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Re: Check Out The Largest West African Ethnic Groups In The USA According To Census by omonnakoda: 10:58am On Dec 23, 2022
realestate99:

There is no crime alien to your people, all the crimes you listed above are hobbies your people do for fun, and about dirtiness, we all can see how major Igbo dominated markets looks like nationwide or we should talk about that cesspit in Aba
The only confusion is this

which is dirtier Aba or Onitsha? Which one wins the award?

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Re: Check Out The Largest West African Ethnic Groups In The USA According To Census by UGBE634: 2:38pm On Dec 23, 2022
BanyXchi:
"we cannot bank on Oyo and lagos because there is large number of immigrants there,many of the people getting their passport in these state might not be Yoruba" But there are no immigrants in Edo? All the people emigrating from Edo are Bini? No Deltans and Ibos and Yorubas and even Northerners?
I have already trashed that argument before, go and read my previous argument and follow the argument of everybody that contributed on the part of Edo, This should already settle the fact that we are the most travelled Nigerian group by a mile https://www.nairaland.com/7484480/international-remittances-nigeria-state-household/11#119249169

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Re: Check Out The Largest West African Ethnic Groups In The USA According To Census by PoloG: 4:43pm On May 04, 2023
ibos are only the highest in Asian jails

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Re: Check Out The Largest West African Ethnic Groups In The USA According To Census by Swiftgrp: 2:52am On Dec 16, 2023
scholes0:
The American Community Survey (ACS) arm of the United States Census Bureau is the source for detailed population, linguistic, demographic and housing information about United States residents. Here are the statistical and graphical representations for various Nigerian/West African and African nationalities and ethnic populations by reported ancestries and languages in the U.S states.

According to the U.S Census Bureau 461,695 individuals reported Nigerian ancestry in 2019. The top 10 states with the largest number of Nigerians are in order:

Texas: 105,255
Maryland: 43,814
California: 38,907
New York: 37,675
Georgia: 28,711,
New Jersey: 25,095
Illinois: 24,897
Florida: 16,467
Pennsylvania: 13,841
Virginia: 10,079.

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Re: Check Out The Largest West African Ethnic Groups In The USA According To Census by Swiftgrp: 2:53am On Dec 16, 2023
scholes0:
Also, Nigerians represent the largest African Nationality by ancestry in the United states. Here are the top 10 African Nationalities represented in the U.S as of 2019.

Nigerian - 461,695 Persons
Ethiopian - 321,742
Somali - 182,951
Ghanaian - 162,145
Cape Verdean - 101,013
Kenyan - 91,455
Liberian - 81,838
Sudanese (North & South) - 75,254
South African - 69,701
Sierra Leonian - 29,153

Source: https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=ancestry&tid=ACSDT1Y2019.B04006&hidePreview=true
Re: Check Out The Largest West African Ethnic Groups In The USA According To Census by Swiftgrp: 2:53am On Dec 16, 2023
scholes0:
Of the various African languages spoken in U.S Households, only a handful were statistically significant enough to obtain discrete codes and statistical representation.codification. Out of the West African languages represented, some such as Yoruba, Igbo and Wolof are stand alone languages, while others such as Edoid, Gbe and Manding languages are linguistic groupings of similar languages. The following are the 10 largest West African languages spoken in America. The big 3 are:

Yoruba - 149,358

Akan Languages
(Incl. Twi) - 141,583

Igbo - 94,788


The other 7 represented languages are:

Manding Languages - 30,381
Wolof - 26,255
Fulah - 18,563
Kabuverdianu - 18,451
Gbe Languages - 17,212
Edoid Languages - 16,699
Ga - 10,542

Source: https://data.census.gov/mdat/#/search?ds=ACSPUMS1Y2019&rv=LANP&wt=PWGTP
Re: Check Out The Largest West African Ethnic Groups In The USA According To Census by Swiftgrp: 2:54am On Dec 16, 2023
scholes0:
And last but not least, here is a representation of the geographic spread of the 3 most represented Nigerian ethnicities/languages (Yorubas, Igbos and Edoid Languages/Peoples) in the top 10 U.S states with the largest Nigerian populations, starting with Texas (1st) and ending with Massachusetts (10th).
Impressive.
Re: Check Out The Largest West African Ethnic Groups In The USA According To Census by Swiftgrp: 2:55am On Dec 16, 2023
scholes0:
American states by largest Nationalities present.
20 out of 50 U.S Sates in the USA have a Nigerian Majority. Mostly in the South , Midwest and Mid Atlantic/Northeast.

Sources:
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=ancesty&g=0400000US04,32,33&tid=ACSDT1Y2019.B04006&hidePreview=true
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=ancestry&tid=ACSDT1Y2019.B04006
http://data.census.gov/mdat/#/search?ds=ACSPUMS1Y2019&rv=LANP&wt=PWGTP
http://data.census.gov/cedsci/
Re: Check Out The Largest West African Ethnic Groups In The USA According To Census by Swiftgrp: 2:56am On Dec 16, 2023
Philipponzaghi:
Chai, where did people now see the notion that the Igbos are the largest Nigerian ethnic groups in the USA and that the Yorubas are the largest in UK?

Like I always say, any sane thinking person living in USA will know the Yorubas are the largest West African Ethic group in the USA, they are clearly represented in universities, corporate America, African Restaurants, Self-Owned businesses and etc.

I am glad this data is straight from the USA government Census Bureau website, so this is an objective truth.

The 2022 US Census Bureau Data Below:
https://www.nairaland.com/7934178/top-five-west-african-languages





As reported by the US Census Bureau:

Yoruba: 207,252
Akan: 149,510
Igbo: 117,118
Fulani: 28,100
Wolof: 25,529

Source:
https://data.census.gov/mdat/#/search?ds=ACSPUMS1Y2022&rv=LANP&wt=PWGTP
Re: Check Out The Largest West African Ethnic Groups In The USA According To Census by Pristine664: 3:30am On Dec 16, 2023
Una don go resurrect 2021 thread.

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