Argentine American
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| Notable Argentine Americans: Alexis Bledel · Fernando Caldeiro · Lorenzo Lamas |
| Total population |
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| 194,308 0.06% of the U.S. population in 2007[1] |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Florida (mainly South Florida) · Texas (mainly Houston and Dallas) · California · Illinois · Northeast US (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut · Western Pennsylvania) |
| Languages |
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American English · Argentine Spanish, Italian, German, French |
| Religion |
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Predominantly Roman Catholic · Protestant · Jewish · Agnostic · Atheist |
| Related ethnic groups |
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other Hispanic and Latino Americans · Italians · Spaniards · French · Germans · |
Argentine Americans are citizens and residents of the United States whose origins are in the South American nation of Argentina.
The profile of the Argentine American population is generally similar to the overall U.S. population's. Among the key differences, however, is educational attainment. There, Argentine Americans exhibit a rate of 39.5% of holders of bachelor's, graduate, or professional degrees, contrasted with the 27.5% of the overall U.S. population. The difference is more marked among women: 40.2% for Argentine American females, and 26.7% for all U.S. females.[1]
Another major difference is the fact that 69.1% of Argentine Americans are immigrants, which contrasts sharply with the 12.6% of the overall U.S. population.[1]
Argentine Americans had a median household income of $55,044. This is again higher than the national figure, which was $50,740.[1]
Some idea of their ancestral origins is supplied by the demographics of Argentina, which portray a nation that is as much of Italian as Spanish ancestry, but with significant German, British, French, Amerindian, Slavic, and Semitic components.[2]
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[edit] History
Prior to the 1970s, the Argentineans that emigrated to United States were classified in the category of "Other Hispanics", therefore, Argentine immigration statistics do not exist until that time.
Early Argentineans that settled in the United States arrived primarily in 1960s, looking for greater economic possibilities. The majority of them were universitaries (many of them were medical doctors and scientists).[citation needed] However, immigrants that arrived in United States to late 1970 arrived fleeing of the political persecution of the "dirty war".[citation needed] This were 44,803 people. This new immigrant group had an educational level lower than earlier immigrants. The majority of Argentine immigrants are directed to metropolitan areas, especially to New York (where lived the 20 percent of them in the decade of 70s). Thus, In the 1980s, that percentage increased to just over 23 percent and the 1990 U.S. Census recorded that New York City had 17,363 Argentinean Americans and and Los Angeles had to 15,115 Argentinean immigrants. This Argentine immigration to New York City was caused, between others thinks because this city already had a great Argentinean population and to many Italian from other countries (many of the Argentine immigrants are of Italian origin). Therefore, New York City already had a large Argentinean population as well as many Italian immigrants from other countries. New York City created several organizations with the goal of help to his Argentinean population, as by example the Argentine-American Chamber of Commerce, which promotes business ventures between the two countries (Argentina and the United States). The 1990 U.S. Census recorded 92,563 Argentineans, so nearly half of Argentinean immigrants to United States arrived to the country in the last two decades alone. [3]
[edit] Demography
[The mainly Argentine American populations are in metropolitan areas of the States of Florida (mainly South Florida), Texas (mainly Houston and Dallas), California, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Western Pennsylvania. The mayority of the Argentine are, as occur in Argentine, of White race. They descend, mainly, of Spanish and Italian.
[edit] Population distribution
Only data for immigrant Argentine Americans are available. The twenty U.S. communities of 500 or more people which have the highest percentages of Argentine immigrants are:[4]
- Miami Beach, FL 4.4%
- Sunny Isles Beach, FL 4.1%
- Plantation Mobile Home Park, FL 4.0%
- Bay Harbor Islands, FL 3.5%
- North Bay Village, FL and Key Biscayne, FL 3.4%
- Deer Park, CA 3.3%
- Harbor Hills, NY 3.0%
- Surfside, FL 2.6%
- Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL 2.4%
- Acton, CA 2.3%
- Aventura, FL 2.1%
- Islandia, NY and The Crossings, FL 2.0%
- Thomaston, NY and Ojus, FL 1.9%
- Doral, FL 1.8%
- East Richmond Heights, CA 1.7%
- Lebanon, IL 1.6%
- Mayland-Pleasant Hill, TN 1.5%
- Sunnyslope, CA, Herricks, NY, and La Habra Heights, CA 1.4%
- Lawrenceville, NJ and Cutler, FL 1.3%
- Gardiner, NY, Miami Shores, FL, Flower Hill, NY, and Groton Long Point, CT 1.2%
[edit] Notable Argentine Americans
- Carlos Alazraqui
- Marcelo Balboa
- Alexis Bledel
- Fernando Caldeiro
- Andrés Cantor
- Ariel Dorfman
- India Eisley
- Fernando Fiore
- Julie Gonzalo
- Martin Gramatica
- Enrique Gratas
- Albert Hammond Jr.
- Fernando Lamas
- Lorenzo Lamas
- Pablo Mastroeni
- Raul Midón
- Eduardo Montes-Bradley
- Jacqueline Obradors
- Andrés Oppenheimer
- César Pelli
- Liliana Porter
- Claudio Reyna
- Eduardo D. Sontag
- Sebastian Spreng
- Adrián Suar
- Diana Taurasi
- Kike San Martín
- Horacio Cambeiro
- Play-N-Skillz
- Julio "Jimmy" Ledezma
- Roy Cortina
- Gustavo Santaolalla
- Go Betty Go
[edit] See also
- Argentine Australian
- Argentine British
- Demographics of Argentina
- Hispanic and Latino Americans
- White Hispanic and Latino Americans
- White Latin American
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "United States - Selected Population Profile in the United States (Argentinian)". 2007 American Community Survey. United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201PR&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201T&-qr_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201TPR&-reg=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201:414;ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201PR:414;ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201T:414;ACS_2007_1YR_G00_S0201TPR:414&-ds_name=ACS_2007_1YR_G00_&-_lang=en&-format=. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ^ CELS - Informe 1998
- ^ Argentine Americans by Julio Rodriguez. Retrieved in December 11, 2011, to 12:20 pm.
- ^ "Top 101 cities with the most residents born in Argentina (population 500+)". city-data.com. http://www.city-data.com/top2/h151.html. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
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