DIASPORA

DEMOGRAPHICS:

THE ADVOCACY P

OTENTIAL

OF THE A

FRICAN D

IASPORA

IN T

HE U.S

.

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AFRICAN DIASPORA POPULATION BY STATE (out of 2.7 million people)

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CaliforniaNew YorkTexasGeorgiaMarylandVirginiaFloridaMassa-chusettsMinnesotaOhioNew JerseyPennsylvaniaNorth CarIndianaIllinoisTennesseeWashingtonMichiganAlabamaColoradoConnecticutMissouriLouisiana

AFRICAN DIASPORA ACROSS THE U.S. BY NATIONALITY

3%7%

3%

2%2%

9%

0%1%

4%

2%

1%

0%

0%

59%

5%

Cape Verdean Ethiopian Ghanaian Kenyan Liberian Nigerian Senegalese Sierra Leonean Somalian South African Sudanese Ugandan Zimbabwean Unspecified African Other Subsaharan African

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DIASPORA CONCENTRATION BY METRO AREA

Atlanta

Baltimore

Chicago

Dallas-F

ort Worth

Houston

New Yo

rk City

Los Ange

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50,000

100,000

150,000

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Zimbabwean

Ugandan

Sudanese

South African

Somalian

Sierra Leonean

Senegalese

Nigerian

Liberian

Kenyan

Ghanaian

Ethiopian

Cape Verdean

Other Subsaharan African

Unspecified African

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CASE STUDY: TEXAS

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7%African Diaspora in TexasAfrican Diaspora in the U.S.

2,719,601

Chart 1. Diaspora is defined as those residents of the U.S. who listed their ancestry as African or a specific African nationality in the American Community Survey, a

publication by the U.S. Census Bureau. Data collected from 2006-2010.

African Diaspora in Texas

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TEXAS DIASPORA POPULATION BY ORIGIN <200,000

7% 2%

3%

20%

2%58%

8% Ethiopian (14,513)

Ghanaian (4,865)

Kenyan (7,605)

Nigerian (43,458)

South African (3,787)

Unspecified African (127,222)

Other Subsaharan African (16,588)

Chart 2. “Unspecified African” includes all people who indicated African ancestry but did not list a specific country or ethnic group.

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Concentration of Diaspora in Texas Metro Areas

Austin Dallas-Fort Worth Houston0

5000

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Sudanese South African Somalian Nigerian Kenyan Ghanaian Ethiopian

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HOUSTON CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS: through the AGOA 2000 vote lens

Republicans• TX 02-- Ted Poe• TX 07-- John Culberson• TX 08-- Kevin Brady• TX 10-- Michael T. McCaul • TX 14-- Ron Paul • TX 22-- Pete Olson

Democrats

• TX 09-- Al Green • TX 18-- Sheila Jackson Lee• TX 29-- Gene Green

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How the top diaspora-populated states voted on passage of the first AGOA bill- May 11, 2000

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California New York

Texas Georgia

Maryland Virginia

Florida Massachusetts

Minnesota Ohio

California: Boxer (D-CA), Nay Feinstein (D-CA), YeaFlorida: Graham (D-FL), Yea Mack (R-FL), YeaGeorgia: Cleland (D-GA), Nay Coverdell (R-GA), YeaMaryland: Mikulski (D-MD), Yea Sarbanes (D-MD), YeaMassachusetts: Kennedy (D-MA), Nay Kerry (D-MA), YeaNew York: Moynihan (D-NY), Yea Schumer (D-NY), YeaTexas: Gramm (R-TX), Yea Hutchison (R-TX), YeaVirginia: Robb (D-VA), Yea John Warner (R-VA), Yea

NEXT STEPS

Organize:Your diaspora community and networks for Congressional engagement

Educate:Your community on specific legislative vehicles and the outcomes for

your home country

Advocate: With your Members of Congress. Make them feel you presence; make

them feel the warmth

And remember:

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