Ecuadorian American

Ecuadorian American

Christina Aguilera Emanuel Xavier • Adrienne Bailon • Wills Canga • Michael Steger
Total population
698,500 0.56% of the US population [1]
Regions with significant populations
New York City Metropolitan Area (Ossining, New York; Hudson, New York; Danbury, Connecticut; Jersey City, New Jersey); South Florida
Languages
American English, Spanish
Religion
Predominately Roman Catholic

An Ecuadorian American is any person in the United States who is of Ecuadorian ancestry. Ecuadorian Americans can be Mestizo, White, Afro-Ecuadorian, Indigenous, Mulato, or Zambo. Many Ecuadorians are of Lebanese descent. There are also sizable populations of Ecuadorians of Italian, German, Chinese, and Japanese descent.

Many Ecuadorians in the United States have settled in cities such as New York City (most residing in Flushing, Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, Queens, Bushwick, Brooklyn, Fordham, Bronx); Ossining, New York; Hudson, New York; Danbury, Connecticut; Jersey City, New Jersey; Union City, New Jersey; Newark, New Jersey; Plainfield, New Jersey; Chicago, Illinois; Orlando, Florida; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Miami, Florida; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Los Angeles, California. The Tri-State area along with Connecticut and Florida have the largest populations of Ecuadorians in the United States.

Although Queens county's percentage of Ecuadorians is about 4.7% it has the largest Ecuadorian community of any county in the United States numbering just about 101,000. Ecuadorians are the largest South American Latino group in New York City as well as in the State of New York. Ecuadorians are the fourth largest Latino group in New York after Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, and Mexicans. Ecuadorians also constitute Queens County's largest Latino group.

US communities with high percentages of people of Ecuadorian ancestry

The top 25 US communities with the highest percentage of people claiming Ecuadorian ancestry are:^[2]

1. Sleepy Hollow, New York 10.76%
2. Montauk, New York 8.08%
3. East Newark, New Jersey 7.87%
4. Ossining, New York 7.48%
5. Patchogue, New York 7.09%
6. Hightstown, New Jersey 6.31%
7. Union City, New Jersey 5.94%
8. North Plainfield, New Jersey 5.39%
9. Ossining, New York 4.98%
10. Port Chester, New York 4.90%
11. Hackensack, New Jersey 4.78%
12. Springs, New York 4.46%
13. West New York, New Jersey 4.45%
14. Peekskill, New York 4.32%
15. North Bergen, New Jersey 4.02%
16. Harrison, New Jersey 3.90%
17. Guttenberg, New Jersey 3.88%
18. East Hampton, New York 3.81%
19. East Windsor, New Jersey 3.39%
20. Dover, New Jersey 3.37%
21. Rye, New York 3.18%
22. Belleville, New Jersey 3.06%
23. Danbury, Connecticut 2.92%
24. Weehawken, New Jersey 2.83%
25. Newark, New Jersey 2.78%

U.S. communities with the most residents born in Ecuador

The top 25 U.S. communities with the most residents born in Ecuador are:^[3]

1. Sleepy Hollow, NY 10.4%
2. East Newark, NJ 10.3%
3. Ossining, NY 10.1%
4. Hightstown, NJ 9.5%
5. North Plainfield, NJ 7.8%
6. Montauk, NY 7.8%
7. Patchogue, NY 7.7%
8. Union City, NJ 7.5%
9. Wainscott, NY 6.4%
10. Peekskill, NY 5.9%
11. Springs, NY 5.4%
12. Hackensack, NJ 5.3%
13. West New York, NJ 5.2%
14. Port Chester, NY 4.8%
15. Queens, NY 4.7%
16. Dover, NJ 4.6%
17. Harrison, NJ 4.1%
18. Twin Rivers, NJ 4.0%
19. Belleville, NJ 3.8%
20. Danbury, CT 3.7%
21. Newark, NJ 3.6%
22. Spring Valley, NY 3.5%
23. Tarrytown, NY 3.4%
24. Brewster, NY 3.1%
25. Guttenberg, NJ 2.9%

Notable Ecuadorian Americans

• Christina Aguilera
• Emanuel Xavier
• Adrienne Bailon
• Gerardo
• Jaime Jarrin
• Jenn Pinto
• Pancho Segura
• Hugo Savinovich

See also

• Corona, Jackson Heights.

References

1. ^ "US demographic census". http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IPTable?_bm=y&-reg=ACS_2005_EST_G00_S0201:417;ACS_2005_EST_G00_S0201PR:417;ACS_2005_EST_G00_S0201T:417;ACS_2005_EST_G00_S0201TPR:417&-qr_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_S0201&-qr_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_S0201PR&-qr_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_S0201T&-qr_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_S0201TPR&-ds_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_&-TABLE_NAMEX=&-ci_type=A&-redoLog=false&-charIterations=047&-geo_id=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en. Retrieved 2007-04-15. 
2. ^ "Ancestry Map of Ecuadorian Communities". Epodunk.com. http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Ecuadorian.html. Retrieved 2008-07-29. 
3. ^ "Top 101 cities with the most residents born in Ecuador (population 500+)". city-data.com. http://www.city-data.com/top2/h156.html. Retrieved 2008-07-30.