Concept information
Preferred term
Nigerian Americans
Definition
- Nigerian Americans are the immigrants and their descendants from Nigeria, a country of 144.4 million as of 2007 estimates. According to the 2000 census, there 134,940 people born in Nigeria resident in the United States, of whom 37.1% were citizens. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society; Nigerian Americans]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Nigerian_Americans
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