Cuban Americans

Americans who can trace their cultural ancestry back to Cuba, regardless of their phenotypic or ethnic background, are considered to be Cuban Americans. The term "Cuban American" may apply to either a person who was born in the United States to American parents who are of Cuban origin or to a person who immigrated to the United States from Cuba. The population of Cuban Americans in the United States places them as the third biggest subgroup among Hispanic Americans.

Significant Cuban American populations found in a wide variety of towns around the United States. The state with the biggest concentration of Cuban Americans in the United States is Florida (1.53 million in 2017), which stands out in part because of its closeness to Cuba. This is followed by California (110,702), New Jersey (99,987), Texas (86,183), and New York (78,478).

Next on the list is New York City, followed by Tampa, Florida, regions in Union County and North Hudson, New Jersey, including Union City, Elizabeth, and West New York, Houston, Texas, and Chicago, Illinois. South Florida comes in fifth place. The Cuban community in the New York metropolitan region comprises 141,250 people, making it the biggest outside of Florida. Florida is home to about 69.7 percent of all Cuban Americans.