Dominican Americans
Dominican Americans are American of Dominican ancestry. Dominicans are the fourth largest Hispanic immigrant group in the United States, after Mexicans, Salvadorans, and Cubans. 60% of Dominican immigrants live in New York and New Jersey.[1]
| File:Americans with Dominican Ancestry by state.svg | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 2.08 million (2018) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 New York | 674,787 |
 New Jersey | 197,922 |
 Florida | 172,451 |
| File:Flag of Massachusetts.svg Massachusetts | 103,292 |
| Languages | |
| American English, Dominican Spanish | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism | |
Dominican Americans Media
- Juan Pablo Duarte memorial, Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island - wide.jpg
Juan Pablo Duarte memorial, Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island
- Dominican Day Parade 2019 (50335870922).jpg
Dominicans in New York Dominican day parade.
- Dominican Day Parade 2019 (50335044373).jpg
Dominican NYCDOC officers in the Dominican day parade, New York.
- Dominican Republic Dress.jpg
Dominican flag dress in Dominican Day Parade.
Paterson, New Jersey, known as the "Silk City" in the New York City Metropolitan Area, has become a prime destination for one of the fastest-growing communities of Dominican Americans, who have now become the largest of more than 50 ethnic groups in the city, numbering in the tens of thousands.
A Dominican American grocery store.
- Official portrait of United States Secretary of Labor Tom Perez.jpg
Tom Perez served as chairman of the Democratic party from 2017 to 2021.
- Angel Taveras headshot (cropped).jpg
Angel Taveras, first Hispanic mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
- Maria Montez cropped.JPG
Dominican actress Maria Montez in 1944.
References
Other websites
- Dominican americans
- Facts on Hispanics of Dominican origin in the United States, 2017 Archived 2022-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
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