Argentine American
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| Argentine American Argentino Estadounidense |
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| Notable Argentine Americans: 'Julie Gonzalo' - 'Fernando Caldeiro' - 'Lorenzo Lamas'   |
| Total population |
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90,864
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| Regions with significant populations |
| Florida (mainly South Florida) · California · Illinois · Northeast US (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut) · are the largest Argentine American communities |
| Languages |
| American English · Argentine Spanish Italian · German · French |
| Religion |
| · Roman Catholic (Predominantly) · Protestant · Jewish · Agnostic · Atheist |
| Related ethnic groups |
| Italians · Spaniards · White Hispanics · Mestizos[2][3] · French · German People · Irish · English • Welsh · Slavic people · Argentine Jews/History of the Jews in Argentina (Ashkenazi Jews) · Minorities such as Asian-Argentines and Cape Verdean Argentines (Afro-Argentine) |
Argentine Americans citizens of the United States although not all U.S born, from the southeast South American nation of Argentina.
Argentines are just one of over 20 Hispanic national groups — Argentina being the largest Hispanic country located in South America. While other U.S. citizens or residents with national origins in any of the Hispanic countries of Latin America may be closely related to Spaniards in language and culture, Argentine Americans show as much Italian as Spanish influence, which is noticeable (for example) in the Rioplatense Spanish dialect of the natives of Buenos Aires and the southern littoral region. There are also other European influences like German, French, Polish and British. The population includes Argentine Amerindians such as the Mapuche.[4]
As in many regions in Latin America, a large portion of the population of Argentina is of European descent [1][2], mostly of Spanish and Italian stock. There are also significant German, British, French, Slavic, and Semitic origins. Also, many Argentines- close to 56%- possess Amerindian ancestry on either paternal or maternal lineages.[5][3] Argentines (just like Americans) don't take the nationality as an ethnicity, but they identify themselves with both, their nationality and their family's origins.[citation needed]
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[edit] US communities with high percentages of people of Argentine ancestry
The top 101 US communities with the highest percentage of people claiming Argentine ancestry (and/or born in Argentina) are:[6]
- Miami Beach, FL 4.4%
- Sunny Isles Beach, FL 4.1%
- Plantation Mobile Home Park, FL 4.0%
- Bay Harbor Islands, FL 3.5%
- North Bay Village, FL 3.4%
- Key Biscayne, FL 3.4%
- Deer Park, CA 3.3%
- Harbor Hills, NY 3.0%
- Surfside, FL 2.6%
- Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL 2.4%
- Acton, CA 2.3%
- Aventura, FL 2.1%
- Islandia, NY 2.0%
- The Crossings, FL 2.0%
- Thomaston, NY 1.9%
- Ojus, FL 1.9%
- Doral, FL 1.8%
- East Richmond Heights, CA 1.7%
- Lebanon, IL 1.6%
- Mayland-Pleasant Hill, TN 1.5%
- Sunnyslope, CA 1.4%
- Herricks, NY 1.4%
- La Habra Heights, CA 1.4%
- Lawrenceville, NJ 1.3%
- Cutler, FL 1.3%
- Gardiner, NY 1.2%
- Miami Shores, FL 1.2%
- Flower Hill, NY 1.2%
- Groton Long Point, CT 1.2%
- Signal Hill, CA 1.1%
- Watermill, NY 1.1%
- Sheldon, TX 1.1%
- North Westside, FL 1.1%
- Fountainbleau, FL 1.1%
- Miami Springs, FL 1.1%
- Plymouth, VT 1.1%
- Cabazon, CA 1.0%
- Shrub Oak, NY 1.0%
- Kendall, FL 1.0%
- Forest Home, NY 1.0%
- West Brattleboro, VT 0.9%
- Sea Ranch Lakes, FL 0.9%
- Harrison, NJ 0.9%
- Lemont, PA 0.9%
- Westwood Lakes, FL 0.9%
- Bal Harbour, FL 0.9%
- Clover Hill, MD 0.9%
- Kings Point, NY 0.9%
- Wildwood, NJ 0.9%
- Ives Estates, FL 0.9%
- St. James, NC 0.9%
- The Hammocks, FL 0.8%
- Far Hills, NJ 0.8%
- Plandome Heights, NY 0.8%
- Lake Almanor Country Club, CA 0.8%
- Coral Gables, FL 0.8%
- Greensboro, VT 0.8%
- Dunellen, NJ 0.8%
- Country Club, FL 0.8%
- Westlake Village, CA 0.8%
- Morton, TX 0.8%
- Sea Cliff, NY 0.8%
- Winsted, CT 0.8%
- Golden Beach, FL 0.8%
- Weston, FL 0.8%
- Unionville, NY 0.8%
- River Vale, NJ 0.8%
- Terramuggus, CT 0.7%
- Kendale Lakes-Lindgren Acres, FL 0.7%
- Kensington, NY 0.7%
- Lansing, NY 0.7%
- Kendall-Perrine, FL 0.7%
- South Miami, FL 0.7%
- Wimberley, TX 0.7%
- Tomball, TX 0.7%
- Meiners Oaks, CA 0.7%
- Tuckahoe, NY 0.7%
- Boca Del Mar, FL 0.7%
- Riverbend, WA 0.7%
- Kendall West, FL 0.7%
- Tamiami, FL 0.7%
- Cabin John, MD 0.7%
- Seven Corners, VA 0.7%
- Whiteman AFB, MO 0.7%
- South Kensington, MD 0.7%
- Palmetto Estates, FL 0.7%
- Terra Mar, FL 0.7%
- Raymond, NH 0.7%
- Jaffrey, NH 0.7%
- Hallandale Beach, FL 0.7%
- Unalaska, AK 0.7%
- Elsah, IL 0.6%
- Rio Rico Northeast, AZ 0.6%
- Hidden Hills, CA 0.6%
- Silverhill, AL 0.6%
- Pawling, NY 0.6%
- Calverton, MD 0.6%
- Solvang, CA 0.6%
- Roseland, NJ 0.6%
- Baxter Estates, NY 0.6%
- North Bethesda, MD 0.6%
[edit] Notable Argentine Americans
- Andrés Cantor
- Jacqueline Obradors
- Carlos Alazraqui
- Lorenzo Lamas
- César Pelli
- Martin Gramatica
- Andres Oppenheimer
- Pablo Mastroeni
- Alexis Bledel, Mexican and Argentine American actress.
- Fernando Caldeiro
- Julie Gonzalo
- Claudio Reyna
- Yolanda Garner
[edit] See also
- Argentine British
- Hispanics in the United States
- Demographics of Argentina
- White Hispanic
- White Latin American
[edit] Resources
- ^ 2000 Census population
- ^ http://www.clarin.com/diario/2005/01/16/sociedad/s-03415.htm
- ^ http://coleccion.educ.ar/coleccion/CD9/contenidos/sobre/pon3/index.html
- ^ (Spanish) http://www.indec.mecon.ar/nuevaweb/cuadros/2/ECPI_res_generales_junio2006.pdf
- ^ http://coleccion.educ.ar/coleccion/CD9/contenidos/sobre/pon3/index.html
- ^ http://www.city-data.com/top2/h151.html |title=Top 101 cities with the most residents born in Argentina (population 500+) |publisher=city-data.com |accessdate=2008-07-16}}
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