Nigerian American
Nigerian Americans are Americans who are of Nigerian ancestry. The first Nigerian Americans arriving to United States were slaves imported to country since the 17th century onwards. Voluntary emigration continued since the 20th century. According to a 2006 American Community Survey, there were about 266,000 U.S. residents claiming Nigerian heritage.
Similar to their proportion of population on the continent of Africa, Nigerians are the single largest contemporary African immigrant group in the United States. Nigeria's official current population is 140 million. The largest communities of ethnic Nigerians living outside the country are those of the United Kingdom (see Nigerian British) and the United States.
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