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Vincentian nationals in US Top 12 immigrants from Caribbean list
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February 19, 2019

Vincentian nationals in US Top 12 immigrants from Caribbean list

Nationals of St Vincent and the Grenadines are in the top 12 of immigrants from the Caribbean who live in the United States (US).
According to New Americas, Caribbean immigrants in the US is now put conservatively at 10 percent of the 44.5 million immigrants across the country, according to US Census estimates.
The majority come from 12 countries of those who self-identify on Census forms, especially given that there is no specific Census category for nationals from the Caribbean to write in their origin. Here’s a breakdown of the current Top 12:
1:  Dominican Republic – 1,162,568
2: Cuba – 1,311,803
3: Jamaica – 744,658
4: Haiti – 679,752
5: Guyana – 268,577
6: Trinidad and Tobago – 234,534
7: Barbados – 56,191
8: Belize – 48,874
9: The Bahamas – 32,507
10: Dominica – 33,509
11: Grenada – 34,117
12: St. Vincent and the Grenadines – 23,689

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