| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 1642 (naturalized Angolans and Americans who descend of Angolan immigrants. 2000 US Census)[1] 15,192 (Angolan-born, IOM) [2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Mainly Houston, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Boston, MA & Surrounding Areas, Washington D.C & Surrounding Areas, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Atlanta and Chicago There is a growing population in Maine | |
| Languages | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
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Angolan Americans (Portuguese: angolano-americanos) are an ethnic group of Americans of Angolan descent or Angolan immigrants. According to estimates, by the year 2000 there were 1,642 people descended from Angolan immigrants in the United States.[1] However, the number of Angolan Americans is difficult to determine. Many African-Americans are descendants of Angolan enslaved people. In 1644, most of the 6,900 slaves bought on the African coast to clear the forests, lay roads, build houses and public buildings, and grow food came from the established stations in Angola.[3]
- ^ a b "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
- ^ "Angolanos no exterior".
- ^ SLAVERY in NEW YORK. Retrieved September 14, 2012.