Demography and Areas of Concentrated Residence
Currently, according DNA studies, 80 percent of African Americans (about 35 million) could have some Igbo or Hausa ancestors from Nigeria. So, 60 percent of which could have at least one Igbo ancestor. The USA has the world's second largest Nigerian community, only behind Nigeria itself. Like other successful immigrant populations in the United States, Nigerian Americans reside in virtually all 50 states.
Sizeable communities are concentrated in the following states and jurisdictions (in order of size):
1. Maryland: Prince Georges and Baltimore (Not Including Baltimore City) counties comprise the 3rd largest Nigerian American community; also Howard and Montgomery counties.
2. New York: All boroughs of New York City, the 2nd largest Nigerian-American community; plus Nassau and Westchester counties.
3. Texas: Harris (esp. the city of Houston), Fort Bend (southwest suburban Houston), Tarrant (Fort Worth), Dallas (Dallas County includes the city of Dallas, and Travis counties (Travis County includes the city of Austin); having the largest Nigerian American community.
4. Georgia: Cobb, Dekalb, Fulton, Gwinnett County, Georgia counties; the Atlanta metropolitan area is the 5th largest Nigerian-American community.
5. New Jersey: Hudson, Essex, Bergen, Union and Middlesex counties, with a large proportion of Nigerians living in Newark. In recent years, many Nigerian Americans have left New Jersey.
6. Illinois: Cook County (esp. the city of Chicago). Nigerian Community of Chicagoland
7. California: Los Angeles (city and county), San Bernardino (primarily the city of San Bernardino), Orange, San Diego, Sacramento and Fresno counties; and the San Francisco Bay Area: Solano, Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Many Nigerians along with Kenyan and Ethiopian American groups live in the Fairfax District and the Crenshaw district of L.A., as well in West Oakland with other African and Yemeni immigrants.
8. Ohio: Hamilton and Montgomery counties, with Columbus being the 6th largest Nigerian-American community.
9. Michigan: Metro Detroit (with significant numbers of Nigerian Americans in Flint, Michigan and Lansing, Michigan).
10. Virginia: Fairfax, Prince William and Loudoun Counties, it has the 4th largest Nigerian-American community.
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