| Notable Argentine Americans: Alexis Bledel · Fernando Caldeiro · Lorenzo Lamas |
| Total population |
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| 194,308 0.06% of the U.S. population in 2007[1] |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Florida (mainly South Florida) · Texas (mainly Houston and Dallas) · California · Illinois · Northeast US (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut · Western Pennsylvania) |
| Languages |
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American English · Argentine Spanish, Italian, German, French |
| Religion |
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Predominantly Roman Catholic · Protestant · Jewish · Agnostic · Atheist |
| Related ethnic groups |
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other Hispanic and Latino Americans · Italians · Spaniards · French · Germans · |
Argentine Americans are citizens and residents of the United States whose origins are in the South American nation of Argentina.
The profile of the Argentine American population is generally similar to the overall U.S. population's. Among the key differences, however, is educational attainment. There, Argentine Americans exhibit a rate of 39.5% of holders of bachelor's, graduate, or professional degrees, contrasted with the 27.5% of the overall U.S. population. The difference is more marked among women: it's 40.2% for Argentine American females, and 26.7% for all U.S. females.[1]
Another major difference is the fact that 69.1% of Argentine Americans are immigrants, which contrasts sharply with the 12.6% of the overall U.S. population.[1]
Argentine Americans had a median household income of $55,044. This is again higher than the national figure, which was $50,740.[1]
Some idea of their ancestral origins is supplied by the demographics of Argentina, which portray a nation that is as much of Italian as Spanish ancestry, but with significant German, British, French, Amerindian, Slavic, and Semitic components.[2]
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Prior of the 1970, the Argentinean that emigrated to United States were classified in the cateory of "Other Hispanics," therefore, the Argentine immigration statistics do not exist until this moment.
Early Argentinean that settled in the United States, arrived primarily in 1960s, looking a greater economic possibilities. The majority of them were universitaries (many of them were medical doctors and scientists). However, immigrants that arrived to United States to late 1970 arrived fleeing ot the political persecution of the "dirty war." This were 44,803 people. This new inmigrants group had an educational level lower than earlier immigrants. The majority of Argentine immigrants are directed to metropolitan areas, especially to New York (where lived the 20 percent of them in the decade of 70´s). Thus, In the 1980s, this percentage increased to just over 23 percent and the 1990 U.S. Census recorded that New York City had 17,363 Argentinean Americans and and Los Angeles had to 15,115 Argentinean immigrants. this Argentine immigration to New York City was caused, between others thinks because this city already had a great Argentinean population and to many Italian from other countries (many of the Argentine inmigrants are of Italian origin). Therefore, New York City already had a large Argentinean population as well as many Italian immigrants from other countries. New York City created several organizations with the goal of help to his Argentinean population, as by exemple the Argentine-American Chamber of Commerce, which promotes business ventures between the two countries (Argentina and the United States). The 1990 U.S. Census, recorded 92,563 Argentineans, so nearly half of Argentinean immigrants of United States , arrived to this country in the last two decades alone. [3]
[The mainly Argentine American populations are in metropolitan areas of the States of Florida (mainly South Florida), Texas (mainly Houston and Dallas), California, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Western Pennsylvania. The mayority of the Argentine are, as occur in Argentine, of White race. They descend, mainly, of Spanish and Italian.
Only data for immigrant Argentine Americans are available. The twenty U.S. communities of 500 or more people which have the highest percentages of Argentine immigrants are:[4]
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