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Another ethnic group that was left off the list is the Hmong who are centered in St Paul.
I've always found it interesting that Minneapolis is the most German major metro in the US and they are the largest group here, but it is more known for Scandinavians. Probably because there are Germans everywhere but only a couple of places in the country have significant Scandinavian populations.
That was on my mind when I picked Milwaukee over Minneapolis for Germans. I know know Germans are more prevalent in Minneapolis but no other region of the US has such a large concentration of Scandinavians. And I thought similarly with Cubans when picking between Miami or Tampa. Obviously Miami has more Cubans than Tampa, but Miami has more of almost everything than most cities in the US. Tampa has a huge and long established Cuban community that is ingrained into so much of the city's culture.
But of course I did that and someone rises up to argue. Gotta love internet forums.
What U.S. city or metro do you assign to each of the following groups of people?
No, you don't have to do every group. Each group can also be assigned to multiple cities, towns, metros, etc. Also, feel free to add to the list.
Irish- Boston
German- Omaha
Italian- New York
English- Boston
Spanish- Santa Fe
Polish- Chicago
Greek- New York
French- Lafayette, LA
Ukrainian- New York
Romanian- Los Angeles
Portuguese- Fresno or Providence
Swedish- Minneapolis
Turkish- ?
Russian- New York
Mongolian- Los Angeles
Chinese- San Francisco
Japanese- Torrance, CA
Korean- Los Angeles, CA
Thai- ??
Filipino- San Francisco
Indian- San Francisco Bay Area or New York
Pakistani- New York
Iranian- Los Angeles
Iraqi- Detroit
Saudi Arabian-wikipedia says there are only a few thousand saudis in america
Syrian-Detroit
Australian-New York
Egyptian-Los Angeles
Ethiopian-Minneapolis or Los Angeles
Nigerian-Dallas
Somalian-Minneapolis
Kenyan-??
South African-??
Argentinian-Boston
Chilean-Los Angeles
Peruvian-Los Angeles
Brazilian-Miami
Ecuadorian-Los Angeles
Colombian-Los Angeles
Venezuelan-Los Angeles
Panamanian-Los Angeles
Honduran-Los Angeles
Salvadoran-Los Angeles
Guatemalan-Los Angeles
Mexican-El Paso
Cuban-Miami
Jamaican-Miami or New York
Haitian-Miami
Dominican-Miami
Bahamian-Miami
Puerto Rican-Philadelphia
Native American-Tulsa
Canadian-Billings, MT
Sorry, but as a Native Floridian I had to clear this up...
First and foremost there are nearly 1 million Cuban-Americans living in the Miami metro area versus 81,000 in the Tampa Bay metro. It's quite evident where the majority reside, and where the culture is strongest.
There really aren't many Spanish (people from Spain) in the US as they tend to gravitate toward other Spanish-speaking countries and Miami certainly doesn't have any presence to speak of.
There aren't that many Brazilians in Orlando, and by far the largest concentration is in SE Massachusetts (25% of the US population), along with New York City/Newark.
Far and away the most Colombians and Venezuelans are in the Miami metro area.
Nearly half of the Dominican population in the US lives in the NYC metro area, Miami has around 15%.
The NYC metro area has by far the largest Puerto Rican population with 725K, Philadelphia is second with just
121K, Chicago is third with 102K and Orlando is tied for 7th with just 31K.
U somewhat right about Dominicans. Half of them are in the NYC metro area, the rest are mostly in the metro areas of Boston, Miami, Philly, Orlando, and Providence RI
However, with Puerto Ricans, theres 725k in New York City ALONE, the metro area as a whole has over 1.1 million, another 400k in the Orlando metro, 300k in the Philadelphia metro, and 200k in the Chicago metro. To put it in perspective, the Orlando metro which has about 2 million ppl is about 15% Puerto Rican, compared to the NYC metro which has 20 million ppl is almost 7% Puerto Rican, the Philly metro has about 6 million ppl is over 5% Puerto Rican, and the Chicago metro has about 8 million ppl is about 2% Puerto Rican. The NYC area has a much larger number of Puerto Ricans, but the Orlando area is far more Puerto Rican percentage wise
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Puerto Rican is Hartford CT and Springfield MA,
Irish is Boston
Haitian is Miami and Boston
Italian is New Haven down to Philadelphia
Portuguese is Providence and Boston
Dominican is New York Providence
Nigerian is DC and Houston
Syrian is Detroit
Brazilian is Boston
Jamaican is Miami New York and Hartford
Indian is New York and NJ
African-American is Atlanta, Detroit, and DC-Baltimore
Mexican is LA
Chinese is San Fran
Vietnamese is Oakland and Boston
Cambodian is LA
Somalian is Minneapolis
Creole/Cajun is new Orleans
Guatemalan is LA and Providence
Ukranian is CT
Syrian is Detroit
Everything is New York
Polish is Chicago
German is Cleveland
Cuban is Miami
What U.S. city or metro do you assign to each of the following groups of people?
No, you don't have to do every group. Each group can also be assigned to multiple cities, towns, metros, etc. Also, feel free to add to the list.
Irish-- Boston
German-- Milwaukee
Italian-- Philadelphia
English-- Nowhere
Spanish-- Nowhere
Polish-- Chicago or Milwaukee
Greek-- Nowhere in particular
French-- Nowhere
Ukrainian-- Lots of places
Romanian-- Nowhere
Portuguese-- Providence
Swedish-- Minneapolis
Turkish-- Nowhere
Russian-- Los Angeles
Mongolian-- Nowhere
Chinese-- San Francisco
Japanese-- Seattle
Korean-- Nowhere (maybe Oakland...)
Tai-- Nowhere
Filipino-- Nowhere
Indian-- Washington, DC
Pakistani-- New York
Iranian-- Nowhere
Iraqi-- Nowhere
Saudi Arabian-- Detroit, maybe
Syrian-- Detroit
Australian-- Nowhere
Egyptian-- Nowhere
Ethiopian-- Washington, DC
Nigerian-- Nowhere
Somalian-- Minneapolis
Kenyan-- Nowhere
South African-- Nowhere
Argentinian-- Nowhere
Chilean-- Nowhere
Peruvian-- Nowhere
Brazilian-- Nowhere
Ecuadorian-- Nowhere
Colombian-- Nowhere
Venezuelan-- Nowhere
Panamanian-- New York
Honduran-- Nowhere
Salvadoran-- Nowhere
Guatemalan-- Nowhere
Mexican-- Phoenix
Cuban-- Miami
Jamaican-- Boston
Haitian-- Boston
Dominican-- New York
Bahamian-- Nowhere
Puerto Rican-- New York/Northern New Jersey
Native American-- Rapid City
Canadian-- Canada
New York can fill in in any of the nowhere's. Also, I'm sure there are sizeable populations of all of those people in one city or another. I am just going with a gut reaction, like a word association, first-city-to-come-to-mind kind of thing...
How did you decide on these groups, btw? Just curious...
Salvadoran - DC - Baltimore
Native American - Albuquerque - Santa Fe
French - New Orleans - Maine
Jewish - New York City - Palm Beach Co.
Nigerian - DC-Baltimore
Syrian - Detroit - Brooklyn
Persian - Los Angeles
Salvadoran - DC - Baltimore
Native American - Albuquerque - Santa Fe
French - New Orleans - Maine
Jewish - New York City - Palm Beach Co.
Nigerian - DC-Baltimore
Syrian - Detroit - Brooklyn
Persian - Los Angeles
Instead of guessing what ethnicities/nationalities have a large presence in a given city, we can look at actual census statistics. Crazy, I know.
But isn't guessing so much more fun?
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