page_title: Cuban Americans
section_title: U.S. communities with high percentages of people of Cuban ancestry
hierarchical_section_title: Cuban Americans / Demographics / U.S. communities with high percentages of people of Cuban ancestry
caption_attribution_description: English: Diagram indicating Cuban American settlement in the United States. Image as based on the census 2000 by the U.S. Census Bureau. Badagnani
context_page_description: Cuban Americans are Americans who trace their ancestry to Cuba. The word may refer to someone born in the U.S. of Cuban descent or to someone who has emigrated to the U.S. from Cuba. Cuban Americans are the third largest Hispanic American group in the United States.
  Many communities throughout the United States have significant Cuban American populations. Florida has the highest concentration of Cuban Americans in the U.S., standing out in part because of its proximity to Cuba, followed by California, New Jersey, Texas and New York.
  South Florida is followed by New York City, Tampa, Union County and North Hudson, New Jersey areas, particularly Union City, Elizabeth and West New York. With a population of 141,250, the New York metropolitan area's Cuban community is the largest outside Florida. Nearly 70% of all Cuban Americans live in Florida.
context_section_description: The top 25 US communities with the highest percentage of people claiming Cuban ancestry are (the top 22 of which are in Miami-Dade County):
  Hialeah, Florida 77%
  Westchester, Florida 74%
  Coral Terrace, Florida 63.2%
  West Miami, Florida 65.6%
  University Park, Florida 67.4%
  Olympia Heights, Florida 75.6%
  Tamiami, Florida 67%
  Hialeah Gardens, Florida 70%
  Medley, Florida 70.7%
  Sweetwater, Florida 59%
  Palm Springs North, Florida 61.2%
  Miami Lakes, Florida 56.1%
  Kendale Lakes, Florida 53.4%
  Fontainebleau, Florida 53.4%
  Miami, Florida 34%
  Miami Springs, Florida 31.83%
  Richmond West, Florida 29.30%
  Coral Gables, Florida 28.72%
  Virginia Gardens, Florida 26.11%
  South Miami Heights, Florida 25.70%
  Kendall, Florida 21.31%
  Miami Beach, Florida 20.51%
  Ybor City, Florida 20.28%
  West Tampa, Florida 20.23%
  Surfside, Florida 20.15%
caption: Cubans in the US, 2000 census
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