List of ethnic enclaves in North American cities
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This is a list of ethnic enclaves in various countries of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds to the native population. An ethnic enclave in this context denotes an area primarily populated by a population with similar ethnic or racial background. This list also includes historic examples which may no longer be an ethnic enclave.
List by world region and national origin
Black or African-American neighborhoods
List of African-American neighborhoods and communities
Historically, the largest racial minority group in the United States, thousands of Black or African-American neighborhoods and communities exist, although many are less Black or African-American today than in the mid or sometimes, late 20th century.
Africa
- Adams Morgan, Brightwood, Columbia Heights, Washington, D.C. (Ethiopian, Eritrean and Somali).
- Bloomington, Minnesota - large Somali community.
- Brockton, Massachusetts (Cape Verdean).
- Bronzeville, Los Angeles - historically African-American, also had Mexican-American, Japanese-American and Native American ("Indian alley") residents, now it has many East African immigrants.
- Cedar-Riverside, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Somali, Ethiopian and Eritrean) - thought to be the largest Somali community outside Somalia.
- City Heights, San Diego, California (Somali and Sudanese).
- East Denver, Denver - has Somali and Afghan refugees in historically Mexican- and African-American section.
- Fox Point, Providence, Rhode Island (historically Cape Verdean, now gentrifying).
- Harlem, New York City - center of African American culture in the 1920s, the section has attracted Caribbean and sub-Saharan African immigration in the mid and late 20th century.
- High Point, Seattle, Washington (Somali).
- Houston, Texas has a Nigerian American community.
- Hunters Point, San Francisco, California (gentrifying).
- Inglewood, California and nearby Hawthorne, California.
- Karmel Mall, Minneapolis - Somali ethnoburb near the shopping mall.
- Little Ethiopia, Los Angeles, California (Ethiopian, Eritrean) - largest Ethiopian community outside Africa. Nearby Fairfax District, Los Angeles has many Ethiopians, including Ethiopian Jews, close to West Los Angeles' large Jewish population.
- Little Liberia, Staten Island, New York (Liberian) - Liberia founded by former Black or African slaves in the mid 19th century.
- Murfreesboro, Tennessee - many Somalis and Sub-Saharan Africans.
- Nashville, Tennessee - major settlement of Sub-Saharan and Middle Eastern refugees.
- Pawtucket, Rhode Island (Cape Verdean - largest Cape Verde community outside their islands).
- San Antonio, Texas has Somali refugees.
- Shaw, Washington, D.C. - like Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C., a history of African-American culture, now has more African immigrant residents.
- South Los Angeles - known for African-Americans since the 1920s, also African immigrants.
- Temescal, Oakland, California (Ethiopian, Eritrean and Somali).
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
- Westerville, Ohio (Somali) - Columbus, Ohio has a large Sub-Saharan African population.
Asia (East, South and Southeast)
- Aliso Viejo, California.
- Asia District, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States.
- Buena Park, California - large Filipino, Indian and Korean communities.
- Bunker Hill, Los Angeles - historic Chinese, Filipino, Japanese and Korean communities.
- Cerritos, California.
- Compton, California - some population of East and Southeast Asians, Indians, and Samoans.
- Eastlake District, Oakland, California.
- English Hills Richmond, Virginia.
- Fullerton, California - large Chinese, Taiwanese and Korean population.
- Golden Village, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada.
- Hawaiian Gardens, California - large Asian and Pacific Islander population.
- Irvine, California.
- Kearny Mesa, San Diego, California, USA.
- La Sierra Heights, Riverside, California - sizable Asian community.
- North side of Loma Linda, California.
- Lowell, Massachusetts - many Chinese and SE Asians.
- Mission San Jose District, Fremont, California.
- Naperville, Illinois.
- Oxnard, California - historic Chinese and Japanese, and Southeast Asian immigrant communities.
- San Diego area has large Asian populations.
- Few San Fernando Valley neighborhoods (Los Angeles).
- San Francisco Bay area esp. in San Francisco.
- Chinatown, San Francisco - one of 3 largest Chinese colonies in North America.
- Pacific Heights, San Francisco, California - sizable Asian-American percentage.
- San Gabriel and Covina Valleys near Los Angeles.
- San Jose, California and across Santa Clara County, California.
- Santa Ana, California - historic Chinese and Japanese, and recent Cambodian and Vietnamese communities.
- International District, Seattle, Washington, United States.
- Steeles Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario.
- Victoria Avenue, CDN, Montreal, Quebec.
- Watsonville, California - Filipino and Japanese communities.
Bangladesh
- Bangla Town, Crescent Town, Toronto.
- Jackson Heights, Queens, New York.
- Kensington, Brooklyn, New York.
- Little Bangladesh in Los Angeles, California.
- Santa Clara County, California - large Bangladeshi population in the area.
- Staten Island, adjacent to Indians and Indo-Caribbeans.
Burma/Myanmar
Cambodia
- Cambodia Town, Long Beach, California, United States.
- City Heights, San Diego, California.
- Fresno, California.
- Little Saigon, Orange County, California - Cambodians live aside Vietnamese and Chinese (from Vietnam).
- Lowell, Massachusetts.
- Merced, California.
- Santa Ana, California.
- Santa Clara County, California - Cambodian communities in the area.
- Stockton, California.
- Eastside, Tacoma, Washington.
China
- Bakersfield, California has a sizable Chinese community.
- Cerritos, California.
- "Chinamerica" - Puente Hills, California area.
- Chinatown, Boston, Massachusetts.
- Chinatown, Brooklyn, New York City.
- Chinatown, Calgary, Alberta.
- Chinatown, Chicago, Illinois.
- Chinatown, Dallas.
- Chinatown, Detroit, Michigan (historic).
- Chinatown, Edmonton, Alberta.
- Chinatown, Flushing, New York City.
- Chinatown, Honolulu, Hawaii - Large Chinese presence in Hawaii.
- Chinatown, Houston, Texas - largest Chinatown between NYC and San Francisco.
- Chinatown, Las Vegas, Nevada - aka "Golden Mountain".
- Chinatown, Lethbridge, Alberta.
- Locke, California (historic) - entire community.
- Chinatown, Los Angeles, California - includes nearby sections which Chinatown now claims.
- Chinatown, Manhattan, New York City.
- Chinatown, Montreal, Quebec.
- Chinatown, New Orleans, Louisiana (historic).
- Chinatown, Oakland, California.
- Chinatown, Ottawa, Ontario.
- Chinatown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Chinatown, Portland, Oregon.
- Chinatown, Riverside, California - historic, had US' oldest known Filipino and first Korean community in the US (state historic park).
- Chinatown, San Bernardino, California (historic) - also had Japanese, no longer Asians are the majority in the area.
- Chinatown, San Diego, California (historic; now known as the Asian Pacific Thematic Historic District).
- Chinatown, San Francisco, California - expanded into North Beach, San Francisco.
- Chinatown, Seattle, Washington.
- Chinatown, Toronto, Ontario.
- Chinatown, Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Chinatown, Victoria, British Columbia.
- Chinatown, Washington, D.C..
- Chinatown, Windsor, Ontario.
- Chinatown, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
- Clement Street, San Francisco, California.
- Fullerton, California.
- Golden Village Richmond, British Columbia.
- Hanford, California (historic).
- Kearny Mesa, San Diego, California - also has other East and Southeast Asians.
- La Mirada, California - Chinese and Taiwanese community.
- Lowell, Massachusetts.
- Parkside, San Francisco, California.
- Plano, Texas.
- Quincy, Massachusetts.
- Richmond District, San Francisco, California.
- San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles, California - Largest Chinese enclave outside of China.
- San Jose, California and Santa Clara, California.
- South side Pomona, California.
- Stockton, California.
- Sunset District, San Francisco, California.
- Taiwan Town, North Loma Linda, California - although a plurality.
- Walnut, California - over half Asian, esp. Chinese and Taiwanese.
- Walnut Grove, California used to have a Chinese community until 1900.
- Former Chinatowns in Boise, Idaho and Nevada, also in Ontario, Oregon.
Canada-
- Brossard, Quebec (has the largest Chinese population in Quebec).[14]
- Markham, Ontario near Toronto, Ontario.
- Richmond, British Columbia near Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Vancouver is known as "Hongcouver" named for Hong Kong where many Chinese came from.
Mexico-
Hmong
- Detroit, Michigan metro area has sizable Hmong population.
- The Fox Cities, Wisconsin.
- French Camp, California near Stockton, California.
- Fresno, California. "Sin City" section is where refugees lived in the 1970s-90s.
- Frogtown, Saint Paul, Minnesota. also known as "Little Mekong", there are other Hmong in Minneapolis metro area.
- Marion, North Carolina - a farming community of Hmong from Laos settled there.
- Merced, California.
- Philadelphia metro area - 1000s of Hmong and also Laotians in the city.
- Porterville, California.
- Redding, California.
- San Francisco, California.
- San Jose, California and nearby Santa Clara, California.
- Santa Ana, California.
- Wausau, Wisconsin.
India
- San Francisco Bay Area - the Bay Area has over 300,000 Indian-Americans, the second largest population in any U.S. metropolitan area other than the New York City Metropolitan Area. The majority live in Santa Clara County and San Jose.
- Little India, University Avenue, Berkeley, California.
- Brampton, Ontario.
- Covina and nearby West Covina, California.
- Dorchester Ave., Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts.
- Edison, New Jersey - known as the first Little India in the USA.[15]
- Gerrard India Bazaar, Toronto, Ontario.
- Imperial County, California - 5% of locals in Imperial Valley of Indian descent.
- Indian Ethnic Enclave, Burlington, Massachusetts.
- (India Square) Little India, Newark Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey.
- Irving, Texas.
- Little India/Pakistan, Artesia, California (Hindu, Muslim, Sikh).
- Little India, Chicago, Illinois.
- Little India, Oak Tree Road, Iselin, New Jersey.
- Little India, Hicksville, New York (Long Island).
- Little India, Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City.
- Little India, Vancouver, British Columbia (many are descendants of Sikh immigrants in the 1910s).
- 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, Park Extension, Montreal, Quebec.
- Lodi, California - similarly for parts of the San Joaquin Valley like Livingston, California.
- Mahatma Gandhi District, Houston, Texas.
- Malton, Mississauga, Ontario.
- New Delhi Drive, Markham, Ontario.
- New York City has several Little Indias.
- Plano, Texas.
- (Punjabi Markat) Little India, Vancouver, British Columbia (Sikh).
- Richardson, Texas.
- South Lake, Pasadena, California.
- Spanish Fork, Utah.
- Surrey, British Columbia near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Thistletown, Toronto, Ontario - The intersection of Islington Avenue and Albion Road.
- Victoria Avenue, Regina, Saskatchewan.
- Yuba City, California - 5% of locals of Indian descent, may be oldest Indian community in USA.
Japan
- Alameda, California (historic).
- Costa Mesa, California.
- Fountain Valley, California.
- Hayward, California.
- Irvine, California.
- Japantown, San Francisco.
- Japantown, San Jose, California.
- Japantown, Vancouver, British Columbia (aka Little Ginza).
- Kearny Mesa, San Diego, California.
- Los Angeles, California area (historically Marina Del Rey and Terminal Island).
- Gardena, California - South side near casino.
- Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California.
- Sawtelle, Los Angeles, California.
- Torrance, California - once extended to Redondo Beach.
- Markham, Ontario near Toronto, Ontario.
- Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York.
- Monterey Park/San Gabriel, California.
- Pasadena, California (historic).
- Porter Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Richmond Hill, Ontario.
- Sacramento County, California like Florin.
- Sakura Square, Denver, Colorado.
- Salinas, California (historic, but city still has Japanese community).
- San Mateo, California.
- Santa Ana, California - historically farmlands in Greenville section.
- Seattle, Washington metro area has Japanese neighborhoods.
- Watsonville, California (historic).
- Historic Wintersburg in Huntington Beach, California.
Korea
- Annandale, Virginia.
- Desert Hot Springs, California on 8th Street.
- Koreatown, Toronto, Ontario.
- Koreatown, North York, Ontario.
- Koreatown, Atlanta, Georgia.
- Koreatown, Bergen County, New Jersey.
- Koreatown, Boston, Massachusetts.
- North Rd. Koreatown, Burquitlam, British Columbia (Unofficial)
- Koreatown, Chicago, Illinois.
- Koreatown, Dallas, Texas.
- Koreatown, Aurora, Colorado.
- Flushing, Queens, New York (Korean businesses concentrated at Union Street between 35th and 41st Avenues) - known as "Koreatown".
- Koreatown, Fort Lee, New Jersey.
- Koreatown, Houston, Texas.
- Koreatown, Long Island, New York.
- Koreatown, Los Angeles, California - Largest Korean enclave outside of Korea.
- Koreatown, Manhattan, New York.
- Koreatown, Oakland, California.
- Koreatown, Palisades Park, New Jersey.
- Koreatown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Koreatown, Washington, District of Columbia.
- Kearny Mesa, San Diego, California.
- Little Seoul, Garden Grove, California.
- Little Seoul, Newport News, Virginia.[16]
- Pequeño Seúl, Zona Rosa, Mexico City.
- Saint Catherine Street, Montreal (known as Chinatown west/Koreatown)
- Torrance, California.
Laos
- Chollas View, San Diego, California - SE Asian immigrant enclave.
- Denver, Colorado has Laotian and Hmong sections.
- Fresno, California - largest Laotian/Hmong city in the US.
- Golden Hill, San Diego, California - less Laotian and SE Asian residents today.
- Los Angeles, California has Laotians, Hmong, Cambodians and Vietnamese in its' metro area.
- Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota metro area.
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has Laotian and Hmong sections.
- San Antonio, Oakland, California - "Little Laos".
- Tulsa, Oklahoma - estimated 10,000 Laotians in the city.
- Vista Serena, Banning, California has a sizable number of Laotians.
Pakistan
- Artesia, California (aka Little India).
- Edison, New Jersey - thought to be largest Indian and Pakistani community in the US.
- Hoboken, New Jersey (gentrifying).
- Little Pakistan, Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn, New York.
- Little Pakistan, Gerrard Street, Toronto, Ontario.
- San Joaquin Valley - esp. in South Asian communities of Delhi, Fresno, Kern County, Livingston, Lodi, Modesto, Stockton and Yuba City - esp Punjabi and Sikhs.
- West New York, New Jersey (gentrifying).
- Westwood, Los Angeles, California [17]
Philippines
- Daly City, California.
- Delano, California.
- Eagle Rock, Los Angeles.
- Hawaii has Filipino communities in the islands state.
- Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles, California, aka MacArthur, Rampart and Westlake Districts.
- Little Manila, Carson, California.
- Little Manila, Jersey City, New Jersey.
- Little Manila, Stockton, California - goes back to 1910s.
- Little Manila, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
- Little Manila, Queens, New York.
- Mira Mesa, San Diego, California.
- National City, California near San Diego.
- Panorama City, California.
- Panorama Park/Rancho Ramon Road/Date Palm Drive, Cathedral City, California.
- Paradise Hills, San Diego, California.
- Riverside, California.
- San Francisco, California (i.e. Manilatown and Pacific Heights.)
- Spring Valley, California.
- Virginia Beach, Virginia.
- Watsonville, California.
- Winnipeg, Manitoba - largest Filipino community in Canada.
Sri Lanka
- Covina, California with a Sri Lankan community center in West Covina, California.
- Little Sri Lanka, Tompkinsville, Staten Island, New York City.
- Malvern, Scarborough, Toronto (Toronto is home to the largest Tamil-speaking population outside South Asia).[18][19][20]
Taiwan
- Diamond Bar, California.
- Hacienda Heights, California.
- Little Taipei, Monterey Park, California.
- Rowland Heights, California.
- Walnut, California.
Thailand
- Thai Town, Los Angeles, California.
- San Francisco has Thais and Tibetans, Asian nations with large Buddhist populations.
- Santa Ana, California - Thais and Indonesians, part of a large Southeast Asian community.
Vietnam
- Asian District, Oklahoma City.
- Bayou La Batre, Alabama.
- Bell Gardens, California - sizable Vietnamese population.
- Biloxi, Mississippi.
- Chicago, Illinois has a Vietnamese community.
- Chula Vista, California - sizable numbers of Vietnamese.
- Colonial-Town, Orlando, Florida.
- Corpus Christi, Texas in the Texas Gulf coast.
- D'Iberville, Mississippi.
- Dallas, Texas.
- Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts.
- Golden Hill, San Diego, California (lesser Vietnamese, Cambodians and Laotians today than after the Vietnam war, 1975-2010).
- Huntsville, Alabama.
- Indian Hill, Pomona, California/Chino, California.
- Little Saigon Midtown and Little China, both in Houston, Texas.
- Little Saigon, Denver, Colorado.
- Little Saigon, Orange County, California - Largest Vietnamese enclave outside of Vietnam.
- Little Saigon, San Diego, California.
- Little Saigon, San Francisco, California.
- Little Saigon, San Jose, California.
- Little Saigon, Seattle, Washington.
- Merced County, California.
- Mira Mesa, San Diego, California.
- New Orleans, Louisiana ( Village de L'Est )- many Vietnamese and Chinese live along the Gulf coast.
- Oakland, California has sizable Vietnamese population.
- Portland, Oregon.
- Rosemead, California.
- San Antonio, Texas has few Vietnamese sections.
- San Francisco, California has a Vietnamese community.
- Seven Corners, Virginia/Washington D.C. (Northern Virginia has many Vietnamese).
- Southeast side Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- Stockton, California.
- Tulsa, Oklahoma - also Koreans and SE Asians.
- Vietcouver, Vancouver, British Columbia.
- West Argyle Street Historic District, Chicago, Illinois.
Europe
Albania
- Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York.
- Pelham Parkway (neighborhood), Bronx, New York City, New York.
- South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts.
- South side, Saint Louis, Missouri - Kosovars, along with other ex-Yugoslavs.
Belgium
- Denver, Colorado - "Little Belgium".
- Manchester, New Hampshire - Historic. A mixed-area with a notable Flemish speaking (and Québécois and German) population centered on St. Raphael's Church in the Granite Square - Piscataquog River area.
- Sacramento, California - San Joaquin County, California region has Belgian (Flemish), Dutch and Frisian settlement.
Croatia
- Kansas City metro area
- Dutchtown, St. Louis (also Bosnian).
- Potrero Hill, San Francisco (known as "Slovenian Hill", also Slovene and Serb).
- Pueblo, Colorado.
- Salt Lake City, Utah - Croatians along with ex-Yugoslavs.
- San Pedro, Los Angeles near Little Italy and Little Portugal.
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada - has Croatian and Serbian communities.
- Utica, New York (also Bosnian).
Czech Republic
- Bohemian Harlem (historic), also known as Finnish Quarter of Harlem, Manhattan, New York City.
- Czech Village, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Location of The National Czech and Slavic Museum.
- Little Bohemia (Omaha, Nebraska).
- Pilsen, Chicago, Illinois (Czech when named, but Hispanic in the late 20th century, multi-cultural in the early 21st century and is experiencing gentrification).
- Moravia, Texas.
- Praha, Texas.
- Prague, Oklahoma.
- Praha, North Dakota.
- Schulenburg, Texas.
- Slavic Village, Cleveland, Ohio.
- Slovak (Slovene) Hill, San Francisco, California - Czechs, Slovaks and ex-Yugoslavs.
- Veseley, North Dakota.
Denmark
- Buellton, California.
- Denmark, Texas.
- Elk Horn, Iowa.
- Greenville, Michigan.
- Kimballton, Iowa.
- Manti, Utah.
- Racine, Wisconsin.
- San Pedro, California in Los Angeles - Danish fishermen settled in the ports.
- Sanpete County, Utah.
- Solvang, California.
- Tyler, Minnesota.
Eastern European Jewish
- Little Odessa, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York City.
- St. Louis Park, Minnesota, derisively referred to by some as 'St. Jewish Park'. Also has siginficant Russian population.
- West Hollywood, California and adjacent Park La Brea, Los Angeles, also has other Jewish groups.
Finland
- Lantana, Florida - many are retirees from Finland and the USA.
- Northern Arizona has a few Finnish-American towns.
- Payson, Utah - Finland also had Sweden Finns and Finnish Swedes.
- Rio Linda, California - transplants from largely Finnish Upper Peninsula, Michigan.
- Stanton Township, Michigan.[21]
- Winlock, Washington - Finnish community in the Seattle metro area.
France or Franco-American
- Acadiana region or Southern Louisiana.
- Belleville, Wisconsin.
- Belden Place, San Francisco.
- Detroit, Michigan metro area (mainly French-Canadian).
- French Quarter, New Orleans - formerly Louisiana Creole, now tourist attraction.
- Frenchville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
- Hollywood, Florida ("Quebec South" from Quebec, Canada) or "France in America").
- Little Canada, Minnesota.
- Manchester, New Hampshire.
- Miami-Dade County, Florida.
- Mobile, Alabama.
- Northeast Connecticut.
- Old Mines, Missouri.
- Orange, California - also includes Dutch and German-Americans.
- River-Town aka "Frogtown", Los Angeles - historic, in 1850s-1890s, French descendants later moved to Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, which was largely Italian, also Portuguese and Spanish until 1920s.
- Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
- Worcester, Massachusetts.
Germany
- Allied Gardens, San Diego, California - also has large American Jewish and Ashkenazi communities.
- Amana Colonies, Iowa.
- Amish Country, Pennsylvania.
- Anaheim, California - founded by German immigrants in 1870s, but now a smaller presence.
- Berlin, New Jersey.
- Berlin, North Dakota.
- Boerne, Texas.
- Chicago, Illinois has a few German neighborhoods, thought to be largest German-American city.
- Cincinnati, Ohio has history of German-American culture, the center of "Germania", 1840-1920.
- Danzig, North Dakota.
- Deutschtown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1]
- Dutchtown, St. Louis, Missouri (historic).
- East Berlin, Pennsylvania.
- Frankenmuth, Michigan.
- Fredericksburg, Texas.
- Freistadt, Missouri.
- Germantown, Connecticut.
- Germantown Hills, Illinois.
- Germantown, Illinois.
- Germantown, Decatur County, Indiana.
- Germantown, Indiana (historic).
- Germantown, Iowa.
- Germantown, Kentucky.
- Germantown, Louisville & Schnitzelburg, Louisville, Kentucky.
- Germantown, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
- Germantown, Baltimore County, Maryland.
- Germantown, Maryland.
- Germantown, Worcester County, Maryland.
- Germantown, Quincy, Massachusetts.
- Germantown, Henry County, Missouri.
- Germantown, Minnesota.
- Germantown, North Dakota.
- Germantown (CDP), New York.
- Germantown, Allegany County, New York.
- Germantown, Orange County, New York.
- Germantown (town), New York.
- Germantown, North Carolina.
- Germantown, Ohio.
- Germantown, Washington County, Ohio.
- Germantown, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
- Germantown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
- Germantown, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
- Germantown, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
- Germantown, Pike County, Pennsylvania.
- Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Germantown, South Carolina.
- Germantown, Cheatham County, Tennessee.
- Germantown, Davidson County, Tennessee.
- Germantown, Shelby County, Tennessee.
- Germantown, Virginia.
- Germantown, Juneau County, Wisconsin.
- Germantown, Washington County, Wisconsin.
- Germantown, Wisconsin.
- German Village, Columbus, Ohio.
- Germany, Pennsylvania.
- Hanover, Kansas.
- Helen, Georgia.
- Hermann, Missouri.
- Old World Village, Huntington Beach, California.
- Kitchener, Ontario (formerly Berlin).
- Laguna Niguel, California in Orange County, California- the county known for many German settlers in 1870s.
- Leavenworth, Washington.
- Lincoln Square, Chicago.
- Little Germany, New York (historic; ceased to exist after the General Slocum disaster of 1904).
- Lower East Side, Manhattan (historic) - including German and other Ashkenazi Jews.
- Muenster, Texas.
- New Bern, North Carolina - German and Swiss settlement in its 3 century old history.
- New Braunfels, Texas.
- New Leipzig, North Dakota.
- New Ulm, Minnesota.
- New Vienna, Iowa.
- Orange, California - Batavia section (historic), also Dutch and French in the late 19th century.
- Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Pryor Creek, Oklahoma.
- Quakertown, Pennsylvania.
- Schulenburg, Texas.
- Schertz, Texas.
- Serbin, Texas (Sorbian immigrants).
- St. Jacobs, Ontario.
- Texas Hill Country and Edwards Plateau (see German Texans).
- Unity, Maine (Amish).
- Whittier, California (Pennsylvania Dutch and Quaker settlement in 1870s).
- Yorkville, Manhattan, New York City - has a large German-American presence.
- North Dakota - including German Russians from Russia.
Greece
- Astoria, Queens, New York.
- Campbell, Ohio.
- Greektown, Baltimore, Maryland.
- Greektown, Chicago, Illinois.
- Greektown, Denver.
- Greektown, Detroit, Michigan.
- Greektown, Montreal, Canada.
- Greektown, San Pedro, Los Angeles.
- Greektown, San Diego, California.
- Greektown, Tarpon Springs, Florida.
- Greektown, Toronto, Canada.
- Greektown, Vancouver, Canada.
- Greek Town, Omaha, Nebraska (historic).
- New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
- Palm Desert, California where they have an annual Greek festival near the local Greek Orthodox church. [22]
- Tarpon Springs, Florida.
Iceland
- Gimli, Manitoba, Canada - thought to be the largest Icelandic community outside Iceland.
- Spanish Fork, Utah - large concentration, most of them are Mormon in religion.
- Washington Island, Wisconsin - an estimated 20% of Icelandic descent.
Ireland
- Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts.
- Corktown, Detroit, Michigan.
- Corktown, Hamilton, Ontario.
- Corktown, Toronto, Ontario.
- The Creek, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
- Dorchester, Massachusetts.
- East Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Five Points, Manhattan, New York City. (historic - Irish presence peaked 1850s-1920s).
- Irish Channel, New Orleans, Louisiana.
- Irish Hill, Louisville, Kentucky.
- Munjoy Hill, Portland, Maine.
- Somerville, Massachusetts.
- South Boston, Massachusetts.
- South Shore (Massachusetts) - has largely Irish-American populations in their towns.
- Woodlawn, Bronx, New York.
Italy
Canada -
- Città Italiana (Saint Leonard), Montreal, Quebec.
- Corso Italia, Toronto, Ontario.
- Little Italy, Montreal, Quebec (aka Le Petite Italie).
- Little Italy, Preston Street, Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario.
- Vaughan, Ontario, Canada.
- Via Italia, Montreal.
- Via Italia, Windsor, Ontario - adjacent to Italian community in Detroit, USA.
Mexico -
- Chipilo, Puebla, Mexico.
- Guadalajara, Jalisco.
- Lombardía (Michoacán), Michoacán.
- Nueva Italia, Michoacán.
- Zentla, Veracruz.
USA -
- Bloomfield (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania.
- Brooklyn, New York City.
- Federal Hill, Providence, Rhode Island.
- Galveston, Texas.
- Genoa, Wisconsin.
- Heart of Italy, Chicago, Illinois.
- Historic Third Ward, Milwaukee. Strong Sicilian presence.
- The Hill, St. Louis, Missouri.
- Italian Market, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Italian Village [2], Columbus, Ohio.
- Little Italy, Baltimore, Maryland.
- Little Italy, Buffalo, (Buffalo, New York).
- 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 of the Bronx, New York City.
- Little Italy Newark, New Jersey - also in Ironbound (Little Portugal).
- Little Italy, Omaha, Nebraska (historic).
- Little Italy, Paterson, New Jersey.
- Little Italy, San Diego, California.
- 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.
- Mulberry Street, Manhattan, New York City.
- North Beach, San Francisco, California.
- North End, Boston, Massachusetts.
- North End, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
- Redondo Beach, California.
- Staten Island, New York City.
- South Florida - large Italian-American communities.
- Via Italia, San Pedro, California.
Jewish (of many nationalities)
- Berkeley, California near Oakland, second to San Francisco in Jewish population in CA.
- Beverly Hills, California - largest Jewish percentage of US city (except 100% in Kiryas Joel, NY).
- Birmingham, Alabama instrumental in Civil Rights movement with African-Americans in Alabama.
- Borough Park, Williamsburg and Midwood Brooklyn - Crown Heights, Brooklyn has large Hasidic presence.
- Detroit metro area suburbs of Berkeley; Beverly Hills and Birmingham.
- Encino, Los Angeles and nearby Tarzana, Los Angeles.
- Fairfax District, Los Angeles, California.
- Forest Hills, Queens, New York City.
- Hidden Hills, California in West San Fernando Valley known for Jewish community.
- Kiryas Joel, New York near Monroe, New York - homogeneously Hasidic Jewish private housing tract. Similar communities Kiryas Square, New York and New Square, New York.
- Koster Valley in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles facing the San Fernando Valley.
- Lakewood, New Jersey [23] - Large Orthodox Jewish community, and one of US' largest populations of Hasidim.
- Las Vegas, Nevada (esp. senior citizen community Summerlin).
- Little Haifa or New Preston St., Dutchmans Lane, Almara ct. & Vivian ave, Southeast of Highlands neighborhood, Louisville, Kentucky, (Louisville's only majority Jewish neighborhood and the pulse of Louisville's Jewish community).
- Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City (historic) - NYC is world's largest Jewish community outside Israel (10-20% of Jewish faith or descent, or 1.1-1.5 million observant Jews).
- Marcus Jewish Community, Atlanta Georgia.
- Montgomery, Alabama - many of German, Romanian and Russian origin.
- Palm Desert, California - 10 to 20% are of Jewish faith or descent.[24]
- Park La Brea, Los Angeles.
- Petaluma, California - similar percentage community in CA.[25]
- Pine Bush, New York.
- Riverdale, Bronx, New York City.
- Salt Lake City, Utah - est. 10,000 in city, main concentration in Sugarhouse.
- Shaker Heights, Ohio - a Quaker or Shaker settlement, it has large Jewish population, as well African-American, Latino and Asian communities.
- Skokie, Illinois - large Jewish community, including many Holocaust survivors in the late 20th century.
- South Florida, California and Colorado have large Jewish communities, many are seasonal or retirement.
- Sun City, Arizona - largely senior citizen community near Phoenix.
- Thousand Oaks, California - Also has Arab and Persian/Iranian population.
- Tulsa, Oklahoma - est. 10,000 in city, main concentration in Southern Hills.
- Westwood, Los Angeles and throughout West Los Angeles.
Louisiana Creole/Cajun/Louisiana People
- Chicago, Illinois.
- "Frenchtown" Houston, TX.
- Los Angeles, California.
- Lower Ninth Ward, New Orleans - Black/African-Americans of Louisiana Creole culture.
- Mobile, Alabama.
Lithuania
- Burbank, California had a Lithuanian colony since the 1940s.
- Inglewood, California also Basques, Italians and Portuguese.
- Lithuania Plaza, Chicago.
- "Lithuanian Village", Cleveland.
- Presque Isle, Maine.
Luxembourg
- Naperville, Illinois - also Liechtenstein residents.
- Port Washington, Wisconsin.
- St. Donatus, Iowa.
Malta
- The Junction, Toronto, Ontario. Little Malta is in the western part of this Toronto neighbourhood.
- San Pedro, Los Angeles - largest Maltese community in US.
Netherlands
- Eastown, Grand Rapids.
- Fulton, Illinois.
- Holland, Michigan.
- Lathrop, California and San Joaquin County.
- Little Chute, Wisconsin.
- Lynden, Washington.
- Morrison, Illinois.
- Nederland, Texas.
- Northern New Jersey and Upstate New York had some Mohawk Dutch speakers until the 1930s.
- Pella, Iowa.
- Rio Vista, California.
- Roseland Park, Detroit.
- Roseland, Chicago.
- Southern California: Artesia and surrounding areas (known as "Dairy Valley" in the 1950s) and Ontario known as "Dairyland", also has many Portuguese and Basques.
- Wilshire Park, Los Angeles.
- Zeeland, Michigan.
Poland
- Adams, Massachusetts.
- Cheektowaga, New York.
- Detroit metro area - Hamtramck and Highland Park.
- Dorchester, Massachusetts.
- Fontana, California - transplants from Midwest US in former Kaiser steel mill.
- Little Poland, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York.
- Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago.
- Newmarket, New Hampshire.
- Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Poland, Maine.
- Poletown, Detroit, Michigan.
- Polish Hill, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Port Richmond, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Roncesvalles Village, Toronto, Ontario.
- Slavic Village, Cleveland, Ohio.
- South Boston, Massachusetts - also has many Irish, Albanian and Portuguese.
- Warsaw, North Dakota.
Portugal
- Little Brazil, Manhattan, New York (Inhabited by many Portuguese-speaking countries' communities, mainly Portuguese and Brazilian).
- Little Italy, San Diego - the San Diego area has many Portuguese.
- Little Portugal, Newark, New Jersey (Ironbound section).
- Little Portugal, San Jose, California.
- Little Portugal, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California.
- Little Portugal, West Los Angeles - Portuguese, more Brazilians and Latin Americans.
- Long Beach, California.
- Newport Beach, California.
- New England -
- Oakland, California.
- Ontario, California.
- Ontario, Canada -
- Pointe du Dana, Dana Point, California.
- Point Loma, San Diego, California.
- Port Hueneme, California.
- Portuguese Bend, California in the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
Romania
- Montgomery, Alabama.
- Palmdale, California.
- Romanian Village, Cleveland, Ohio (large communities of Romanians, Bulgarians, Hungarians, Poles, Lithuanians and Greeks).
Russia
- Berlin, New Hampshire.
- Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York City, a.k.a. "Little Odessa" and "Odessa-by-the-Sea".
- Little Moscow, Miami, Florida.
- Little Moscow in Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California.
- Lynnwood, Washington.
- Petite Russie, Côte Saint Luc, Quebec - in-island suburb of Montreal with significant concentration of Russian-speaking population which built up third largest linguistic community after English and French, including Russian Jews.
- Russian Village in Arvada, Colorado. Allendale neighborhood.
- Little Russia, San Francisco. The Russian Hill neighborhood of San Francisco does not contain significant Russian presence.
- Little Moscow, Toronto, Ontario - between Wilson Avenue and Finch Avenue on Bathurst Street. There is also a large Jewish population in the area.
- West Hollywood, California.
Scandinavia
- Ballard, Seattle, Washington (historic).
- Benson, Minnesota (Norwegian).
- Danetown/South End, Council Bluffs, Iowa (Danish-historic).
- Gimli, Manitoba (Icelandic).
- Granby, Connecticut (historic Swedish).
- Kingsburg, California (Swedish).
- Lindsborg, Kansas (Swedish).
- Little Finland, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
- Little Scandinavia, San Francisco, California (historic; now the Castro District).
- Maine Swedish Colony, Aroostook County, Maine.
- Mount Horeb, Wisconsin (Norwegian).
- Payson, Utah (large number of Scandinavian descendants of Danish, Norwegian and Swedish origin).
- Poulsbo, Washington (Known as Little Norway, large minority of current population of Norwegian descent).
- Sointula, British Columbia (historic).
- Solvang, California (Danish).
- Starbuck, Minnesota (Norwegian).
- Stoughton, Wisconsin (Norwegian).
- Sveadal near Morgan Hill, California (entirely Swedish-American community).
- Swede Hollow, Saint Paul, Minnesota (historic Swedish).
- Westby, Wisconsin (Norwegian).
- West End, Winnipeg (historic).
Serbia
- Biddeford, Maine.
- Boyle Heights, Los Angeles (historic, Serbian-Americans moved out in 1940s-50s).
- Cherokee Street, St. Louis, Missouri - also Croats and Bosnians.
- Chicago, Illinois and Gary, Indiana have large Serbian immigrant and 3rd-5th generation communities.
- Delano, California - large Yugoslav (including Croatian) presence.
- New York City - Serbian and Yugoslav communities.
- The Castro, San Francisco - in decline in 1940s-50s, also had many Irish and Scandinavians.
Slovenia
- Eveleth, Minnesota.
- Potrero Hill, San Francisco (Slovene Hill).
- St. Vitus Village, Cleveland (Slovenian Village).
Spain
- Bakersfield, California.
- Basque Block, Boise, Idaho.
- Camarillo, California (in ventura county).
- Chino, California (mostly Basque).
- Eskdale, Utah (Basque).
- Little Spain, Manhattan, New York City.
- Miami, Florida - European Spanish community.
- Reno, Nevada - mostly Basque.
- Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- Tampa, Florida - since the late 1800s.
Sweden
- Andersonville, Chicago, Illinois.
- Historic-now defunct Swedish communities in New York City esp. in Harlem, Manhattan.
- Worcester, Massachusetts.
Switzerland
Ukraine
- Alberta and British Columbia, Canada (see Doukhobors).
- Bloor West Village, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Eringate – Centennial – West Deane, Toronto, Ontario.
- Humber Heights - Westmount, Toronto, Ontario.
- Little Ukraine, Cleveland (Parma).
- Little Ukraine, Manhattan, New York (Ukrainian).
- Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada (see Ukrainian Canadian).
- North Dakota and South Dakota, USA (see Ukrainian American).
- Ukrainian Village, Chicago.
- Valle del Guadalupe (Guadalupe Valley, Baja California, Mexico) - also has Russians.
- West Hollywood, California. (limited) Many more in Los Angeles.
- Winnipeg, Manitoba - large Ukrainian colonies in Central Canada.
United Kingdom
- Bermuda - island close to the eastern USA.
- Grass Valley, California.
- Kelowna, British Columbia.
- New York City (150,000 British expatriates).
- Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Victoria, British Columbia.
- West Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Westmount, Montreal, Quebec.
(Cornwall)
- Grass Valley, California.
- Mineral Point, Wisconsin.
- Newfoundland, Canada (also many Irish, Scots and Welsh descent).
- Pachuca, Mexico (large Cornish-British colony).
- Tangier Island, Virginia.
(Scotland)
- Across Appalachia - including Scotch Irish descent.
- Eastern Oklahoma - and the Arkansas Ozarks.
- Grass Valley, California.
- Throughout Nova Scotia, Canada, where there was historically Gaelic speakers.
- Payson, Arizona.
- Payson, Utah - part of large British or English descendant population.
- Prescott, Arizona.
- Scottsdale, Arizona.
(Wales)
- Grass Valley, California.
- Jackson County, Ohio.
- Malad City, Idaho.
- North Wales, Pennsylvania.
- Welch, West Virginia - once the largest Welsh community in the US before the town shrank in size in the late 20th century.
Middle East and Central Asia
Afghanistan
- Little Kabul, Fremont, California (the largest Afghan population in the United States in 2001). Also in nearby Hayward.
- Los Angeles suburbs in Southern California: Lawndale - 5% Afghan, sizable community.
- Orange County, California - centered in Irvine.
- Ventura County, California - Afghans and Iranians relocated to the area
- Washington, DC- Northern Virginia area - Afghan refugees arrived in the 1980s.
Arab World
- Anaheim, California.
- "Arabia Street", West Los Angeles.
- Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, a lot of Yemeni and Palestinian people.
- Bell, California, small population of Lebanese.
- Buffalo, New York metropolitan area, esp. Yemenis in Lackawanna.
- Calipatria, California - historic Arab-American community.
- Casa de Oro, Spring Valley, California (Iraqi).
- Dallas, Texas metro area.
- The Southend Dearborn, Michigan- Established immigrant community prominently Yemeni neighborhood, formally "Little Syria", may be largest Arab-American community.
- Metro Detroit and Dearborn, Michigan Arab Ethnic Suburb "Ethnoburb", most condensed Arab population in the U.S.
- Dover, New Hampshire (Lebanese).
- El Cajon, California (Iraqi) - see Little Baghdad.
- Flint, Michigan - largest Palestinian-American community.
- Gallup, New Mexico - a community of 1,000 Arab Americans, 600-800 thought to be Palestinians.
- Indio, California (historic, there was an "Arab street").
- La Mesa, California (Iraqi, Iranian and Chaldean or Assyrian peoples).
- Little Arabia (Anaheim, California) aka "Little Gaza" for Palestinian and also Syrian immigrants.
- Little Arabia, Tustin Avenue, Orange, California - also has Iranians.
- Little Arabia, Albany Park, Chicago, Illinois.
- Little Egypt, Astoria, Queens consists of a lot Moroccan and Egyptian people.
- Little Gaza, in West Anaheim, Anaheim. a.k.a. "West Bank of Anaheim" named for the West Bank of Palestine. [citation needed]
- Little Maghreb, Montreal, Quebec.
- Little Palestine, Bridgeview, Illinois.
- South Paterson/Little Ramallah, Paterson, New Jersey and Clifton, New Jersey.
- Little Syria, Manhattan Centered on St. George Melkite & St.Joseph Maronite Churches around Washington St. south of Fulton St. Between the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and 1960s World Trade Center Projects, little physical evidence remains of the community. Today, Syrians and other Arabs live throughout New York City, esp. Brooklyn.
- Metairie, Louisiana.
- Oklahoma - esp Oklahoma City and Tulsa, they arrived in the state in the 1970s.
- Peoria, Illinois. Large population of Lebanese.
- River Oaks, Houston, Texas - Arabs and Iranians. They form large populations in Houston area.
- Wisconsin (as well the Dakotas and Minnesota have large Lebanese communities).
Armenia
- East Washington Village, Pasadena, California.
- Glendale, California (Armenian American cultural center) and nearby Atwater Village, Los Angeles.
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.
- Las Vegas, Nevada - Large Armenian population.
- Little Armenia, Los Angeles, California.
- Little Armenia, Watertown, Massachusetts.
- Little Armenia, Dudemaine Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California.
- Montebello, California - Armenian genocide memorial monument.
- Northern New Jersey as well in New York City has Armenian community.
- Old Armenian Town, Fresno, California.
- Palm Desert, California in the Palm Springs area.
- Phoenix, Arizona - Armenians are a sizable ethnic component.
- Tujunga, Los Angeles, California.
Azerbaijan
- California - Greater Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay Area - the first largest Azerbaijani communities in the United States.
- Chicago, Illinois - in this city live 30,000 native from Iran (mostly Azerbaijani).
- Houston, Texas - one of the largest diaspora organizations in the United States.
- New Jersey - mainly in Newark, in the same city the first Azerbaijani community was founded in 1957.
- New York City, New York - Predominantly Queens and Brooklyn.
- Toronto, Ontario - in this city have a largest Azerbaijani Canadian community.
- Vancouver, British Columbia - the second largest Azerbaijani population in Canada.
Iran
- Beverly Hills, California, large number of Iranian/Persian Jews.
- Calabasas, California sizable number of Iranians/Persians - near the San Fernando Valley.
- Encino, California, moderate population of Iranians (South and West [San Fernando] Valley known as "Little Iran").
- Irvine, California in Orange County.
- Lawndale, California, small population of Iranians and Afghans.
- Little Persia, Los Angeles, California, in Westwood, Los Angeles, California (Iranian) also known as "Tehrangeles" partially named for Tehran, Iran. [citation needed]
- Orange, California - also with Arabs in the city.
- Reseda, California - large Iranian community.
- Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. Large population of Iranians/Persians.
- Sherman Oaks, California - Known for large Iranian presence.
- Tarzana, California. Large population of Iranians/Persians.
- Westlake Village, California. Moderately sizable population of Iranians/Persians.
- Woodland Hills, California. Major number of Iranians/Persians.
Iraq
- Assyrian District, northern Chicago, Illinois.
- Chaldean Town, Detroit, Michigan - No longer prominently Chaldean.
- Chicago, Illinois - Iraqi community known as "Chiraq".
- El Cajon, California - Largest Chaldean/Assyrian enclave outside of Iraq.
- La Mesa, California in the San Diego area.
- Modesto, California, also in nearby Ceres.
- Spring Valley, California and Casa de Oro.
- West Anaheim, Anaheim, California - also other Arab-Americans.
- Beverly Hills, California and nearby West Hollywood, California.
- Burbank, California in the San Fernando Valley.
- Little Tel Aviv, Miami, Florida. More Israelis live in Los Angeles and New York City.
- San Diego, California.
- San Francisco, California - many Arabs (esp. Syrians), Israelis and American Jews.
- Atlanta, Georgia.
- Denver, Colorado.
- Houston, Texas.
- Los Angeles, California.
- San Francisco, California.
Turkey
- Boston, Massachusetts.
- Houston, Texas.
- The city of Los Angeles have more Turkish-Americans than Boston area.
- Nashville, Tennessee - also includes Kurds.
- San Francisco, California.
- Watertown, Massachusetts - largest Turkish-American community (concentration).
Latin America and Caribbean
- Adams Morgan, Washington, D.C. (Central American Hispanic, Bolivian, Peruvian and Ecuadorian).
- Anaheim, California - 46% Mexican, large Salvadoran population, and Puerto Rican community.[26]
- Arlandria, Alexandria, Virginia/Washington D.C. (Central American Hispanic, Bolivian, Peruvian and Ecuadorian).
- Aurora, Illinois (Large Hispanic population).
- Burr Street (largely Mexican-American), Indio, California.
- "Canada Latina" or "Latin American Area" - Jane St and Wilson Ave, Jane St and Sheppard Ave. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Central and South American, and others- mainly Salvadoran, Ecuadoreans, Mexicans and Peruvians).
- Central Falls, Rhode Island (at 2010 census 60.3% Hispanic, mostly Colombian and Central American).
- "Chilecito" or "Little Santiago", North Beach, San Francisco - Largest Chilean American community.
- Coachella, California (predominantly Hispanic community, town is over 40% Mexican descent and the rest Central American).
- Culver City, California - appearance of a sizable Brazilian community in the 2000s.
- Downey, California - Mexican and Central American, also Cuban and Puerto Rican.
- Escondido, California - Mexican and Central American.
- Fairhill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Farmingville, New York - large Latino percentage in this part of Long Island.
- Fontana, California - large Hispanic presence in Inland Empire, California region.
- Guadalupe, Arizona (heavily Mexican community).
- Hamilton Heights, Manhattan, New York (mostly Dominican and African American).
- Indio, California (large Mexican and Central American population).
- Jackson and Avenue 44 - most Hispanic/Latino census tract in California.
- Jackson Heights, Queens, New York.
- Langley Park, Maryland (at 2000 Census was 63% Hispanic, primarily Central American).
- Lansdale, Pennsylvania (10-15% Latino).
- Long Beach, California (Latinos are the city's plurality, in some sections, a majority).
- Los Angeles city and metro area.
- East Los Angeles, California (predominantly Latino: Mexican-49%, the rest Central American).
- Pico-Union, Los Angeles, California (many immigrants from El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras and Ecuador).
- Miami-Dade County, Florida (Miami metro area has the largest Cuban population in the US with an estimate of 1 million Cuban-American residents with a large presence of Haitians, Jamaicans, Colombians, Brazilians, Nicaraguans, Puerto Ricans and Dominicans throughout the county)[27]
- Miami Gardens, FL (Substantial presence of Bahamians, Jamaicans, Nicaraguans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Colombians, Cubans or people of these heritages).
- Miramar, FL (Large presence of Jamaicans, Haitians, Colombians, Cubans, and Trinidadians).
- Mission Viejo, California - sizable Mexican-American and Puerto Rican community.
- Montréal-Nord, Montréal, Quebec (Multi-racial, sizable Latin American community).
- New York City [28] Most Hispanics/Latinos of any US city, large Hispanic/Latino communities like Loisiada.
- Norco, California (Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American community).
- Orange County, California (30-40% Latino).
- Orem, Utah - has a Mexican community.
- Riverside County, California is about 50% Latino, esp. Mexican-American.
- Sacramento Valley - esp. Williams, California and Yuba City, California.
- Salinas, California (mainly Mexican) Ethnology of Salinas.
- San Francisco -
- Dolores, San Francisco (mainly Mexican but also significant presence of Central Americans).
- Mission District, San Francisco - Hispanic/Latino area, esp. since the 1950s, now gentrifying.
- Mission Hill, San Francisco - Californio in late 1800s/Mexican in 1900s/gentrified since 2000.
- San Mateo County, California - Chileans, Mexican-Americans and other Latins.
- San Ysidro, San Diego, California (mainly Mexican).
- Souderton, Pennsylvania (recent wave of Mexican and Latin American immigration).
- Spanish Harlem in Manhattan, New York City - historic Puerto Rican, esp between 1920 and 1970. Now has many Latin American nationalities. It is now gentrifying and more ethnic diversity.
- Sterling, Illinois (17-20% Latino).
- Tahlequah, Oklahoma - Mexican, Puerto Rican, also African-American, Japanese and Samoan, in a large Cherokee community.
- Tortilla Flat - Monterey, California (Mexican and Spanish-American, though has less Hispanic residence today).
- Tulsa, Oklahoma -
- East Tulsa, Tulsa (Mexican-Americans and Latin American immigrants).
- West Tulsa, Tulsa (Largely Mexican and other Hispanic/Latino neighborhood).
- Turley, Oklahoma near North Side, Tulsa (many Mexican immigrants).
- Windsor, Ontario - Recent Mexican immigration to the city, now has the highest percentage of Hispanic Canadians per city.
Central/South America
- Armenia Gardens Estates, Tampa, Florida (Colombian).
- Burr Street and unincorporated West Indio, California, the city itself has Old Town, a homogeneously Hispanic/Latino area.
- Chicago, Illinois (largest Hispanic city outside the Southwest US - being Los Angeles).
- Dallas, Texas - mainly the Southside and Westside.
- Doralzuela, Greater Miami, Florida (Venezuelan) - largest Venezuelan community in the US.
- Elizabeth, New Jersey, Puerto Ricans with Large presence of Colombians followed by Cubans, Peruvians, and other Central & South Americans) - Cubans present since the 1920s.
- Framingham, Massachusetts (Brazilian).
- Gary, Indiana (where Latinos are second largest ethnicity after African-Americans).
- Gulfton, Houston, Texas (Salvadorean).
- Hialeah, Florida (Large Colombian presence).
- Hispanicity, Santa Ana, California.
- Houston, Texas - the South Park section.
- Hyde Park, Los Angeles, California (Belizean).
- Indian Avenue (now Indian Canyon Drive) in Northern Palm Springs, California.
- Inglewood, California (Latin American immigration due to the nearby LAX airport).
- Katyzuela, Greater Houston, Texas (Venezuelan).
- Kendall, Florida (Large Colombian presence).
- Little Brazil, Culver City, California - may be largest Brazilian section in the US.
- 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).
- Mar Vista, Los Angeles, California and nearby Palms, Los Angeles, California - A small sizeable population of (Brazilians).
- Miami Lakes, Florida (Large Colombian presence).
- Mount Vernon, San Bernardino, California.
- New York - some of its sections have many Colombians and Brazilians.
- North side, Palm Springs, California (largely Salvadoran and Mexican).
- 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 Fernando, California - thought to be the highest percentage Hispanic/Latino city in CA (except Calexico, California on the US-Mexican border).
- 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, Florida (Many Central-South Americans, and large Cuban presence).
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada (huge Central-South American and Caribbean presence).
- Upper Fells Point, Baltimore (largely of Central American and Mexican origin, but other Latinos and ethnic 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, Bolivia and Peruvian communities).
- West and North Orange, California (Central and South American with Mexican).
- Weston, Florida (Large Venezuelan presence).
Mexico
Main Article: List of Mexican-American communities
- Agua Caliente or Dream Homes, Cathedral City, California.
- Alisal, Salinas, California.
- Atwater Village, Los Angeles, California.
- Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California.
- Capital Hill District, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
- West Dallas, Dallas, Texas.
- East Denver, Denver, Colorado.
- East Los Angeles, California, historic urban Mexican-American enclave (see Chicano).
- Elden St, Herndon, Virginia.
- Federal Boulevard, Denver, Colorado.
- Fresno, California - and Fresno County, California.
- Fruitvale, Oakland, California.
- Harbor Gateway, Los Angeles, California.
- Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Lancaster, California (Primarily in East Lancaster).
- Las Vegas, Nevada.
- Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, California.
- Logan Heights, San Diego, California (also known for Chicano Park).
- Magnolia Park, Houston, Texas.
- Mexicantown, Detroit, Michigan.
- Mission District, San Francisco, California (gentrifying).
- Mount Washington, Los Angeles, California.
- Norwalk, California.
- Nuevo, California (large Mexican percentage).
- Olvera Street, Los Angeles, California (formerly known as Sonora Town, birthplace of Los Angeles).
- Orange, California (El Modena section).
- Oxnard, California - largely from state of Oaxaca.
- Palmdale, California (Primarily in East Palmdale).
- Palm Springs, California and nearby Cathedral City, California.
- Perris, California (large Mexican percentage).
- Phoenix, Arizona and surrounding communities.
- Pico District, Santa Monica.
- Pico-Union, Los Angeles - historic Mexican, also Central American neighborhood.
- Pilsen, Chicago, Illinois.
- Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York.
- Riverside, California - esp. the East Side.
- Romoland, California (large Mexican percentage).
- San Bernardino, California.
- San Ysidro, San Diego, California on the US-Mexican border with Tijuana.
- Santa Ana, California (70-75% Latino, also has Central Americans).
- Second Ward, Houston, Texas.
- Siler City (suburban Raleigh-Durham), North Carolina.
- Silvis, Illinois (home to the Hero Street memorial of 8 Mexican-American WWII soldiers).
- South and North sides of Indio, California - also in Old Town.
- Little Village, Chicago, Illinois.
- South Los Angeles.
- South Side, St. Louis, Missouri.
- South Side, Waco, Texas.
- Spanish Harlem, Manhattan - Since the 1990s, Mexicans form a large segment of Latino neighborhood.
- "Square Mile" or Golden Mile, Cathedral City, California.
- Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York.
- 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. Fillmore and Santa Paula.
- Victorville, California.
- West Los Angeles mainly made up of a population from the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
- Westside, St. Paul, Minnesota (Mexican).
- Westside, San Antonio, Texas.
- Yuma, Arizona.
West Indies and Caribbean
- Athens, Los Angeles, California (Belizean).
- Austin, Texas (rapid growing Caribbean and other Latin American population).
- Baldwin Park, California (Cuban and Puerto Rican).
- Bellflower, California (small number of Caribbean residents).
- Blue Hills, Connecticut (23.9% Jamaican, highest Jamaican population in the US).[29]
- Boston, Massachusetts (esp. Dominicans and Jamaicans).
- Bridgeport, Connecticut (west, east, and south mix with Spanish, and Caribbean population).
- Camden, New Jersey (Puerto Rican and other Latino).
- Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida) (Jamaicans, Bahamas and Barbados).
- Connecticut - state's largest cities have many Puerto Ricans and other Latinos.
- Contra Costa County, California - Cuban and Puerto Rican communities.
- Dolores District, San Francisco - has Cuban, Dominican and Puerto Rican residents.
- Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts (Haitian and Jamaican).
- East Bay, California (San Francisco Bay area) -many Cuban, Puerto Rican and Cape Verdeans.
- East Harlem, Manhattan (historically Puerto Rican and African-American).
- East Los Angeles (once had good number of Cuban and Puerto Ricans living among Mexicans).
- East Pasadena, California (Cuban).
- East Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma (Cuban, Puerto Rican and South American).
- Eglinton West (also known as Little Jamaica), Toronto, Ontario.
- El Cajon, California (Puerto Rican). - many live in the San Diego area.
- Estacion Alameda, South Los Angeles (once Puerto Rican, Mexican and African-American).
- Fairfield, California in Solano County, California (Cubans and Puerto Ricans).
- Fontana, California (Puerto Rican).
- Hartford, Connecticut - largest Puerto Rican community in Northeast US.
- Haverstraw (village), New York (Dominican).
- Hazleton, Pennsylvania (Cuban, Puerto Rican and other Latins).
- Hialeah, Florida (Cuban) - 90% Hispanic/Latino.
- Holyoke, Massachusetts (Puerto Rican).
- Hunting Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Puerto Rican, Dominican and increasingly from Central and South America).
- Hyde Park, Los Angeles, California (Belizean).
- Inwood, Manhattan, New York (Dominican).
- Lancaster, California-Palmdale, California (Puerto Rican and Cuban).
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Puerto Rican).
- Lauderhill, FL (Jamaican, Haitian, and other Caribbean nationalities).
- Lauderdale Lakes, FL (Jamaican, Haitian, and other Caribbean nationalities).
- Lawrence, Massachusetts (Dominican).
- Little Haiti, Miami, Florida (Haitian).
- Little Havana, Miami, Florida, (Beginning at Calle Ocho, Cuban).
- Little Jamaica, Toronto, Ontario - largest Caribbean community in Canada.
- Loisaida, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York (Hispanic in the late 20th century) - esp. Puerto Rican, now gentrifying.
- Mattapan, Boston, Massachusetts (Haitian).
- Melrose Park, FL (Jamaican).
- Mexican or Latino-Byzantine Quarter, Los Angeles (also had Puerto Ricans).
- New Orleans, Louisiana has Cuban, Dominican and Honduran communities.
- Newark, New Jersey (Spanish, Puerto Rican and later Caribbean, Central and South American).
- 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, as well Puerto Rican and increasingly Mexican neighborhoods).[30]
- San Diego, California (many Cubans and Puerto Ricans).
- Sleepy Hollow, New York (many Caribbean, Central and South American residents).
- South Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Dominican).
- Southern California -
- Baldwin Park, California.
- Culver City, California.
- Downey, California.
- El Monte, California.
- Huntington Park, California - some Puerto Rican and Caribbean residents.
- La Puente, California.
- Norwalk, California.
- Pasadena, California.
- Pico Rivera, California.
- South El Monte, California.
- Temple City, California.
- Whittier, California.
All are largest Belizean, Cuban and Puerto Rican communities in California, respectively, all in Los Angeles area.
- Spanish Harlem, Manhattan, New York (Puerto Rican and today, Mexican/Dominican/Cuban).
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Many Puerto Ricans in the city).
- Stamford, Connecticut (Puerto Rican).
- Sunnymead, California - Moreno Valley, California (Puerto Rican).
- Temecula, California - rising number of Puerto Rican and many more Mexican residents.
- Texas City, Texas (Cuban and Puerto Rican) - many live in the Houston, Texas area.
- Union Station, Los Angeles (history of Puerto Rican and Mexican-American neighborhoods).
- Union City, New Jersey - center of Hispanic esp. Cuban-Americans in NYC metro area.
- Valencia, California - Santa Clarita, California (Puerto Rican and Mexican).
- Vallejo, California (sizable Caribbean as well Cape Verdean population).
- Vermont Square, Los Angeles, California (Belizean).
- Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York (Dominican).
- Westchester, Florida (65.69% Cuban, highest Cuban population in the US)[31]
- Weston, Ontario - a neighbourhood in Toronto with Caribbean immigrants.
- Westside Simi Valley, California - Puerto Rican and Mexican.
- West Tampa, (Cuban) - second to Miami, FL in Cuban-Americans.
- West Tulsa, Oklahoma - Puerto Ricans and Mexicans.
- Ybor City, Tampa, Florida (Cuban and Jamaican, but has some Dominicans and Puerto Ricans, and historically had many Spaniards, Portuguese and Cape Verdeans, Italians and Greeks).
- York, Pennsylvania (Puerto Rican).
- New York City :[citation needed]
- Parts of the Bronx, NYC.[clarification needed]
- Bushwick Largest Puerto Rican population in Brooklyn.
- Flatbush, Crown Heights, Flat Lands, Canarsie, and parts of Brooklyn, NY (the largest Caribbean population in the northeast coast, if not all the USA).
- Harlem (West side) (Edgecomb, Amsterdam, St. Nick and Park.), NY (small Caribbean community, mostly Jamaican).
- Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY (80% Jamaican, and other Caribbean islands) extending into Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
Others
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Americans (US)
Ethnic enclaves: Ajijic and the Lake Chapala region, Mexico; Los Cabos, Baja California; Puerto Vallarta; Cancun; Tijuana, and many others. (see Americans in Mexico).
Australia
- Little Australias are spread all over the United States and Canada
- California: Los Angeles; Aliso Viejo; Cerritos; Long Beach; Oceanside; San Francisco; Fairfield-Vallejo and Torrance.
- Washington state: Seattle and Tacoma, Washington.
- New York City.
Canada
Anglophones
Seasonal residents known as "Snowbirds" are in Florida, the Carolinas, Gulf Coast of the United States, South Texas, Arizona, Las Vegas, Nevada and Southern California.
- 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 the late 20th century).
- Quebec South in Hollywood, Florida (seasonal migration and retirement community by French-Canadians since the 1980s).
- Lewiston, Maine.
- Auburn, Maine.
- Biddeford, Maine.
- Saco, Maine.
- Old Orchard Beach, Maine.
- Sanford, Maine.
- Augusta, Maine.
- Bangor, Maine.
- Portland, Maine.
- Aroostook County, Maine.
- Somerset County, Maine.
- Franklin County, Maine.
- Lowell, Massachusetts.
- Lawrence, Massachusetts.
- Haverhill, Massachusetts.
- Methuen, Massachusetts.
- Fall River, Massachusetts.
- Holyoke, Massachusetts.
- Detroit, Michigan metro area.
- Manchester, New Hampshire - The West-side (Ste. Marie, Sacré-Coeur, St. Jean Baptiste, and St. Edmund parishes) and the inner East-side (St. Georges, St. Antoine, St. Augustin, and Ste. Therese parishes).
- Nashua, New Hampshire.
- Berlin, New Hampshire.
- Dover, New Hampshire.
- Somersworth, New Hampshire.
- Rochester, New Hampshire.
- Newmarket, New Hampshire.
- New York City (small but present French-Canadian community).
- Warwick, Rhode Island.
- Woonsocket, Rhode Island - thought to be the largest Quebec or French-Canadian community in the US. [citation needed]
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- Urban Indians, communities developed by small enclaves of Native Americans/First Nations 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.
Some moderate-sized cities and suburbs lie adjacent to Indian Reservations, examples being Asheville, North Carolina; Billings, Montana; Bismarck, North Dakota; Green Bay, Wisconsin; Muskogee, Oklahoma; Pierre, South Dakota; Rapid City, South Dakota; Sedona, Arizona; Tacoma, Washington; and Wenatchee, Washington. A mostly non-Indian community of Salamanca, New York within the Allegany Indian Reservation located in Upstate New York.
- Albuquerque, New Mexico - 8th largest, Pueblo peoples.
- Anadarko, Oklahoma - see Indian City USA.
- 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.
- Gallup, New Mexico - near the Navajo Nation, Zuni and Hopi tribes.
- Hartford, Connecticut - home to 3 nearby large tribal gaming casino establishments- two are Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun.
- 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 in the Kansas City metro area.
- Los Angeles - Now thought to have the largest Native American population of any US city - esp. of Cherokee descent.
- Miami, Florida - nearby Seminole reservations with gaming casinos.
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Has an urban Indian school and intertribal cultural center in downtown Milwaukee.
- Minneapolis, Minnesota - Birthplace of the American Indian Movement, a political organization in the 1960s.
- New York City - 2nd largest (over 100,000). In the early 20th century, Mohawks were hired in skyscraper construction projects. The Mohawks originate in Upstate New York primarily in the Albany area.
- Oklahoma City - 4th largest, Oklahoma itself is up to 10% Native American.
- Omaha, Nebraska - Many Lakota (Sioux) and Navajo people live in the city, NA population could exceed 10,000.
- Palm Springs, California - home of one of 3 wealthiest Indian tribes - the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians with 2 gaming casinos in resort town.
- Pechanga Indian Reservation in Temecula, California which has a gaming casino.
- Pembroke, North Carolina - Lumbee tribe.
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - In the Lenapehoking section of West Philadelphia and "Little Oklahoma" [dubious – discuss] section in Northeast Philadelphia.
- Phoenix, Arizona - 6th largest facing the Gila River and Salt River Indian Reservations, and downtown has many Apache, Hopi, Navajo and Zuni people.
- Sacramento, California - 50 miles west is the Degandineh Quetzalcoatl University, an American Indian private college.
- San Bernardino, California - the affluent, one square mile San Manuel Indian Reservation, with a tribal gaming casino.
- San Diego, California - Also the US Armed Forces employment of many American Indians.
- San Francisco and San Francisco Bay area - 9th largest, mainly in Oakland.
- San Joaquin Valley: Bakersfield, California and Fresno, California areas - Dust bowl era (1930s) displacement of Cherokee and Comanche tribes in the agricultural industry.
- Seattle - Named for Chief Seattle of the indigenous Snohomish tribe.
- Spokane, Washington - 10th largest, has the Spokane Indian Reservation by the city.
- Tahlequah, Oklahoma - Seat of the Cherokee Nation, between 25-35% Cherokee.
- Tucson, Arizona - 7th largest, Tohono O'odham people.
- Tulsa, Oklahoma - 5th largest, large Cherokee, Creek people and Osage population.
- Washington, DC - 3rd largest, similar Native American community in Baltimore.
- Yakima, Washington - In its metro area, has several tribes and the Yakima Indian Reservation.
- North End, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - Large aboriginal population - see also Metis people.
- California: Black's Beach Santa Monica; Carson and Compton; Cerritos; East Palo Alto; Hawaiian Gardens; Long Beach; Los Angeles; Oceanside; San Francisco (Bayview-Hunters Point, Sunnydale and Pacific Heights); Fairfield-Vallejo; Spring Valley (San Diego); Spring Valley; and Torrance.
- Euless, Texas - largest of its size outside the western US.
- Hawaii (see Native Hawaiians).
- Kansas City Metropolitan area.
- Salt Lake City, Utah - many Pacific Islanders are Mormon in religion.
- Springdale, Arkansas (sizable Marshallese community).
- Tulsa, Oklahoma has sizable Polynesian and Micronesian populations.
- Washington state: Seattle and Tacoma, Washington.
- Yamato Colony, Florida - although minuscule in Florida, many Hawaiians and Japanese live there. See also Yamato Colony, California similarly settled by Hawaiians and Japanese immigrants.
- sporadically in Alaska, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and Texas.
See also Samoans and Guamanians.
Seventh-day Adventists (religious group communities and concentrations)
- Battle Creek, Michigan - Eastern US church HQ and Andrews University.
- Loma Linda, California - Church HQ and Loma Linda University.
- Riverside, California - La Sierra University.
Other cultural communities
- Centerville, Fremont, California and Tara Hills, California are thought to be the most Roman Catholic communities in the USA, as well a history of Roman Catholicism in large percentages in Maryland.
- Gay village, an urban enclave centered on sexual orientation rather than ethnicity. Examples are the Castro District, San Francisco; Greenwich Village in New York City, South Beach in Miami, Florida; Le Village in Montreal, Quebec, Canada ; the Gayborhood, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the South End, Boston; Capitol Hill, Seattle, Washington; Silver Lake, Los Angeles; West Adams, Los Angeles (a.k.a. the 'Black' West Hollywood); West Hollywood, California; Long Beach, California; Laguna Beach, California and Palm Springs, California. [citation needed]
- Mormon Corridor - Areas and communities settled by a large background of Mormons practicing the faith of Mormonism in the late half of the 19th century, esp. in the state of Utah where Mormons are the majority of the state's population (about 70-75%) and dispersed throughout the Western United States. [citation needed]
- 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. One such group Deaf Americans are hearing impaired and activists claim they're an ethnicity, not a disability. [citation needed]
- Retirement community, based on age (senior citizens over 55 years old) rather than ethnicity; found especially in Florida, the U.S. Gulf Coast and Arizona.
- 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, where there's a similar but private (closed to the public) community on Araby road, and one in Corona, California - all 3 are residences of retired movie actors. [citation needed]
see also
- Block Settlement, in Canada, a rural equivalent to an urban ethnic neighborhood.
- Demographics of California.
- Demographics of Los Angeles.
- New York City ethnic enclaves.
- Multiculturalism.
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