Nicaraguan Americans
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405,601 
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| Metropolitan Miami, Greater Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, Washington Metro Area, Inland Empire, Houston, New Orleans Metro | ||||||||||
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| Spanish, English | ||||||||||
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| Roman Catholic, Protestantism | ||||||||||
405,601
0.13% of the U.S. population (2012)
A Nicaraguan American (Spanish: nicaraguo-americano, norteamericano de origen nicaragüense or estadounidense de origen nicaragüense) is an American of Nicaraguan descent.
The Nicaraguan American population at the 2010 Census was 348,202. Nicaraguans are the eleventh largest Hispanic group in the United States and the fourth largest Central American population.
More than two-thirds of the Nicaraguan population in the US resides in California or Florida.
In California, Nicaraguans are more dominant in the Greater Los Angeles Area and San Francisco Bay Area. Large populations also reside in the Inland Empire and the cities of Sacramento, San Diego, and San Jose.
In Florida, 90% of Nicaraguans reside in the Miami Metropolitan Area. Miami-Dade County is home to 30% of Nicaraguans residing in the US.
Nicaraguans have immigrated to the United States in small groups since the early 1900s, but their presence was especially felt over the last three decades of the 20th century. The Nicaraguan community is mainly concentrated in three major urban areas: Metropolitan Miami, Greater Los Angeles, and San Francisco Bay Area. A more affluent group of Nicaraguan Americans reside in the New York metropolitan area.
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