Yoruba Americans
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Yoruba Americans (Yoruba: Àwọn ọmọ Yorùbá Amẹrika) are Americans of Yoruba descent. The Yoruba people are a West African ethnic group that predominantly inhabits southwestern Nigeria, with smaller indigenous communities in Benin and Togo.
Quick Facts Total population, Regions with significant populations ...
Total population | |
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196,000 (estimate) [1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston and Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Florida, Louisiana, California and most Southern States. | |
Languages | |
English (American English), Yoruba, Nigerian English), French, Spanish and Nigerian Pidgin. | |
Religion | |
Christianity, Islam, and Yoruba religion | |
Related ethnic groups | |
African Americans, Beninese Americans, Black Canadians, Nigerian Americans, Nigerian Canadians, Yoruba Canadians, Yoruba people |
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