Malawian American

Malawian American
Total population
631 (2000 US census)^[1]
Regions with significant populations
District of Columbia, Indiana, Texas, Washington, Missouri.
Languages
Chichewa, English
Religion
Predominantly Christian (chiefly Protestant and Catholic)

Malawian Americans are Americans of Malawian descent. According to answers provided to an open-ended question included in the 2000 census, 631 people said that their ancestry or ethnic origin was Malawian.^[1]

1 Demography
2 Notable Malawian Americans
3 See also
4 References

Demography

The Malawian diaspora mainly consists of academics, small business owners, medical professionals, and laborers.^[2] Malawian immigrants to the United States rank in the top five in terms of educational attainment, with 83 percent of Malawians having reported at least a high school diploma or above.^[3] Malawians live in places like Washington, D. C.^[4] and Seattle, Washington.^[5]

Malawians in the U.S have organized local associations to promote and preserve the Malawian cultural heritage. The [6] and the Malawi Seattle Association (MSA), which forcuses on, among other things, promoting deep bonds within the community, supporting MSA members and their families during times of "difficulty and strife", and fostering opportunities for social gatherings.^[5]

Notable Malawian Americans

References

^ ^a ^b "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
^ "Cable reference id: #09LILONGWE522". Cablegatesearch.net. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
^ Dixon, D. (2006). Characteristics of the African Born in the United States. Migration Policy Institute. January, 2006
^ ^a ^b Malawi Washington Association
^ ^a ^b Malawi Seattle Association
^ Friends of Malawi

African immigration to the United States

North Africa

Horn of Africa

Southeast Africa

Burundian
Kenyan
Rwandan
South Sudanese
Tanzanian
Ugandan

Southern Africa

Angolan
Malawian
South African
Zambian
Zimbabwean

Central Africa

West Africa

African ethnic groups in United States ¹

¹African ethnic groups can be dispersed in an important area in Africa, regardless Africa countries or geographic areas. Thus, the Fulbe people live between West Africa and several countries of Central Africa and there little Berber communities in Mali and Niger.

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Malawian American