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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 ...
Latunde Odeku, first Nigerian neurosurgeon trained in the United States; pioneer of neurosurgery in Africa Chidi Chike Achebe , physician executive and son of Chinua Achebe Bankole Johnson , psychiatrist ; discoverer of topiramate, a gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) facilitator and glutamate antagonist, as an effective treatment for alcoholism.
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.
As of 2000, of the recent Nigerian immigrant population in DFW, 61% live in Dallas County, and of the total number in Dallas County 49% live within the Dallas city limits. [ 6 ] The main area of Nigerian settlement in Dallas, also occupied by African-Americans, includes a market frequented by Nigerians, a Nigerian-centered restaurant, and many ...
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Nigeria is distinguished from other African nations by the extent of its population's ties to the U.S. [162] [61] In addition to the large number of African Americans who trace their ancestry back to Nigeria, significant links of "culture and community" arise from the large Nigerian American community in the U.S., [162] which is known for being ...
Adeoye "Oye" Owolewa (born 1989) [2] [3] is a Nigerian-American politician, pharmacist, and a member of the Democratic Party.In November 2020, he was elected as the shadow representative of the United States House of Representatives from the District of Columbia. [4]
Yoruba Americans (Yoruba: Àwọn ọmọ Yorùbá Amẹrika) are Americans of Yoruba descent. The Yoruba people are a West African ethnic group that predominantly inhabits southwestern Nigeria , with smaller indigenous communities in Benin and Togo .