Americans of Yoruba birth or descent
Ethnic group
Yoruba
Americans|
| 196,000 (estimate) [1] |
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| Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston and Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Florida, Louisiana, California and most Southern States. |
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| English (American English), Yoruba, Nigerian English), French, Spanish and Nigerian Pidgin. |
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| Christianity, Islam, and Yoruba religion |
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| African Americans, Beninese Americans, Black Canadians, Nigerian Americans, Nigerian Canadians, Yoruba Canadians, Yoruba people |
Yoruba Americans (Yoruba: Àwọn ọmọ Yorùbá Amẹrika) are Americans of Yoruba descent. The Yoruba people are a West African ethnic group that predominantly inhabits southwestern Nigeria, with smaller indigenous communities in Benin and Togo.
