Haitian Americans

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Haitian Americans are U.S. residents or citizens of Haitian descent, many of whom are concentrated in South Florida and maintain strong cultural, linguistic, and familial ties to Haiti.

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Label Occurrences
Haitian Americans canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diaspora community
ethnic group
ancestry Haitian descent
citizenshipStatus may be U.S. citizens
may be U.S. permanent residents
may be undocumented immigrants
concentratedIn Atlanta metropolitan area
linked to: Atlanta

Boston metropolitan area
linked to: Greater Boston

Broward County, Florida
Chicago metropolitan area
Fort Myers metropolitan area
Miami metropolitan area
New Jersey
New York City
Orlando metropolitan area
linked to: Orlando

Palm Beach County, Florida
South Florida
countryOfResidence United States
culturalInstitution Haitian churches in the United States
Haitian community centers in the United States
culturalTie Haitian culture
diasporaRelation Haitian diaspora
economicSector healthcare workforce in the United States
service industry in the United States
small business ownership in the United States
ethnicOrigin Haiti
familyTie transnational families between the United States and Haiti
language English
French
Haitian Creole
linguisticTie Haitian Creole
maintainsTiesWith Haiti
media Haitian Creole-language newspapers in the United States
Haitian Creole-language radio in the United States
migrationWave post-1957 Haitian migration to the United States
notableMigrationEvent 1980 Mariel and Haitian boatlift era
post-2010 Haiti earthquake migration
notableMigrationPeriod 1970s
1980s
recognizedAs Haitian American community
relatedGroup Afro-Caribbean Americans
Black Americans
Caribbean Americans
Haitian Canadians
religion Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
Vodou
remittanceDestination Haiti
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

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