Catalan American
Catalan Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who acknowledge ethnic Catalan ancestry and self-identify with it. The group is formed by Catalan-born naturalized citizens or residents, their descendants and, to a lesser extent, citizens or residents of Catalan descent who still acknowledge Catalan ancestry.
The Catalan or Catalonian ancestry is identified with the code 204 in the 2000 U.S. Census, with the name Catalonian, which is in the group 200-299 HISPANIC CATEGORIES (INCLUDING SPAIN). A total of 1,738 individuals who received the long-form Census questionnaire (which is given to 1 in 6 households) self-identified as Catalan Americans. In the same survey 1,660 people aged 5 or older indicated being able to speak the Catalan language, also with the name Catalonian. Because the long-form is a 1-in-6 sample of the population, that figure puts the estimate of Catalan speakers in the U.S. for the year 2000 at around 10,000 people. However 8.067 people born in the autonomous community of Catalonia live nowadays in the USA.
In the U.S. Census, people of Catalan ancestry are listed in a group called White American.
Read more about Catalan American: List of Catalan Americans
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