Cuban American
  
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| Total population | |
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| (2,106,501) 0.66% of the U.S. population (2015) |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Predominantly in Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area, Tampa, California, New Jersey, New York. Growing populations in Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. | |
| Languages | |
| Spanish, English | |
| Religion | |
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Predominantly: Protestantism, Santería, Judaism |
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| Related ethnic groups | |
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Spaniards, Hispanics Afro-Cubans, Jewish Cubans, Chinese Cubans |
Predominantly:
Roman Catholicism
Cuban Americans (Spanish: Cubanoamericanos) are Americans who trace their ancestry to Cuba. Cuban Americans are the third largest Latino group in the United States. The 2010 US Census shows that 85% report as being white.
Many communities throughout the United States have significant Cuban American populations.Florida (1.4 million in 2015) has the highest concentration of Cuban Americans in the US, standing out in part because of its proximity to Cuba, followed by California (92,022), New Jersey (89,997), New York (73,439) and Texas (59,115).
South Florida is followed by New York City, Tampa, Union County and North Hudson, New Jersey areas, particularly Union City, Elizabeth and West New York. With a population of 141,250, the New York metropolitan area's Cuban community is the largest outside of Florida. Nearly 70% of all Cuban Americans live in Florida.
Before the Louisiana Purchase and the Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819, Spanish Florida, and when divided during British occupation, East Florida and West Florida, including what is now Florida and the Gulf Coast west to the Mississippi River were provinces of the Captaincy General of Cuba (Captain General being the Spanish title equivalent to the British colonial Governor). Consequently, Cuban immigration to the U.S. has a long history, beginning in the Spanish colonial period in 1565 when St. Augustine, Florida was established by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, and hundreds of Spanish-Cuban soldiers and their families moved from Cuba to St. Augustine to establish a new life.
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