Salvadoran Americans
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Salvadoran Americans are residents of the United States of Salvadoran descent. As of 2005 there are roughly 1.24 million Salvadoran Americans in the United States, the fourth largest Hispanic community by nation of ancestry.[2] The majority of Salvadoran Americans reside in Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia, Maryland, and in California such as the Greater Los Angeles area, the San Francisco Bay Area, but also in Houston. In addition, there is a significant amount of Salvadoran Americans in Northern New Jersey, Flushing, Queens and Long Island.
The exodus of Salvadorans was a result of both economic and political problems. The largest immigration wave occurred as a result of the Salvadoran civil war in the 1980s, in which 20%-30% of El Salvador's population immigrated. Fifty percent, or up to 500,000 of those who escaped headed to the U.S., which was already home to over 10,000 Salvadorans.[3]
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References
- ^ "Census 2006 Selected Population Profile in the United States : Salvadorans". U.S. Census Bureau. 2006. Retrieved 2007-05-24.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Statistical Portrait of Hispanics
- ^ Faren Bachelis, The Central Americans [New York: Chelsea House, 1990], p. 10
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