Nigerian Americans

Nigerian Americans (Igbo: Ṇ́dị́ Naìjíríyà n'Emerịkà; Hausa: Yan Najeriyar asalin Amurka; Yoruba: Àwọn ọmọ Nàìjíríà Amẹ́ríkà) are Americans who are of Nigerian ancestry. The number of Nigerian immigrants residing in the United States is rapidly growing, expanding from a small 1980 population of 25,000. The 2022 American Community Survey (ACS) estimated that 712,294 residents of the U.S.A were of Nigerian ancestry. The 2019 ACS further estimated that around 392,811 of these (85%) had been born in Nigeria. Which puts the total Nigerian American population a little over 400,000.

Nigerian Americans
Total population
392,811
Regions with significant populations
Texas (especially Houston) • Northeastern U.S. (especially NYC, Boston, and Philadelphia) • California (Los Angeles, Bay Area) • Florida (Miami, Tampa, Orlando) • Georgia (Atlanta) • Chicago • Twin Cities, Minnesota • American Southwest (Albuquerque, New Mexico and Phoenix, Arizona) • Washington, D.C. • Maryland
Languages
Predominantly

English (American, Nigerian), Pidgin, Igbo, and Yoruba (and other Southern Nigerian languages such as Nupe and Ibibio)
Others

Edo, Ibibio-Anaang-Efik, Esan, Urhobo, Isoko, Idoma, Ijaw, Kanuri, Fulfulde, Hausa, Kalabari, Igala, Ikwerre, Tiv, Ebira, Nembe, Etsako, Itsekiri, and other languages of Nigeria
Religion
Predominantly

Christianity (Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism)
Others

Animism, Islam (Sunni), Juju, Nigerian Chrislam, Odinani, Yoruba religion, agnosticism, and atheism
Related ethnic groups
Nigerian Canadians, British Nigerians, Nigerian Australians, African Americans, Igbo Americans, Yoruba Americans

Similar to its status as the most populous country in Africa, Nigeria is also the African country with the most migrants to the United States, as of 2013. In a study which was carried out by consumer genetics company 23andMe which involved the DNA of 50,281 people of African descent in the United States, Latin America, and Western Europe, it was revealed that Nigeria was the most common country of origin for testers from the United States, the French Caribbean, and the British Caribbean.

Most Nigerian Americans, like British Nigerians, predominantly originate from southern Nigeria, as opposed to the Islamic northern half of the country.

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