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Nigerian Americans; Total population; 760,079 (2023) [1] (ancestry or ethnic origin) 476,008 (2023) [2] (born in Nigeria) Regions with significant populations; Texas (especially Houston, Dallas–Fort Worth and San Antonio) • Northeastern US (especially NYC, Boston, New Jersey and Philadelphia) • California (Los Angeles, Bay Area) • Florida (Miami, Tampa, Orlando) • Georgia • Chicago ...
This is a list of notable Nigerian Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Nigerian American and must have references showing they are Nigerian American and are notable.
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American people of Yoruba descent (119 P) Pages in category "American people of Nigerian descent" The following 158 pages are in this category, out of 158 total.
Several Nigerian community leaders in the DFW area stated that there were up to 50,000 Igbos in the region. [ 2 ] In 2005 Dennis D. Cordell and Manuel Garcia y Griego, authors of "The Integration of Nigerian and Mexican Immigrants in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas," wrote that "virtually all Nigerians arriving in the DFW, even the most recent cohort ...
Odili Donald Odita // ⓘ (born 18 February 1966) is a Nigerian American abstract painter who lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [1] His work explores color both in the figurative historical context and in the sociopolitical sense.
Njideka Akunyili was born in 1983 and raised in Enugu, Nigeria. [4] [5] She is of Igbo descent and grew up bilingual in Igbo and English. [6]One of six siblings, Akunyili Crosby's father, Chike Akunyili, was a surgeon and her mother, Dora Akunyili, was a professor of pharmacology at the University of Nigeria, [7] and the former director of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration. [8]
Pages in category "Nigerian-American culture and history" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .