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Flemish people also emigrated at the end of the fifteenth century, when Flemish traders conducted intensive trade with Spain and Portugal, and from there moved to colonies in America and Africa. [28] The newly discovered Azores were populated by 2,000 Flemish people from 1460 onwards, making these volcanic islands known as the "Flemish Islands".
Pages in category "American people of Flemish descent" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The 2009-2013 survey estimated 141,580 people of 5 years and over to speak Dutch at home, [ 3 ] which was equal to 0.0486% of the total population of the United States. In 2021, 95.3% of the total Dutch American population of 5 years and over only spoke English at home.
In the 17th and the 18th centuries, many Belgians left their mark on American history, including Baron Baltimore, who was related to Flemish aristocrats. Belgian officers also fought during the American Revolutionary War ; these included Charles De Pauw (a Fleming who accompanied Lafayette to North America), Thomas Van Gaasbeck, Jacques Rapalje ...
American people of Flemish descent (15 P) Pages in category "Flemish diaspora in the United States" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
People of Flemish descent (15 C, 8 P) I. ... Flemish American (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Flemish diaspora" The following 10 pages are in this category, out ...
William de Moravia of Petty. William, son of Freskin. Categories: Flemish diaspora. People of Belgian descent. People of European descent by ethnicity. People by ethnic descent. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
An increasing number of people ignored the ancestry question or chose no specific ancestral group such as "American or United States". In the 2000 census this represented over 56.1 million or 19.9% of the United States population, an increase from 26.2 million (10.5%) in 1990 and 38.2 million (16.9%) in 1980 and are specified as "unclassified ...