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<small>Notable Haitian Americans:<center> Garcelle Beauvais • Wyclef Jean • MC Tee <br> Lela Rochon • Quddus • WEB DuBois </center>
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548,1991
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New York City , New Jersey , Connecticut , Miami , Florida , South Florida , Massachusetts , Boston , Chicago , Atlanta , New Orleans , and Los Angeles
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Haitian Creole , French , American English
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Roman Catholic , Protestant
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Afro-Cuban s, Mulatto es, Latin America ns, Haitian Canadian s
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are Americans of Haiti an heritage or immigrants born in Haiti who achieve United States citizenship. The largest proportion of Haitians live in South Florida counties and cities such as New York , Miami , Fort Lauderdale , and West Palm Beach . There are 548,199 Haitian Americans living in the U.S. During the early 1960s throughout the 1970s, many Haitians emigrated to the U.S. legally as well as illegally during François Duvalier 's totalitarian regime.
Vast ) to their illegal Cuban counterparts.
The Haitians that emigrated to the United States brought many of their cultural practices and ideologies into their communities. Many foreign-born Haitians go into the business sector, often setting up their own businesses. Many Haitians establish Barbershop s, their own Restaurants (predominately of Haitian Cuisine , however other Latin American food is often prepared), and many venture into Car Service . Haitian presence and culture is often strongly felt when entering communities of a significant Haitian American population, most notably, the well-known Ethnic Enclave in Miami , Florida known as Little Haiti . Neighborhoods in New York, notably East Flatbush (Nostrand), of Brooklyn have a significant Haitian American influence and in Boston the Mattapan section of Boston is very highly influenced by Haitians as it is considered the central place for Haitians in Boston. Influence is sometimes marked by the everyday conversations between people in Haitian Creole on the streets. Second-generation Haitian Americans are generally more successful in terms of higher-paying occupations, and significantly better off in terms of level of education.
- W.E.B. Du Bois , American civil rights activist, leader, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, educator, historian, writer, editor, poet, and scholar
- Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable , founder of Chicago , Illinois
- DJ Whoo Kid ,member and official DJ of G-Unit
- Lela Rochon , actress
- Smitty , rapper
- Alex Désert , actor
- Tony Yayo , rapper, member of G-Unit
- Wyclef Jean , rapper/musician/producer, founded The Fugees
- Garcelle Beauvais , model/actress
- Pras , rapper/actor, member of The Fugees
- David Jude Jolicoeur , rapper from De La Soul
- Dawn Angelique Richard , singer, member of Danity Kane
- Quddus , male model/VJ of MTV 's Total Request Live
- Jimmy Jean-Louis , actor
- Daphnee Duplaix Samuel , actress/model
- Trina McGee-Davis , actress
- MC Tee , rapper/cofounder of Mantronix
- Pastor Troy , rapper
- William Joseph , New York Giants Defensive Tackle
- Jonathan Vilma , New York Jets Linebacker
- Mario Elie , Former Houston Rockets guard
- Olden Polynice , Former Utah Jazz NBA player
- Quincy Douby , NBA basketball player
- Andre Berto , Haitian American boxer
- Max Jean-Gilles , Philadelphia Eagles offensive guard
- Jerrod Laventure , soccer player, forward ( Striker ) for Red Bull New York
- Josmer Altidore , soccer player, New York Red Bulls
- Josaphat Celestin , mayor of North Miami, Florida from 2001-05
- Charles Henri Baker , politician/industrialist, 2006 Haiti Election presidential candidate
- Lesly Conde , Chicago consul
- Marie St. Fleur , Massachusetts State Representative
- Mathieu Eugene , New York City councilman
- Jacques Despinosse , North Miami councilman
- Philippe J. Brutus , Florida State Representative
- Linda Dorcena Forry , Massachusetts State Representative
- Pierre-Richard Prosper , second Ambassador-at-Large For War Crimes Issues elected by President Bush in 2001
- Kwame Raoul , Illinois State Senator
- Jean L. Jeudy , New Hampshire State Representative
- Marie Erlande Steril , North Miami councilwoman
- Philippe Derose , North Miami Beach councilman
- Frantz Pierre , North Miami Beach councilman
- John Patrick Julien , North Miami Beach councilman
- Mariette St Vil , Village of El Portal mayor, Florida
- Yolly Roberson , Florida State Representative
- Lionel Jean-Baptiste , Evanston, Illinois councilman
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