A Nicaraguan American is an American of Nicaraguan descent.
The Nicaraguan population at the 2010 Census was 348,202. Nicaraguans are the eleventh largest Hispanic group in the United States and the fourth largest Central American population.
More than two-thirds of the Nicaraguan population in the US resides in California or Florida. In Florida, 90% of Nicaraguans resides in the Miami Metropolitan Area. Miami-Dade County is home to 30% of Nicaraguans residing in the US. In California, Nicaraguans are more dominant in the Greater Los Angeles Area and San Francisco Bay Area. However, large populations also reside in the Inland Empire and the cities of Sacramento, San Diego, and San Jose.
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