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Cuban Americans

Cuban Americans

A Cuban American (Spanish: Cubano estadounidense) is a United States citizen who traces his or her “national origin” to Cuba. Cuban Americans are also considered native born Americans with Cuban ancestry or Cuban-born persons who were raised and educated in US. Cuban Americans form the third-largest Hispanic group in the United States and also the largest group of Hispanics of European ancestry (predominantly Spanish) as a percentage but not in numbers.

Many communities throughout the United States have significant Cuban American populations.   However Miami, Florida, with a Cuban American population of 856,007 in its environs, stands out as the most prominent Cuban American community, in part because of its proximity to Cuba. It is followed by the Tampa Bay Area and North Hudson, New Jersey, particularly Union City and West New York.  With a population of 141,250, the New York metropolitan area’s Cuban community is the largest Cuban-American community outside of Florida.

Early migrations

Pedro Menendez De Aviles (born Feb. 15, 1519 Avilies, Asturias, Spain-died Sept. 17, 1574 (aged 55) Santander, Cantabria, Spain)

Prior to the Louisiana Purchase and the Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819, all of Florida and Louisiana were provinces of the Captaincy General of Cuba (Captain General being the Spanish title equivalent to the British colonial Governor). Consequently, Cuban immigration to the U.S. has a long history, beginning in the Spanish colonial period in 1565 when St. Augustine, Florida was established by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, and hundreds of Spanish-Cuban soldiers and their families moved from Cuba to St. Augustine to establish a new life. Thousands of Cuban settlers also immigrated to Louisiana between 1778 and 1802 and Texas during the period of Spanish rule.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_American

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