon settling in the communities of Arock, Basque, Burns and Jordan Valley.[191][192]

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnian

(People with origins from Bosnia and Herzegovina):

Croatia

Eastern European Jewish

Main article: Jewish quarter (diaspora)

France

Main article: Little Canada (term)

Germany

See also: Little Germany and Germantown

Georgia

Greece

Main article: Greektown

Ireland

Italy

Main article: Little Italy

Luxembourg

Malta

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Scandinavia

Denmark

Finland

Iceland

Norway

7% of the population in Saskatoon in Canada is of Norwegian ancestry.

Sweden

  • Chicago, Illinois – At one point, Chicago had the largest Swedish population outside Sweden. The neighborhood of Andersonville still maintains a large Swedish population.

Serbia

Main article: List of Serbian neighborhoods

Slovenia

United Kingdom

Cornwall

Wales

West Asia

Arabia

Armenia

See also: List of Armenian ethnic enclaves and History of the Armenian Americans in Los Angeles

Assyrians

See also: List of Assyrian ethnic enclaves

Kurds

Palestinian

Iran

Yemen

Latin America and Caribbean

Main article: Barrio

Guatemala

El Salvador

Except Puerto Ricans (fourth as a nationality, second in ancestry among Hispanics and Latinos), Salvadorans are the second largest Hispanic/Latino ethnicity in the US, close to Dominicans who are third. Large Salvadoran communities developed in the late 20th–early 21st century period as a result of civil war, economic conditions, political turmoil and gang violence in the country, the country El Salvador is among the smallest in size in the Western Hemisphere. The largest Salvadoran population is in Central parts of Los Angeles[341] and throughout California along with Central American groups like Guatemalans, Hondurans and Nicaraguans.[342] Recent census data shows that for the first time, there are more Salvadorans living on Long Island than Puerto Ricans, with Salvadorans now numbering nearly 100,000,[343] representing nearly a quarter of all Hispanics in the region, making them the largest Latino group in Long Island (New York State).

Mexico

Main article: List of Mexican-American communities
Mural in Chicano Park, San Diego stating "All the way to the Bay"

Note: Since immigrants from Mexico have been the largest group for a long time and have spread throughout the country perhaps more than any other nationality in recent times, Mexican-American enclaves are far more numerous than this list would suggest.

West Indies and Caribbean

Main article: List of West Indian communities in the United States

Pacific Islands and Oceania

Including Native Hawaiians or Kanaka Maoli in the mainland US, esp the west coast states of CA, NV, OR and WA.

Samoa

Tonga

Marshall Islands

Fiji

Micronesia

Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (Chamorro and Carolinians)

Others

Jews (of many nationalities)

Main article: Jewish quarter (diaspora)

Native Americans

The highest concentration of urban Indians in the United States is believed to be in Anchorage, Alaska where over 10 percent of the population identify themselves in the census as having some Native ancestry, with 7.3 percent identifying that as their only ancestry. In the mainland USA, Indian Alley in downtown Los Angeles, California, may be the most dense Native American population of any major city.[374]

The second highest concentration of urban Indians in the U.S. is Albuquerque, New Mexico where at least 5 percent of the population belong to recognized Native American tribes such as the Navajo, Apache and Pueblo (Keresan, Tiwa, Tewa, Towa, Zuni). Southeast Albuquerque has the largest Native American community in the city but Native communities can also be found on the Westside and Rio Rancho. Albuquerque also has a Cherokee diaspora community known as the Cherokee Southwest Township. A much larger percentage of the population possess some Native ancestry but identity as Hispanos, Mestizos or Genizaros. This population lives all over the Albuquerque metro area but is concentrated in the South Valley and Bernalillo.

Winnipeg, Manitoba has the largest indigenous population of any major city in Canada both in terms of percentage (12.2 percent) and total number. Other Canadian cities with significant First Nations populations include Prince George, British Columbia and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Smaller off-reservation cities and towns with significant Native American populations include:

Historic

Asia

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