List of named ethnic enclaves in North American cities

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This is a list of ethnic enclaves in North American cities. An ethnic enclave in this context denotes an area primarily populated by a population with similar ethnic or racial background. It does not include LGBT communities. This list also includes historic examples which may no longer be an ethnic enclave. European enclaves are somewhat more common in the North and East; Asian enclaves are somewhat more common in the West. African and Black enclaves are spread throughout, concentrated in southeast and northern cities.

[edit] List by world region and national origin

[edit] China

Main article: Chinatown

Chinatown, San Francisco

Toronto's downtown Chinatown

Barrio Chino, Mexico City
Chinatown, Boston, Massachusetts
Chinatown, Chicago, Illinois
Chinatown, Detroit, Michigan (historic)
Chinatown, Edmonton, Alberta
Chinatown, Flushing, Queens, New York
Chinatown, Honolulu, Hawaii
Chinatown, Houston, Texas
Chinatown, Las Vegas, Nevada
Chinatown, Locke, California (historic)
Chinatown, Los Angeles, California
Chinatown, Manhattan, New York
Chinatown, Montreal, Quebec
Chinatown, New Orleans, Louisiana (historic)
Chinatown, Oakland, California
Chinatown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Chinatown, Portland, Oregon
Golden Village Richmond, British Columbia
Chinatown, San Diego, California (historic; now known as the Asian Pacific Thematic Historic District)
Chinatown, San Francisco, California
Chinatown, Seattle, Washington
Chinatown, Toronto, Ontario
Chinatown, Vancouver, British Columbia
Chinatown, Victoria, British Columbia
Chinatown, Washington, D.C.
Chinatown, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Brossard, Quebec (has the largest Chinese population in Quebec)^[1]
Clement Street, San Francisco, California
Quincy, Massachusetts
Parkside, San Francisco, California
Sunset District, San Francisco, California

[edit] Hmong

Appleton, Wisconsin.
Frogtown, Saint Paul, Minnesota. also known as "Little Mekong"
"Sin City" Fresno, California.

[edit] India

Main article: Little India (location)

Gerrard India Bazaar, Toronto, Ontario
Little India, Vancouver, British Columbia (Sikh)
Little India/Pakistan, Artesia, California (Hindu, Muslim, Sikh)
Little India, University Avenue, Berkeley, California
Little India, Chicago, Illinois
Little India, Oak Tree Road, Iselin, New Jersey
Little India, Newark Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey
Little India, Hicksville, New York (Long Island)
Little India, Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City
Little India, Chatham Street, Cary (suburban Raleigh), North Carolina
Little India, Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania
Little India, Millbourne, Pennsylvania (highest percentage of Indians in the United States)
Little India, Hillcroft, Houston, Texas
Malton, Mississauga, Ontario
South Lake, Pasadena, California
Little India, Park Extension, Montreal, Quebec

[edit] Japan

Main article: Japantown

Japantown, San Francisco, California
Japantown, San Jose, California
Japantown, Vancouver, British Columbia (aka Little Ginza)
Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California
Sawtelle, Los Angeles, California

[edit] Korea

Main article: Koreatown

Annandale, Virginia (Nearly 1,000 Korean businesses concentrated in downtown area)
Koreatown, Chicago, Illinois
Aurora, Colorado (Korean businesses on South Havana Street)
Bronx, New York (Korean stores and restaurants along East 204th St in Bedford Park neighborhood)
Flushing, Queens, New York (Korean businesses concentrated at Union Street between 35th and 41st Avenues)
Koreatown, Los Angeles, California
Koreatown, Manhattan, New York
Koreatown, Miami, Florida
Palisades Park, New Jersey (Broad Avenue)
Koreatown, Oakland, California
Koreatown, Toronto, Ontario
Koreatown, North York, Ontario
Little Seoul, Garden Grove, California
Koreatown, Dallas, Texas

[edit] Pakistan

Pakistani and other South Asian shops in Gerrard Street, Toronto

Main article: Little Pakistan

Little Pakistan, Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
Little Pakistan, Gerrard Street, Toronto, Ontario

[edit] Philippines

Main article: Little Manila

Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles, California
Little Manila, Carson, California
Little Manila, Stockton, California
Little Manila, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Little Manila, Queens, New York
Little Manila, Jersey City, New Jersey

[edit] Taiwan

Little Taipei, Monterey Park, California

[edit] Thailand

Thai Town, Los Angeles, California

[edit] Vietnam

Little Saigon, Orange County

Little Saigon Midtown and Little China, both in Houston, Texas.
Dallas, Texas.
Argyle Little Vietnam, Chicago, Illinois.
Little Saigon, Westminster, California.
Little Saigon, San Francisco, California.
Little Saigon, San Jose, California.
Seven Corners, Virginia/Washington D.C.
Village de L'Est, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Portland, Oregon.
Asian District, Oklahoma City.
Colonial-Town, Orlando, Florida.

[edit] Europe

South Boston - (majority Irish)
Ballard, Seattle, Washington (Scandinavian)
Basque Block, Boise, Idaho
Columbia, Missouri (Bosnian)^[2]
Connemara Patch, Saint Paul, Minnesota (Irish-historic)
East Utica, Utica, New York (Bosnian)
Andersonville, Chicago (historic; Swedish)
Danetown/South End, Council Bluffs, Iowa (Danish-historic)
Lithuania Plaza, Chicago
Hazelwood, Pittsburgh (Hungarian, historic)
Little Ukraine, Cleveland (Parma)
St. Vitus Village, Cleveland (Slovenian)
Tremont, Cleveland (Eastern Europeans)
Little Odessa, Brooklyn, New York (Ukrainian, Russian, Russian Jewish)
Richmond District, San Francisco, California (Russian, Ukrainian, Eastern European)
Romanian Village, Cleveland, Ohio (large communities of Romanians, Bulgarians, Hungarians, Poles, Lithuanians and Greeks).
Little Finland, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Little Scandinavia, San Francisco, California (historic; now the Castro District)
Little Ukraine, Manhattan, New York (Ukrainian)
Logan Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba (historic Scandinavian)
Pilsen, Chicago, Illinois (Czech when named, but Hispanic in late 20th century, multi-cultural in early 21st century)
Old Salem, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (historic; German speaking Moravian)
Solvang, California (Danish)
St. Louis, Missouri (Bosnian)
Swede Hollow, Saint Paul, Minnesota (historic Swedish)
Ukrainian Village, Chicago (Ukrainian))
West End, Winnipeg, Manitoba (historic Icelandic)
West Hollywood, California (Russian and Russian Jewish)
West Seventh, Saint Paul, Minnesota (Russian)
Jacksonville, Florida (Bosnian)
Little Moscow, Miami, Florida
South Side Flats, Pittsburgh (Large Slavic mix- Slovenians, Slovaks, Poles, Croats, Lithuanians, Ukrainians
Runnymede/Bloor West Village, Toronto, Ontario (Polish and Ukrainians)
Strawberry Hill, Kansas City, Kansas (Croatian)
Lindsborg, Kansas (Swedish)
Kingsburg, California (Swedish)
Sveadal, California (Swedish)
Spanish Fork, Utah (about 20% of Icelandic descent)
Payson, Utah (Scottish-historic)
San Diego, California has a large Basque-American presence.
San Pedro, California - large Maltese American community.
Green Bay, Wisconsin - home to large Irish, German, Polish and Scandinavian neighborhoods.
Nordeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota - Lebanese, Polish, Finnish, German, Slovak, Russian, and Ukrainian

[edit] Armenia

Little Armenia, Los Angeles, California
Little Armenia, Watertown, Massachusetts
Old Armenian Town, Fresno, California
Little Armenia, Dudemaine Street, Montreal
Phoenix, Arizona - Armenians are a sizable ethnic component.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Czech

[edit] Eastern European Jewish

Little Odessa, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York City

[edit] Germany

[edit] Greece

Main article: Greektown

Greektown, Baltimore, Maryland
Greektown, Chicago, Illinois
Greektown, Denver
Greektown, Detroit, Michigan
Greektown, Montreal, Canada
Greektown, Tarpon Springs, Florida
Greektown, Toronto, Canada
Greektown, Vancouver, Canada
Greek Town, Omaha, Nebraska (historic)
Lower East Side, Manhattan (historic, but has other ethnic groups as well).
Astoria, Queens, New York

[edit] Ireland

Beverly, Chicago, Illinois
Bridgeport, Chicago, Illinois
Cabbagetown, Toronto, Ontario (historic)
Canaryville, Chicago, Illinois
Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts
Cliffside, Toronto, Ontario
Corktown, Detroit, Michigan
Corktown, Hamilton, Ontario
Corktown, Toronto, Ontario
Dogtown, St. Louis, Missouri
Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts
Eureka Valley, San Francisco, California (historic; now the Castro District)
Five Points, Manhattan (historic, but no longer predominantly Irish)
Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, New York
Griffintown, Montreal, Quebec (historic)
Locust Point, Baltimore, Maryland
Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York
Irish Channel, New Orleans, Louisiana
Kamm's Corners, Cleveland, Ohio
Mount Greenwood, Chicago, Illinois
Pointe-Saint-Charles, Montreal, Quebec
Somerville, Massachusetts
Southie/South Boston, Massachusetts
South Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
Spring Lake, New Jersey
Telegraph Hill, San Francisco (historic)
Tipperary Hill, Syracuse, New York
West Brighton, Staten Island, New York
West Park, Cleveland, Ohio
Woodlawn, Bronx, New York
Woodside, Queens, New York

[edit] Italy

Main article: Little Italy

Arthur Avenue, Bronx, New York City
Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City
Bloomfield, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [2]
Brier Hill, Youngstown, Ohio
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, New York City
Città Italiana (Saint Leonard), Montreal, Quebec
Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, New York City
Corso Italia, Toronto, Ontario
Cypress Park, Los Angeles, California (historic)
East Utica, Utica, New York
Federal Hill, Providence, Rhode Island
Heart of Italy, Chicago, Illinois
Italian Market, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Italian Village [3], Columbus, Ohio
LaSalle, Montreal, Quebec
Little Italy, Baltimore, Maryland
Little Italy, Chicago, Illinois
Little Italy (Murray Hill), Cleveland, Ohio
Little Italy, Los Angeles, California (historic; now Chinatown)
Little Italy, Manhattan, New York City
Little Italy, Montreal, Quebec
Little Italy, Preston Street, Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario.
Little Italy of the Bronx, New York City
Little Italy, Omaha, Nebraska (historic)
Little Italy, Paterson, New Jersey
Little Italy, Syracuse, New York
Little Italy, Toronto, Ontario (historic; now more Portuguese than Italian)
Little Italy, Vancouver, British Columbia
"Little Tuscany", Palm Springs, California
North End, Boston, Massachusetts
North Beach, San Francisco, California
North Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
Old Pasadena, California
Petite-Patrie, Montreal, Quebec
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles (R.D.P.), Montreal, Quebec
Staten Island, New York, Borough of New York City
Sugarhouse District, Salt Lake City, Utah (see Utah Italians).
Temescal, Oakland, California (historic)
The Hill, St. Louis, Missouri
The Northeast, Kansas City, Missouri
Youngstown, Ohio
Via Italia, Montreal
Via Italia, Windsor, Ontario
Via Italia, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California
Bunker Hill, Los Angeles (Historic).
Little Italy, San Diego, California.

[edit] Poland

Andrew Square, South Boston, Massachusetts
Cheektowaga, New York
Garfield Ridge, Chicago
Little Poland, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York
Hamtramck, Michigan, separate municipality enclave of Detroit, Michigan
Jackowo, Chicago, Illinois
Poletown, Detroit, Michigan
Polish Hill, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Roncesvalles, Toronto, Ontario
Slavic Village, Cleveland, Ohio
West Allis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York (historic)
Sheelytown, Omaha, Nebraska (historic)
Warsaw, North Dakota

[edit] Portugal

Artesia, California (historic)
Little Brazil, New York, New York (Inhabited by many Portuguese-speaking countries' communities, mainly Portuguese and Brazilian)
Little Italy, Toronto, Ontario (Despite its name, this neighborhood is now more Portuguese than Italian.)
Little Portugal, Montreal, Quebec
Little Portugal, Newark, New Jersey (Ironbound section)
Jingletown, Oakland, California (historic)
Portugal Village, Toronto, Ontario
Little Portugal, San Jose, California
Brockton Village, Toronto, Ontario (formerly Irish)
Fall River, Massachusetts
Fox Point, Providence, Rhode Island
New Bedford, Massachusetts (Portuguese and Cape Verdean)
Provincetown, Massachusetts (gentrifying)
Oakwood-Vaughan, Toronto, Ontario
East Cambridge, Massachusetts,
Somerville, Massachusetts
San Pedro, California, Los Angeles
Point Loma, San Diego, California.

[edit] Russia

Coney Island, Brooklyn - included are Ukrainians and Jews from across the former USSR.
Miami, Florida - Southern sections, usually are elderly from the Northeast U.S., but more are recent arrived immigrants from the former Soviet union.
Little Moscow in Los Feliz, California.
Pikesville- Baltimore, Maryland suburb.
Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, a.k.a. "Russian Hill".
Seattle, Washington - due to proximity of oceanic ports.
Anchorage, Alaska - small community, mainly transplanted after Alaska annexed by the U.S. (1867).

[edit] Middle East and Central Asia

Arabian Village, Detroit and Dearborn, Michigan.
Assyrian District, northern Chicago, Illinois.
Chaldean Town, Detroit, Michigan (Chaldeans).
East Dearborn, Michigan (Iraqi).
Little Arabia (Anaheim, California)
Little Syria, Manhattan
Little Arabia, Albany Park, Chicago, Illinois.
Little Gaza, in West Anaheim, Anaheim. a.k.a. "West Bank of Anaheim" named for the West Bank of Palestine.^{[citation needed]}
Anaheim Island, California, home to a large Middle-Eastern population.
Little Kabul, Fremont, California (the largest Afghan population in the United States in 2001).
Little Persia, Los Angeles, California (Iranian) also known as "Tehrangeles" partially named for Tehran, Iran.^{[citation needed]}
South Paterson/Little Ramallah, Paterson, New Jersey and Clifton, New Jersey.
Little Tel Aviv, Miami, Florida.
Saint Laurent, Montreal.
Little Maghreb, Montreal, Quebec.
Little Palestine, Bridgeview, Illinois.
Historic Old Town, Indio, California (historic, the nickname was "Arab Street", now Hispanized by Latinos).^{[citation needed]}
Mira Mesa, California and El Cajon, California suburbs of San Diego.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Latin America and Caribbean

Adams Morgan, Washington, D.C. (Central American Hispanic, Bolivian, Peruvian and Ecuadorian).
Arlandria, Alexandria, Virginia/Washington D.C. (Central American Hispanic, Bolivian, Peruvian and Ecuadorian).
Aurora, Illinois (Large Hispanic population).
Blue Hills, Connecticut (23.9% Jamaican, highest Jamaican population in the US)^[3]
"Brazil-Town" Jane St and Wilson Ave, Jane St and Sheppard Ave. West, Toronto, Ontario (Central and South American, and others- mainly Brazilians).
Coachella, California (predominantly Hispanic community, town is over 40% Mexican descent and the rest Central American).
Central Falls, Rhode Island (at 2010 census 60.3% Hispanic, mostly Colombian and Central American)
Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts (Haitian and Jamaican).
Eglinton West (also known as Little Jamaica), Toronto, Ontario.
Fairhill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Puerto Rican, Dominican, Colombian).
Guadalupe, Arizona (heavily Mexican community).
Hamilton Heights, Manhattan, New York (mostly Dominican and African American).
Indio, California (large Mexican and Central American population).
Jackson Heights, Queens, New York (formerly Colombian, now a mixture South American and Mexican cultures).
Langley Park, Maryland (at 2000 Census was 63% Hispanic, primarily Central American).
Lansdale, Pennsylvania (10-15% Latino).
Little Haiti, Miami, Florida (Haitian).
Long Beach, California (Latinos are the city's plural majority).
Los Angeles city and metro area.
- East Los Angeles, California (predominantly Mexican).
Melrose Park, FL (Jamaican).
Montréal-Nord, Montréal, Quebec (Multi-racial, sizable Latin American community).
Norco, California (Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American community).
Orange County, California (30-40% Latino).
Pico-Union, Los Angeles, California (many immigrants from El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Colombia and Ecuador).
San Mateo County, California - Chileans, Mexican-Americans and other Latinos.
San Ysidro, San Diego, California (mainly Mexican).
Mission District, San Francisco, California (mainly Mexican but also significant presence of Central Americans).
Souderton, Pennsylvania (recent wave of Mexican and Latin American immigration).
Sterling, Illinois (17-20% Latino).
Tortilla Flat - Monterey, California (Mexican and Spanish-American, though has less Hispanic residence today).
East Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma (Mexican-Americans and Latin American immigrants).
Windsor, Ontario - Recent Mexican immigration to the city, now has the highest percentage of Hispanic Canadians per city.

[edit] Central/South America

Chicago, Illinois (largest Hispanic city outside the Southwest US - being Los Angeles).
Dallas, Texas - mainly the Southside and Westside.
Framingham, Massachusetts (Brazilian).
Gary, Indiana (where Latinos are second largest ethnicity after African-Americans).
Gulfton, Houston, Texas (Salvadorean).
Houston, Texas - the South Park section.
Inglewood, California (Latin American immigration due to the nearby LAX airport).
Little Brazil Street, Manhattan, New York City (Brazilian).
Little Lima, Paterson, New Jersey (Peruvian).
Little Managua, Miami, Florida (Nicaraguan).
Little Santiago which is near Little Italy of North Beach, San Francisco, California (Chilean, but no longer the main ethnic group there, nor are Italians).
Long Beach, California (many Central and South Americans, as well Mexicans and Spaniards).
Miami-Dade County, Florida (Colombians are closely tied with Cubans in largest Latino nationality).
New Orleans, Louisiana (Honduran).
Oakland, California (Central and South American communities across the city).
Olive Heights, Pasadena, California (Guatemalan).
Orlando, Florida (high numbers of Central and South Americans, also has the largest Puerto Rican population, surpassed New York City in that category).
Pico-Union, Los Angeles, California (Salvadorean).
San Jose, California (large Mexican, Central and South American presence).
Somerville, Massachusetts (Brazilian).
South Los Angeles (Latinos now outnumber African-Americans in the area 3 to 1).
Tampa Bay, Florida metro area (Many Central-South Americans, also largest Cuban community, surpassed Miami).
Toronto, Ontario, Canada (huge Central-South American and Caribbean presence).
Upper Fells Point, Baltimore (largely of Central American and Mexican origin but other groups are present)
Washington, DC and Northern Virginia (it is thought to have the largest Central and South American communities in the USA, especially Salvadoran, Honduran, Guatemalan and Bolivian).
Wheaton, Maryland (Washington suburb with notable Salvadoran, Honduran, Bolivian, Colombian, and Peruvian communities)

[edit] Mexico

Atwater Village, Los Angeles, California.
Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California.
Capital Hill District, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
West Dallas, Dallas, Texas.
East Los Angeles, California, historic urban Mexican-American enclave (see Chicano).
Fresno, California
Fruitvale, Oakland, California.
Harbor Gateway, Los Angeles, California.
Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Las Vegas, Nevada.
Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, California.
Logan Heights, San Diego, California.
Magnolia Park, Houston, Texas
Mexicantown, Detroit, Michigan.
Mission District, San Francisco, California (gentrifying)
Mount Washington, Los Angeles, California.
Norwalk, California.
Nuevo, California; Perris, California and Romoland, California (large Mexican percentage).
Olvera Street, Los Angeles, California (formerly known as Sonora Town, birthplace of Los Angeles).
Orange, California (El Modena section)
Palm Springs, California and nearby Cathedral City, California.
Phoenix, Arizona and surrounding communities.
Pilsen, Chicago, Illinois.
Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York.
Riverside, California and San Bernardino, California.
Santa Ana, California (70-75% Latino, also has Central Americans).
Little Village, Chicago, Illinois.
Spanish Harlem, Manhattan, New York.
Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York.
Second Ward, Houston, Texas.
Siler City (suburban Raleigh-Durham), North Carolina.
South Side, Waco, Texas.
Westside, St. Paul, Minnesota (Mexican).
Westside, San Antonio, Texas.
Tulare County, California - esp. Tulare and Visalia.
Upper Fells Point, Baltimore (Especially from Puebla; also has Central Americans)
Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California.
Ventura County, California - i.e. Oxnard, California.
Victorville, California.
Yuma, Arizona.

[edit] West Indies and Caribbean

Austin, Texas (rapid growing Caribbean and other Latin American population).
Baldwin Park, California (Cuban and Puerto Rican).
Bellflower, California (small number of Caribbean residents).
Boston, Massachusetts (esp. Dominicans and Jamaicans).
Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida) (Jamaicans, Bahamas and Barbados).
Downey, California; La Puente, California and Pico Rivera, California - largest Cuban and Puerto Rican communities in California.
East Pasadena, California (Cuban).
El Monte, California (Puerto Rican).
Haverstraw (village), New York (Dominican).
Hazleton, Pennsylvania (Cuban, Puerto Rican and other Latinos).
Holyoke, Massachusetts (Puerto Rican).
Hunting Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Puerto Rican, Dominican and increasingly from Central and South America).
Inwood, Manhattan, New York (Dominican).
Lancaster, California-Palmdale, California (Puerto Rican and Cuban).
Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Puerto Rican).
Lawrence, Massachusetts (Dominican).
Little Haiti, Miami, Florida (Haitian).
Little Havana, Miami, Florida, (Beginning at Calle Ocho, Cuban).
Loisaida, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York (Hispanic in late 20th century)
Mattapan, Boston, Massachusetts (Haitian).
Newark, New Jersey (Spanish, Puerto Rican and later Caribbean, Central and South American).
New Orleans, Louisiana (Haitian).
Little Havana on the Hudson, North Hudson, New Jersey (Highest Cuban Population outside of Florida).
Oshkosh, Wisconsin (Cuban and Puerto Rican).
Paseo Boricua, Humboldt Park, Chicago, Illinois, Historic Urban (Puerto Rican) enclave.
Palm Desert, California (3-5% each are Cuban and Puerto Rican).
Reading, Pennsylvania (Puerto Rican).
The Triangle, North Carolina (Cuban)^[4]
Sleepy Hollow, New York (many Caribbean, Central and South American residents).
South Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Dominican).
Spanish Harlem, Manhattan, New York (Puerto Rican) /(Mexican).
Temple City, California (Cuban).
Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York (Dominican).
Westchester, Florida (65.69% Cuban, highest Cuban population in the US)^[5]
York, Pennsylvania (Puerto Rican).

[edit] Others

[edit] Canada

Little Canadas are spread all over the United States, founded almost entirely of French Canadians (from Quebec), with English Canadians tending to assimilate immediately on arrival. Many historic "French" communities in the United States (especially outside the Louisiana area) actually have roots in the Quebec diaspora rather than in France. See:
- Frog Hollow, Hartford, Connecticut (French-speaking when named, but African-American and Hispanic in late 20th century).
- Little Canada, Minnesota (founded by French Canadian Americans).
- Manchester, New Hampshire - The West side section.
- Quebec South in Hollywood, Florida (seasonal migration and retirement community by French-Canadians since the 1980s).
- Woonsocket, Rhode Island - thought to be the largest Quebec or French-Canadian community in the US.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Native Americans

Urban Indians, communities developed by small enclaves of American Indians and Alaskan Natives since the 1930s. They tend to form small percentages of the urban areas' population. Virtually every major city in the US has an American Indian community.

The highest concentration of Urban Indians is believed to be in Anchorage, Alaska where over 10 percent of the population identify themselves in the census as having some Native ancestry, with 7.3 percent identifying that as their only ancestry.^{[citation needed]}

Some moderate-sized cities and suburbs lie adjacent to Indian Reservations, examples being Green Bay, Wisconsin, Phoenix, Arizona, Miami, Florida and Palm Springs, California. A mostly non-Indian community of Salamanca, New York within the Allegany Indian Reservation located in Upstate New York.^{[citation needed]}

- Albuquerque, New Mexico - 8th largest.
- Bakersfield, California and Fresno, California areas - Dust bowl era (1930's) displacement of Cherokee and Comanche people in the agricultural industry.
- Boston, Massachusetts - Close to several local Pequot Indian tribal casinos in the New England States.
- Chicago and Gary, Indiana areas - may be 5th largest tied with Tulsa.
- Cleveland, Ohio - In the Westside or Cuyahoga sections.
- Dallas, Texas and the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex - could be 9th or 10th largest.
- Denver, Colorado - Over 10,000 American Indians live in the city of Denver.
- Detroit, Michigan - Due to the Bureau of Indian Affairs relocation program in the 1960s.^{[citation needed]}
- Hartford, Connecticut - home to 3 nearby large tribal gaming casino establishments.^{[citation needed]}
- Houston, Texas - home to the Cherokee Society of America, an organization of the Texas Cherokees.
- Kansas City, Missouri - There are Navajo, Apache and Sioux communities.^{[citation needed]}
- Los Angeles - Now thought to have the largest Native American population of any US city.
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Has an urban Indian school and intertribal cultural center in downtown Milwaukee.^{[citation needed]}
- Minneapolis, Minnesota - Birthplace of the American Indian Movement, a political organization in the 1960s.^{[citation needed]}
- New York City - Second largest. In the early 20th century, Mohawk Indians were hired in skyscraper construction projects. Mohawks originate in Upstate New York primarily in Albany.^{[citation needed]}
- Oklahoma City - Fourth largest.
- Omaha, Nebraska - Many Lakota (Sioux) and Navajo people live in the city, NA population could exceed 10,000.
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - In the Lenapehoking section of West Philadelphia and "Little Oklahoma"^{[dubious – discuss]} section in Northeast Philadelphia.
- Phoenix, Arizona - Sixth largest.
- Sacramento, California - 50 miles west is the Degandineh Quetzalcoatl University, an American Indian private college.
- San Diego, California - Also the US Armed Forces employment of many American Indians.^{[citation needed]}
- San Francisco and San Francisco Bay area - 9th largest, mainly in Oakland.
- Seattle - Named for Chief Seattle of the indigenous Snohomish tribe.^{[citation needed]}
- Spokane, Washington - 10th largest, has the Spokane Indian Reservation by the city.
- Tucson, Arizona - 7th largest.
- Tulsa, Oklahoma - Fifth largest.
- Washington, DC - Third largest.
- Yakima, Washington - In its metro area, has several tribes and the Yakima Indian Reservation.

[edit] Pacific Islanders

Hawaii (see Native Hawaiians).
California: Los Angeles; San Francisco; Cerritos; Long Beach; Oceanside; Fairfield-Vallejo and Torrance.
Washington state: Seattle and Tacoma, Washington.
Alaska, Oregon, Nevada, Utah and Idaho.
Kansas City Metropolitan area.

[edit] See also

Block Settlement, in Canada, a rural equivalent to an urban ethnic neighborhood.
Gay village, an urban enclave centered around sexual orientation rather than ethnicity. Examples are the Castro District, San Francisco; Greenwich Village in New York City, South Beach in Miami, Florida; the Gayborhood, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the South End, Boston; and Palm Springs, California.^{[citation needed]}
La Habra, California - A sizable Transsexual and Transgendered community.^{[citation needed]}
Retirement community, based on age (senior citizens over 55 years old) than ethnicity, found esp. in Florida, the U.S. Gulf Coast and Arizona.
Paterson, New Jersey, largest community of disabled persons in the US around disabilities (may be 20-25 percent of the city's population) rather than ethnicity.^{[citation needed]}
Snow Creek Village, California - A community of 40 Little People or adults of miniature size established their own housing tract fit for their size, near Palm Springs, California.
New York City ethnic enclaves.
Demographics of California.
Multiculturalism.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

[0] ttp://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/12/01/chinatown-is-changing/

[1] Neither Here Nor There

[2] ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_American#US_communities_with_high_percentages_of_people_of_Jamaican_ancestry

[3] ttp://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/raleighs-cuban-community-their-stories-their-views-on-obamas-new-diplomacy/Content?oid=1215911

[4] ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_American#Immigration_policy

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