Tanzanian Americans

Tanzanian Americans
Total population
	2,921 (ancestry and ethnic origin. 2000 US Census); Estimated 40,420 (Only born in Tanzania and emigrated to the United States, 2023 US Census)
Regions with significant populations
	Chicago metropolitan area, Milwaukee metropolitan area, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida, Minnesota, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Utah and California;
Languages
	American English; Swahili;
Religion
	Christianity; Islam;

Tanzanian Americans are Americans of Tanzanian descent. In the 2000 US Census, 2,921 people reported Tanzanian ancestry. To this figure must be added several groups, each numbering fewer than 300 people, who hailed from "Tanganyika" and "Zanzibar Islanders" descend.^[1] In 2023 were registered 40,420 Tanzanians living in United States (this figure excludes Americans descended from Tanzanians).^[2]

A drought in Tanzania during the early 1980s caused a worsening of economic conditions in the country and motivated some people to emigrate, arriving in the United States in appreciable numbers beginning in 1986 with the arrival of 370 Tanzanians.^[3]

Demographics

Based on 2009-2011 data, 20,837 Tanzanians lived in the United States in these years. At this time, an estimated 15.2 percent (range of estimate: 11.5 to 18.9 percent) of Tanzanian Americans were 17 or younger.^[4] Their estimated median age was 37.8 (range of estimate: 35.8 to 39.8 years of age).^[4] Approximately 47.9 percent (range of estimate: 41.4 to 54.4 percent) of them had a least a bachelor's degree.^[4] An estimated 2.2 percent (range of estimate: 1.1 to 3.3 percent) of them were living outside the U. S. one year before.^[4] Of those born outside the U. S., an estimated 40.8 percent had become U. S. citizens.^[4] Of all Tanzanian Americans born outside the U. S., an estimated 47.0 percent (range of estimate: 41.8 to 52.2 percent) entered the country after 1999.^[4] Their estimated median household income was USD 67,327 (range of estimate: USD 59,861 to 74,793).^[4]

Although Tanzania belonged to United Kingdom, only the 16% of the Tanzanian population in United States had english as their native language, while 84.0% of the population had other languages as their native languages.^[4]

Tanzanian Americans in Chicago

Most Tanzanians who have arrived since 1986 have chosen to settle in Chicago.^[3] Many of them are students and professionals who came to the city to pursue an advanced degree or work for an employer that sponsored their entry into the United States.^[3] Some of the Tanzanians have returned to their home country a few years after arriving in the U. S.^[3]

Religion plays an active role in the lives of many Tanzanian Americans in Chicago.^[3]

Tanzanian Americans elsewhere in the United States

Tanzanian American associations in the United States include the Tanzanian American Association (Inc.) in Massachusetts^{[citation needed]} and the Tanzania Association Of Wichita, Kansas.^[5]

Notable people

Ida Ljungqvist

Harold O'Neal

John Abraham, former mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey
Ida Ljungqvist, international model
Clea Koff, forensic anthropologist and author
Vivek Kundra, former first chief information officer of the United States
Harold O'Neal, composer

References

^ ^a ^b "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
^ ^a ^b Data Access and Dissemination Systems (DADS). "American FactFinder - Results".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Tanzanians", Encyclopedia of Chicago, authored by Tramayne M. Butler, 2005
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Data Access and Dissemination Systems (DADS). "American FactFinder - Results". Retrieved 18 March 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
^ "Blog - Tanzania Association Of Wichita -TaWichita". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2015.

[ancestry2000-1] "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2010-12-02.

[2023Census-2] Data Access and Dissemination Systems (DADS). "American FactFinder - Results".

[Butler-3] "Tanzanians", Encyclopedia of Chicago, authored by Tramayne M. Butler, 2005

[2009-10Census-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Data Access and Dissemination Systems (DADS). "American FactFinder - Results". Retrieved 18 March 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[5] "Blog - Tanzania Association Of Wichita -TaWichita". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2015.

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[note_n0-7] Not in communion with the rest of the Catholic Church

[note_n6-8] Those are traditions and denominations that trace their history back to the Protestant Reformation or otherwise heavily borrow from the practices and beliefs of the Protestant Reformers.

[note_n3-9] This denomination is the result of a merger between Lutheran, German Reformed, Congregational and Restorationist churches.

[note_n1-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak Part of the National Association of Evangelicals

[note_n4-11] This refers to the denomination's heritage and not necessarily to the language in which the services are conducted in.

[note_n5-12] This is a reformed synod within the United Church of Christ that is distinct in heritage, doctrine and practice from the rest of the denomination.

[note_n2-13] Outside the Anglican Communion

[note_n8-14] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f This is more of a movement then an institutionalized denomination.

[note_n10-15] Denominations that don't fit in the subsets mentioned above.

[note_n7-16] Those are traditions and denominations that trace their origin back to the Great Awakenings and/or are joined together by a common belief that Christianity should be restored along the lines of what is known about the apostolic early church.

[note_n9-17] The Holiness movement is an interdenominational movement that spreads over multiple traditions (Methodist, Quakers, Anabaptist, Baptist, etc.). However, here are mentioned only those denominations that are part of Restorationism as well as the Holiness movement, but are not part of any other Protestant tradition.

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