Guatemalan American
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A Guatemalan American is an American of Guatemalan decent. The number of Guatemalans in the U.S. in 2005 was estimated by the US Census Bureau at 758,898 +/- 37,568[1], while the International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimated it at about 1.10 million, according to James Smith of Inforpress Centroamericana[2].
[edit] US communities with high percentages of people of Guatemalan ancestry
The top 25 US communities with the highest percentage of people claiming Guatemalan ancestry are:[3]
- Georgetown, Delaware 21.60%
- Ellijay, Georgia 17.17%
- Brewster, New York 15.03%
- Langley Park, Maryland 11.26%
- Green Forest, Arkansas 8.35%
- Chamblee, Georgia 7.44%
- Buena Vista, Georgia 7.27%
- Collinsville, Alabama 7.12%
- Indiantown, Florida 7.10%
- Both the town and village of Mount Kisco, New York 6.58%
- Central Falls, Rhode Island 6.35%
- Trion, Georgia 6.17%
- Schuyler, Nebraska 5.83%
- Cedartown, Georgia 5.59%
- Morganton, North Carolina 5.46%
- Fairview, New Jersey 5.45%
- Canton, Georgia 5.18%
- Monterey, Tennessee 5.08%
- Lexington, Nebraska 4.89%
- Lake Worth, Florida 4.87%
- Immokalee, Florida 4.36%
- Tice, Florida 4.21%
- Carthage, Missouri 4.06%
- Siler City, North Carolina 3.96%
- Jamesport, New York 3.87%
[edit] References
- ^ "2005 American Community Survey: Race and Hispanic or Latino", U.S. Census Bureau, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-12-01.
- ^ James Smith, Inforpress Centroamericana (April 2006). Guatemala: Economic Migrants Replace Political Refugees. Migration Policy Institute's Migration Information Source
- 'IOM's 2005 "Survey on Remittances and Micro-enterprises" reported a total of 1,136,175 Guatemalan citizens living abroad, of whom 97 percent lived in the United States.'.
- ^ Ancestry Map of Guatemalan Communities. Epodunk.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-26.
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