Barbadian American
Barbadian (or Bajan) Americans are Americans of Barbadian heritage or Barbadian-born people who are citizens of the United States of America. The 2000 Census recorded 53,785 US residents born on the Caribbean island 52,170 of whom were born to non-American parents, and 54,509 people who described their ethnicity as Barbadian. In the 2010 U.S. Census estimation report, over 100,000 to 150,000 Barbadian Americans live in the U.S. alone, the majority in the New York City area extending from Rhode Island to Delaware. In years gone some also moved to the areas of Chicago, Illinois. and Boston, Massachusetts.
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