African immigration to the United States

Sub-Saharan African Americans the United States
Sub-Saharan African Americans
Total population
	African: 3,183,104 (Sub-Saharan African: 2,847,199 + North African: 335,895) (2010 U.S. Census)
Regions with significant populations
	New York City, Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Houston, Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose, Minneapolis, Columbus, Chicago, Boston, Providence, Miami, New Orleans, Tennessee, Albuquerque, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Portland, Denver
Languages
	English (African English, American English), Arabic, Igbo, Yoruba, Akan, Lingala, Nuer, Meta, Dinka, Shilluk, French, Wolof, Swahili, Amharic, Somali, Tigrinya, Berber, Afrikaans, Hausa, Portuguese, Cape Verdean Crioulo, Spanish, others
Religion
	Christianity; Islam; traditional; others;
Related ethnic groups
	Other African people

African immigration to the United States refers to immigrants to the United States who are or were nationals of modern African countries. The term African in the scope of this article refers to geographical or national origins rather than racial affiliation. From the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 to 2017, Sub-Saharan African-born population in the United States grew to 2.1 million people.^[2]

Sub-Saharan Africans in the United States come from almost all regions in Africa and do not constitute a homogeneous group. They include peoples from different national, linguistic, ethnic, racial, cultural and social backgrounds.^[3] U.S. and foreign born Sub-Saharan Africans are different and distinct from native-born African Americans, many of whose ancestors were involuntarily brought from West Africa to the colonial United States by means of the historic Atlantic slave trade. African immigration is now driving the growth of the Black population in New York City.^[4]

^ Cite error: The named reference ancestry2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Solomon, Salem (February 17, 2017). "Sub-Saharan African Population on Rise in US". Voice of America. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ David E. Kyoso, Immigrants in the United States, (Godfrey Mwakikagile: 2010), p. 110.
^ Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura (January 13, 2023). "African and Invisible: The Other New York Migrant Crisis". The New York Times. Retrieved January 26, 2023.

[ancestry2010-1] Cite error: The named reference ancestry2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Voice_of_America-2] Solomon, Salem (February 17, 2017). "Sub-Saharan African Population on Rise in US". Voice of America. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

[Kyoso-3] David E. Kyoso, Immigrants in the United States, (Godfrey Mwakikagile: 2010), p. 110.

[AfricanMigrationNYC-4] Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura (January 13, 2023). "African and Invisible: The Other New York Migrant Crisis". The New York Times. Retrieved January 26, 2023.

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