Catalan American

Catalonia Catalan American United States
Total population
Catalan
1,738 Americans[1]
Regions with significant populations
California · Florida · Texas · New York
Languages
American English · Catalan · Spanish
Religion
Roman Catholic (predominant) · Protestant · Agnostic or Atheist
Related ethnic groups
European Americans · Catalan people and other groups of the Catalan diaspora

Catalan Americans are Americans who acknowledge ethnic Catalan ancestry and self-identify with it. The group is formed by Catalan-born naturalized citizens or residents, their descendants and, to a lesser extent, citizens or residents of Catalan descent who still acknowledge Catalan ancestry.

The Catalan or Catalonian ancestry is identified with the code 204 in the 2000 U.S. Census, with the name Catalonian, which is in the group 200-299 HISPANIC CATEGORIES (INCLUDING SPAIN). A total of 1,738 individuals who received the long-form Census questionnaire (which is given to 1 in 6 households) self-identified as Catalan Americans. In the same survey 1,660 people aged 5 or older indicated being able to speak the Catalan language, also with the name Catalonian. Because the long-form samples a sixth of the population, that figure puts the estimate of Catalan speakers in the US in 2000 at around 10,000 people. However, 8067 people born in the Autonomous Community of Catalonia live in the USA.

In the US Census, people of Catalan ancestry are listed in a group called White American. Catalonians may also identify themselves as hispanics or latinos due to the Spanish Conquistadores which greatly influenced the culture of the Americas.

List of Catalan Americans

Map of U.S. counties highlighting from grey to orange the number of speakers of Catalan

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2000 U.S. Census Bureau, Catalonian

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