Haitian American Ancestry Paper

Haitians are one of the many groups that have migrated over to the United States over the years. Haitian-Americans are a small group but they continue to grow in numbers as the years go on. From the year 1990 the amount of Haitian-Americans tripled in size up to 2012. There has been a multitude of surveys and research done in order to calculate these demographics. One association that have conducted research on Haitian-Americans is “The American Community Survey”. They use an approach of asking each participant to write in his or her ancestry or ethnic origin. From the responses compiled together, the U.S. Census Bureau considers anyone who wrote in “Haitian” in the space on the survey to be of Haitian ancestry. A few subjects that have been studied on this group includes earnings, education, gender, location, homeownership, and household type. The

The ten top states where Haitian-Americans reside are Florida, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Georgia, and Maryland, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and California. Haitian-American commonly usually reside in the metropolitan areas of these states such as “Little Haiti” in Miami, Springfield Gardens in Queens, Orange New Jersey, Philadelphia, Bridgeport, Canarsie, Flatbush, Atlanta, Mattapan, and Chicago. Surprisingly, there is a significant difference in the amount of money Haitian-Americans earned in contrast to African-Americans. For example the average Black-American male may make up to 46,357 dollars a year while a Haitian-American male can average out to 33,000 dollars per year. In contrast, a Black-American woman makes about 40,473 dollars yearly comparing to 36,000 dollars for a Haitian-American woman. As far as further education is