Dutch West Indian Americans

Dutch West Indian Americans
Total population
(54,377 (2010 U.S. Census)[1])
Regions with significant populations
New York City (Washington Heights and Brooklyn), Miami
Languages
Dutch, Papiamento, Spanish, English
Religion
Christianity

Dutch West Indian Americans or Dutch Antillean Americans are Americans of Dutch Antillean descent. According to the 2010 Census Bureau figures there 54,377 Americans under the category of "Dutch West Indian".

In the 2000 US Census, the number of Americans reported whose origins are in the Dutch West Indian was of 35,359. In this Census (and to difference of the 2010 US Census whose Dutch West Indian ethnics were not mentioned of individual way) a total of 1,970 people affirmed just be of Aruban descent, while only 352 people claimed descent from people of St. Maarten.[2]

Notable Dutch Antillean-Americans

References

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