Bolivian American
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| Bolivian American Boliviano Estadounidense |
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| Notable Bolivian Americans: 'Raquel Welch' 'Jaime Escalante'   |
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Bolivian |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Virginia · Maryland · Washington D.C. · are the largest Bolivian American communities |
| Languages |
| American English · Spanish |
| Religion |
| · Roman Catholic (Predominantly) · Protestant · Some Muslim adherents[1] |
A Bolivian American is an immigrant or descendant of Bolivian immigrants to the United States. Ethnically, Bolivian Americans are of Spanish, Indigenous, or Mestizos of mixed heritage.
Bolivians emigrate mainly because of political and economic hardships, especially lack of job opportunities in the last decade. Most of the Bolivian immigrants moved to the United States during the 1980s and early part of the 1990s due to the failed economy of the country. Bolivians have settled throughout the United States mainly in Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, but there are also large groups of Bolivian immigrants in Texas, New York City, New Jersey, Miami, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Chicago and California. The number of Bolivians in the U.S. in 2006 was estimated at 82,322.
[edit] Notable Bolivan Americans
- Raquel Welch
- Jaime Escalante
- Eber Terceros
- Jaime Moreno
- Marco Etcheverry
- Ben Mikaelsen
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References ^ "= 2006 American Community Survey: Race and Hispanic or Latino
