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In 2000, Florida had 182,224 foreign-born Haitians, 43.5% of the total foreign-born population from Haiti in the United States (this number did not include U.S.-born citizens of Haitian heritage). New York had the second-largest population of foreign-born Haitians, with 125,475, approximately 30% of the total.
In addition, many new Haitians from the Northeast and Florida are relocating to the middle-class area of Gwinnett County in Lawrenceville. This area has established itself as the center of Haitian economic development in the Atlanta metropolitan area with a family friendly culture and atmosphere with great schools, parks and shops.
Florida is the third-most populous state in the United States. ... Haitian 544,043 2.4 Polish 463,313 2.1 Colombian 444,660 2.0 Venezuelan 380,972 1.7
More than 100 Haitians landed Tuesday in a gated community in Key Largo, the latest boatload of refugees from the Caribbean to hit Florida’s shores.
While more than 29,000 Haitians have arrived in the U.S. since January under the parole program, fewer than 30 Haitians received guest work visas since Haiti was allowed to resume the program last ...
Haitian immigrants concentrated in south Florida, who came fleeing economic and political instability, have risen to fill numerous seats in city and county commissions, the state legislature and ...
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, first Haitian-American Democratic woman in Congress; U.S. House of Representative for Florida's 20th district; Rudy Moise, retired Colonel of the United States Air Force, and politician [62] [63] Jean Monestime, first Haitian American to serve on the Miami-Dade County Commission [64]
The Haitian community of Salisbury originated because Haitian economic migrants were employed by local poultry processing plants such as Perdue Farms, Tyson Foods, and Mountaire Farms. Many members of the community came to Salisbury from Florida or New York. In 1993, only a few dozen Haitian-Americans lived in Salisbury. [1]