REPORT SAYS 4.6 MILLION BLACK IMMIGRANTS LIVE IN THE USA

The Pew Research Center published a report on January 27, 2022, that examines the population of Black immigrants living in the United States. The report says that there are 4.6 million Black immigrants living in the USA. The research further reveals that immigrants account for 10% of Blacks living in America and the children of immigrants make up an additional 10% of the Black population in the United States. Around 58% of Black immigrants living in the US arrived since 2000, with 27% arriving in 2000-2009 and 31% arriving in 2010-2019. The Pew Research Center report also says that 88% of Black immigrants living in the USA came from Africa or from The Caribbean. From 2000 to 2019, the data shows that Black immigrants from Africa living in America soared 246% from approximately 600,000 in 2000 to 2 million in 2019. Nonetheless, immigrants born in The Caribbean account for 46% of all Black immigrants in the US, while immigrants from Africa make up 42% of Black immigrants living in the United States. According to the research, the top 10 countries of origin for Black immigrants living in the US as of 2019 are as follows: #1 Jamaica (760,000); #2 Haiti (700,000); #3 Nigeria (390,000); #4 Ethiopia (260,000); #5 Dominican Republic (210,000); #6 Ghana (190,000); #7 Trinidad & Tobago (170,000); #8 Kenya (130,000); #9 Guyana (120,000); and #10 Somalia (110,000). In terms of where Black immigrants are living in the USA, 42% reside in the South; 36% live in the Northeast; 11% dwell in the Midwest; and 10% are living in the West. The largest number of Black immigrants live in New York City (1.1 million); 490,000 reside in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach area of Florida; 260,000 dwell in and around Washington, DC; and 190,000 make their homes in the Atlanta, Georgia, area. To read the full report, click here!