Chilean American

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Chilean Americans are a group of 68,849 people who emmigrated from Chile and their descendants. Nearly 14,000 Chilenos live in both Florida and California while thousands more--16,330 live in the New England states of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut combined. Of the 857,781 Chilean expats around the globe 13.3% (114,084) live in the United States;[1] there are many other sizeable immigrant communities in Argentina, Sweden, Australia, and other European countries.

Most Chileans emmigrated to the United States as political asylees and refugees during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, his régime was installed with the help of a CIA backed coup d'état of democratically elected socialism Salvador Allende which caused many people to flee the country. It is somewhat ironic that many Chileans fled to the United States. This includes Ariel Dorfman who was a member of Allende's cabinet and now teaches at Duke University in North Carolina.

The California cities of Belmont, San Carlos, and Menlo Park were founded by Chilean immigrants and San Francisco's landmark Northbeach neighborhood was previously the Little Santiago neighborhood.

1 Chilean Populations
2 Notable Chilean Americans
3 See Also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Chilean Populations

California: 13,550
- San Francisco/San José Bay Area (San Francisco, Alameda, Santa Clara, San Mateo counties): 2,473
  - Alameda County: 719
  - Santa Clara County: 775
  - San Francisco County: 405
  - San Mateo County: 574
- Los Angeles County: 5,508
  - City of Los Angeles: 2,736
- Orange County: 1,052
- San Bernardino County: 483
- San Diego County: 867
- Ventura County: 258
Colorado 740
Connecticut: 1,264
Florida: 13,400
- Miami-Dade County: 7,910
  - City of Miami: 939
  - City of Miami Beach: 623
  - City of Hialieh: 611
Georgia: 872
Illinois: 1,727
City of Chicago: 640
Maryland: 2,316
Massachusetts: 1,750
Michigan: 660
Minnesota: 499
Missouri: 303
Nevada: 697
New Jersey: 5,129
New York: 9,937
- New York City: 5,014
North Carolina: 924
Ohio: 616
Oregon: 607
Pennsylvania: 1,162
Puerto Rico: 582
Texas: 2,934
- Dallas County: 329
Utah: 1,504
Virginia: 2,040
Washington: 1,229
Wisconsin: 444

[edit] Notable Chilean Americans

Author Isabel Allende is a novelist which is widely known the U.S. and Chile, she is the niece of deposed president Salvador Allende.
Comedian Horatio Sanz of the comedy program SNL.
TV Host and Hollywood walk of fame recipiant Don Francisco most famous for his long running Sabado Gigante weekend special program.
Director Alexander Witt.
Boxer Patricia Demick
Lost actor Jorge Garcia.
Academian Arturo Valenzuela.
Educator, Activist, and Author Ariel Dorfman.
La Ley, Chilean rock band, now based in LA including lead singer Beto Cuevas
Los Abandoned, Chilean American rock band from Van Nuys, California including lead singer Lady P.
Stanford professor Fernando Alegria.
Rock band Lucybell.
Former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos taught a series of seminars at Cal Berkeley after the end of his presidency.
Tom Araya of the popular thrash metal band, Slayer
Davíd López of the group flypside is of Chilean-immigrant born parents.