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List of ethnic enclaves in North American cities

This is a list of ethnic enclaves in various countries of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds to the native population. An ethnic enclave in this context denotes an area primarily populated by a population with similar ethnic or racial background. This list also includes concentrations rather than enclaves, and historic examples which may no longer be an ethnic enclave.

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.

Angola

Benin

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Congo (Brazzaville and DRC)

Côte d'Ivoire

Ethiopia

Eritrea

  • The San Francisco Bay Area is home to over twelve thousand Eritreans in estimation, as with other Habesha peoples like Ethiopian Americans; Apple Valley Lane/Piner Road areas in Santa Rosa and Temescal Avenue in Oakland have plentiful populations.
  • Enclaves of Eritreans can be found in Seattle and Tacoma
  • Little Ethiopia, Los Angeles, also has some Eritrean population

Nigeria

  • Dallas-Fort Worth has the second largest Nigerian American community.
  • Houston, Texas has the largest Nigerian American community.
  • New York City – the largest Nigerian immigrant population in the United States.
  • San Antonio has one of the largest Nigerian American communities.

Somalia

Other or pan-African

Asia (East, South and Southeast)

Afghanistan

Bangladesh

Burma/Myanmar

Cambodia

China

Hmong

India

Japan

Korea

Laos

Pakistan

Philippines

Sri Lanka

Thailand

Vietnam

European or Anglo origin

Australia

Albania

Basque

:Basque shepherds migrated to Southeastern Oregon settling in the communities of Arock, Basque, Burns and Jordan Valley.

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnian

(People with origins from Bosnia and Herzegovina):

Croatia

Eastern European Jewish

France

Germany

Georgia

Greece

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Malta

  • The Junction, Toronto, Ontario. Little Malta is in the western part of this Toronto neighbourhood.
  • Astoria, Queens has a Little Malta.

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Scandinavia

Denmark

Finland

Iceland

Norway

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

Slovenia

United Kingdom

Cornwall

Wales

Middle East

Armenia

Assyrians

Kurds

Palestinian

Iran

Yemen

Latin America and Caribbean

Growing Mexican,(Central American) Salvadoran, (South American) Colombian and Ecuadorean population concentrated in the city's north west area.

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 and throughout California along with Central American groups like Guatemalans, Hondurans and Nicaraguans. 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, representing nearly a quarter of all Hispanics in the region, making them the largest Latino group in Long Island (New York State).

Mexico

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

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)

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.

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:

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