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Community is becoming established in Houston and the Central American population will likely continue to grow fast in the area. I don't see a slow down there.
Community is becoming established in Houston and the Central American population will likely continue to grow fast in the area. I don't see a slow down there.
Yep. Surprisingly, I’m starting to see a lot of Black Colombians too.
Community is becoming established in Houston and the Central American population will likely continue to grow fast in the area. I don't see a slow down there.
This is true. The Central American community in Houston is huge and it is booming. However, I would say that while there is a notable presence of black Central Americans, they are a very tiny percentage of the total.
Houston has roughly 118,000 foreign born black residents. Of those roughly 103,000 were born in Africa, 8,700 were born in Jamaica, and 2,500 born in Haiti. That leaves a very small window for foreign born black residents from the rest of the world.
But then again, if were talking about black Central Americans there are so few to begin with anywhere. Were talking about roughly 300,000 black residents of all of Central America with the overwhelming majority in Honduras (the Garifuna). So it shouldnt be that surprising that there really arent many anywhere in the US. Houston probably does have the most outside Florida and maybe NYC, but its still not that much.
This is true. The Central American community in Houston is huge and it is booming. However, I would say that while there is a notable presence of black Central Americans, they are a very tiny percentage of the total.
Houston has roughly 118,000 foreign born black residents. Of those roughly 103,000 were born in Africa, 8,700 were born in Jamaica, and 2,500 born in Haiti. That leaves a very small window for foreign born black residents from the rest of the world.
But then again, if were talking about black Central Americans there are so few to begin with anywhere. Were talking about roughly 300,000 black residents of all of Central America with the overwhelming majority in Honduras (the Garifuna). So it shouldnt be that surprising that there really arent many anywhere in the US. Houston probably does have the most outside Florida and maybe NYC, but its still not that much.
The Caribbean coast of Central America is predominantly black. And the 2 "blackest" countries are probably Panamá and Belize. Blacks and people mixed with black (black/white or black/indian) are about 20-30% of the populations in these 2 countries. Though, these 2 countries also have the smallest total populations in Central America, Panamá with over 4 million and Belize with a couple hundred thousand. Belizean Americans are spread out, LA, NYC, Miami, Houston, Chicago, while Panamanian Americans I believe are mostly in Brooklyn NY, they are the blackest group in NYC, far "blacker" than the more majority mixed race mulatto Dominicans and Ricans.
Then far after that, you have Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and Costa Rica. On the sparsely populated Caribbean coast, they have a large presence, but in the country overall they are only 1-5%. El Salvador is dead last.
Here is the percentage that Foreign Born Hispanics make of their total Hispanic community. Looking only at metro areas with more than 500,000 Hispanic residents.
Foreign Born Hispanics by Metro Area - as a Percentage of the total
Miami/Fort Lauderdale: 1,700,464 - 61.6%
Washington DC: 493,353 - 49.7%
New York City: 1,967,439 - 41.4%
Atlanta: 263,926 - 41.3%
Boston: 226,138 - 41.2%
Los Angeles: 2,221,649 - 37.4%
Houston: 975,004 - 37.1%
Las Vegas: 258,844 - 37.1%
San Francisco: 375,572 - 36.7%
Dallas/Fort Worth: 755,413 - 34.9%
Chicago: 714,307 - 33.9%
San Diego: 361,164 - 32.9%
Tampa: 206,659 - 32.7%
San Jose: 167,423 - 32.5%
Orlando: 225,660 - 28.2%
Riverside/San Bernardino: 657,529 - 27.8%
McAllen: 217,233 - 27.3%
El Paso: 186,788 - 26.9%
Phoenix: 389,998 - 25.8%
Denver: 166,122 - 24.5%
Austin: 171,456 - 24.3%
Sacramento: 123,986 - 24.2%
Philadelphia: 139,915 - 23.7%
Tucson: 80,916 - 20.7%
San Antonio: 206,080 - 14.7%
The Caribbean coast of Central America is predominantly black. And the 2 "blackest" countries are probably Panamá and Belize. Blacks and people mixed with black (black/white or black/indian) are about 20-30% of the populations in these 2 countries. Though, these 2 countries also have the smallest total populations in Central America, Panamá with over 4 million and Belize with a couple hundred thousand. Belizean Americans are spread out, LA, NYC, Miami, Houston, Chicago, while Panamanian Americans I believe are mostly in Brooklyn NY, they are the blackest group in NYC, far "blacker" than the more majority mixed race mulatto Dominicans and Ricans.
Then far after that, you have Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and Costa Rica. On the sparsely populated Caribbean coast, they have a large presence, but in the country overall they are only 1-5%. El Salvador is dead last.
Sorry I wasnt counting Belize because its not a Hispanic or Latin Country and thats what I meant to say.
I also neglected Panama because there are very few Panamanians in the US period and was talking from that perspective.
This is true. The Central American community in Houston is huge and it is booming. However, I would say that while there is a notable presence of black Central Americans, they are a very tiny percentage of the total.
Houston has roughly 118,000 foreign born black residents. Of those roughly 103,000 were born in Africa, 8,700 were born in Jamaica, and 2,500 born in Haiti. That leaves a very small window for foreign born black residents from the rest of the world.
But then again, if were talking about black Central Americans there are so few to begin with anywhere. Were talking about roughly 300,000 black residents of all of Central America with the overwhelming majority in Honduras (the Garifuna). So it shouldnt be that surprising that there really arent many anywhere in the US. Houston probably does have the most outside Florida and maybe NYC, but its still not that much.
Yeah this is where I was going. I didn't mean to say that Houston will be overwhelmingly Black Honduran. Just that it is growing in Houston.
1) Tech companies obviously brought in a lot of people last decade as evidence by Boston, San Jose, and Seattle's increases.
2) In Houston and Miami's case, both are huge magnets for Central Americans (Houston moreso) and Northern South Americans (Miami much more so). I would imagine this has something to do with it.
3) Central Florida is becoming a very popular place to relocate. Its cheap, warm all year round, and has many established international communities. Id assume that explains a lot about Tampa and Orlando.
New York and Houston are the only ones in the top 8 for every category in the last decade. They seem most week rounded.
If you eliminate Mexico and look at the top 10 Boston enters the picture.
I always hear its just Mexicans for Houston, but that's old. Looks like Houston gets more from central America and Asia than Mexico. For Caribbean people it's #1 west of the Mississippi. I'm surprised that it got more than Atlanta. It's#1 for central Americans, it got the most South Americans outside NY and Florida. It's 3rd for other countries after NY and DC.
It seems like it was the most well rounded metro last decade after New York.
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