Portuguese-American neighborhoods
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In the late 19th century, many Portuguese, mainly from the islands of Azores and Madeira, migrated to the United States and established communities in cities such as New Bedford, Massachusetts; and San Jose, California. Many of them also moved to Hawaii. There are an estimated 1,500,000 Portuguese Americans based on the Government Census Community Survey.[1]
List of Portuguese American neighborhoods[edit]
Alabama[edit]
Arizona[edit]
California[edit]
- Artesia, "International District", known for ethnic diversity[2][3]
- Bakersfield (Kern County)
- Camarillo
- Castro Valley
- Ceres
- Cherryland
- Chino
- Chowchilla
- Corona
- Culver City - Little Brazil, also has Portuguese
- Dana Point
- Delano
- Denair
- El Granada
- Empire
- Excalon
- Fairfield
- Ferndale
- Fort Bragg
- Fremont
- Fresno
- Gilroy
- Gustine
- Half Moon Bay
- Hanford
- Healdsburg
- Hilmar
- Hollister
- Keyes
- Kings County
- Lathrop
- Lemoore
- Long Beach
- Los Angeles - Little Portugal in San Pedro. Also, Pico Boulevard (Mid-City) - concentrations extend to Central Los Angeles
- Los Banos
- Manteca
- Modesto (and surrounding towns in the Central Valley)
- Monterey
- Newark
- Newman
- Newport Beach
- Norco
- Oakdale
- Oakland - largest Portuguese city in California
- Oakley
- Ontario
- Orange County (esp. around Tustin)
- Orland
- Pasadena
- Petaluma
- Pismo Beach
- Point Loma
- Port Hueneme
- Porterville (and surrounding towns in the Central Valley)
- Portuguese Bend on the Palos Verdes Peninsula
- Redondo Beach
- Rio Vista
- Ripon
- Riverside - has a Portugal Day event
- Sacramento - could be largest Portuguese community in US
- Salida
- Salinas near Salinas Valley
- San Diego including the Little Italy neighborhood. The surrounding San Diego area has many Portuguese.
- San Francisco - Luso-American cultural center
- San Jose - "Little Portugal" neighborhood
- San Juan Bautista
- San Leandro, city near Oakland with a large Portuguese population.
- San Lorenzo
- San Martin
- San Mateo County
- San Pablo
- San Pedro, known as Little Portugal
- Santa Barbara
- Santa Clara in the Lafayette Street area
- Santa Clara County
- Santa Cruz in the Seabright neighborhood
- Santa Cruz County
- Santa Maria
- Santa Monica
- Shasta Lake
- Sonora
- Stockton
- Sunol
- Torrance
- Tracy
- Tulare
- Turlock
- Vallejo
- Ventura
- Visalia - part of the Portuguese settlement of the San Joaquin Valley
- Watsonville
- West Los Angeles - Little Portugal has Portuguese, more Brazilians and Latin Americans
- Yuba City
Connecticut[edit]
- Ansonia
- Bozrah
- Bridgeport
- Chester
- Clinton
- Colchester
- Danbury ("Little Portugal" neighborhood)
- Darien
- Ellington
- Hartford
- Naugatuck
- New Canaan
- Newington
- Rocky Hill
- Stonington
- Wallingford
- Waterbury, home to the Portuguese consulate in Connecticut
- Weston
- Windsor Locks
Delaware[edit]
District of Columbia[edit]
Florida[edit]
- Apalachicola
- Avon Park
- Belle Glade
- Blountstown
- Boca Raton
- Bonifay
- Bradenton
- Brooksville
- Cape Coral
- Casselberry
- Cedar Key
- Chattahoochee
- Chiefland
- Clermont
- Clewiston
- Cocoa
- Crescent City
- Crystal River
- Dade City
- Davie
- DeBary
- Deltona
- Doral
- Everglades City
- Fellsmere
- Fernandina Beach
- Fort Myers
- Fort Walton Beach
- Gulf Breeze
- Haines City
- Hallandale Beach
- High Springs
- Highland Beach
- Holmes Beach
- Homestead
- Jacksonville Beach
- Lady Lake
- Lake City
- Lake Wales
- Lakeland
- Lantana
- Lauderdale Lakes
- Lighthouse Point
- Longboat Key
- Marco Island
- Margate
- Miami - includes Brazilians and Cape Verdeans
- Milton
- Miramar
- Monticello
- Moore Have
- New Smyrna Beach
- Niceville
- North Lauderdale
- Oakland Park
- Okeechobee
- Orlando
- Palatka
- Palm Bay
- Palm Beach
- Palm Beach Gardens
- Palm Coast
- Palmetto Bay
- Panama City Beach
- Parkland
- Pensacola
- Pinecrest
- Plant City
- Plantation
- Pompano Beach
- Port Orange
- Port St. Lucie
- Punta Gorda
- Safety Harbor
- San Antonio
- Sanford
- Sarasota
- Southwest Ranches
- St. Augustine
- St. Petersburg
- Stuart
- Sunny Isles Beach
- Sunrise
- Tallahassee
- Tamarac
- Temple Terrace
- Tequesta
- Titusville
- Venice
- West Park
- Weston
- Wilton Manors
- Winter Garden
- Winter Haven
- Zephyrhills
Georgia[edit]
- Acworth
- Americus
- Atlanta
- Augusta
- Bainbridge
- Blairsville
- Canton
- Clarkesville
- Clayton
- Cleveland
- Columbus
- Cumming
- Cuthbert
- Dawsonville
- Decatur
- Donalsonville
- Dublin
- Ellijay
- Fayetteville
- Fitzgerald
- Flowery Branch
- Folkston
- Hartwell
- Jasper
- Johns Creek
- Jonesboro
- Kennesaw
- LaGrange
- Lithonia
- Loganville
- Lookout Mountain
- Macon
- Milledgeville
- Monroe
- Newnan
- Norcross
- Peachtree City
- Peachtree Corners
- Ray City
- Savannah
- Smyrna
- Stone Mountain
- Thomaston
- Thomson
- Tifton
- Toccoa
- Tybee Island
- Valdosta
- Winder
Hawaii[edit]
Idaho[edit]
Illinois[edit]
- Chicago - Little Portugal/Brazil
- Galena
- Jacksonville
- Joliet
- Mendota
- Springfield
Indiana[edit]
Louisiana[edit]
Maine[edit]
- Augusta
- Bangor
- Bar Harbor
- Boothbay Harbor
- Brewer
- Bucksport
- Calais
- Cape Elizabeth
- Caribou
- Castine
- Cherryfield
- Danforth
- Dover-Foxcroft
- Fort Fairfield
- Freeport
- Frenchville
- Gorham
- Houlton
- Islesboro
- Jay
- Kittery
- Lewiston
- Lyman
- Machias
- Madawaska
- Mechanic Falls
- Ogunquit
- Presque Isle
- Rumford
- Saco
- Sanford
- Skowhegan
- South Berwick
- Stonington
- Van Buren
- Waterville
- Windham
- Yarmouth
Maryland[edit]
Massachusetts[edit]
- Amherst
- Athol
- Attleboro
- Blackstone
- Bridgewater
- Brockton
- Cambridge
- Chicopee
- Fall River
- Falmouth
- Fitchburg
- Framingham
- Gloucester
- Hanover
- Haverhill
- Hudson
- Lawrence
- Lowell, Back Central neighborhood
- Ludlow
- Milford
- Nantucket
- New Bedford
- Norwood
- Oak Bluffs
- Paxton
- Peabody
- Pittsfield
- Plainville
- Provincetown, Massachusetts
- Rehoboth
- Somerville
- Southbridge
- Stoughton
- Taunton, 33.7% Portuguese descent[4]
- Wellfleet
- West Stockbridge
- Williamstown
- Winchendon
- Woburn
Michigan[edit]
Minnesota[edit]
Montana[edit]
Nebraska[edit]
Nevada[edit]
New Hampshire[edit]
New Jersey[edit]
- East Newark
- Elizabeth
- Englewood Cliffs
- Harrison
- Hillside
- Kearny
- Livingston
- Long Branch
- New Brunswick
- New Providence
- Newark, high percentage of Portuguese people within the Ironbound section
- Little Portugal, aka Little Brazil - home to many Portuguese and Brazilians, as well Spaniards and Latinos [5]
- North Arlington
- Ocean County
- Old Bridge
- Paterson - Portuguese, Cape Verdean and Brazilian
- Perth Amboy
- Short Hills
- South Amboy
- South River
- Union Township
- Vernon Township
New York[edit]
- Buffalo
- Dobbs Ferry
- Ithaca
- Long Island
- Manhattan
- Mineola[6]
- Mount Vernon
- Nassau County
- New Rochelle
- New York City (Little Brazil, Manhattan, inhabited by many Portuguese-speaking countries' communities, mainly Portuguese and Brazilian)
- Ossining
- Port Jervis
- Rochester
- Saratoga Springs
- Suffolk County
- Tarrytown
- Yonkers
North Carolina[edit]
- Albemarle
- Asheboro
- Brevard
- Burnsville
- Chapel Hill
- Edenton
- Fayetteville
- Forest City
- Goldsboro
- Greenville
- Hamlet
- Hayesville
- Hendersonville
- Hickory
- High Point
- Hillsborough
- Huntersville
- Jacksonville
- Jefferson
- Kannapolis
- Kings Mountain
- Kinston
- Laurinburg
- Lexington
- Louisburg
- Mint Hill
- Mocksville
- Morehead City
- Morganton
- Nags Head
- New Bern
- Newton
- Oriental
- Pinehurst
- Red Springs
- Reidsville
- Roanoke Rapids
- Robbinsville
- Rocky Mount
- Shallotte
- Shelby
- Southern Pines
- Statesville
- Tarboro
- Tryon
- Wake Forest
- Waynesville
- Wendell
- Williamstown
- Wilson
- Winston-Salem
- Wrightsville Beach
Ohio[edit]
Oregon[edit]
Pennsylvania[edit]
- Allentown, including Brazilians and other Latin Americans[7]
- Bethlehem has a Portuguese community of around 5,000. Also has Spaniards and Hispanics.
- Chester
- Grove City
- Philadelphia (Little Portugal, Northeast Philadelphia, a large presence of Portuguese as well as Brazilians)
- Tinicum Township
Rhode Island[edit]
- Bristol in Portuguese Town. 25% in town, the state itself is 12% Portuguese.
- Central Falls
- Cranston
- Cumberland, particularly the Valley Falls section.
- East Providence
- Little Compton
- New Shoreham
- Newport
- Pawtucket, largest Portuguese city in New England
- Smithfield
- Tiverton
- Warren
- West Warwick
South Carolina[edit]
- Abbeville
- Aiken
- Batesburg-Leesville
- Beaufort
- Bluffton
- Blythewood
- Camden
- Clover
- Easley
- Edgefield
- Florence
- Fort Mill
- Greenwood
- Hanahan
- Hardeeville
- Hartsville
- Hilton Head Island
- Kingstree
- Lancaster
- Laurens
- Loris
- Marion
- Moncks Corner
- Newberry
- North Augusta
- North Myrtle Beach
- Pawleys Island
- Pickens
- Rock Hill
- Santee
- Sullivan's Island
- Summerton
- Summerville
- Sumter
- York
Texas[edit]
Vermont[edit]
Virginia[edit]
Washington[edit]
West Virginia[edit]
- Berkeley Springs
- Bluefield
- Buckhannon
- Chester
- Clarksburg
- Dunbar
- Elkins
- Fairmont
- Gassaway
- Grafton
- Grantsville
- Hinton
- Huntington
- Hurricane
- Kingwood
- Marlinton
- Martinsburg
- Morgantown
- Moundsville
- New Martinsville
- Parkersburg
- Rainelle
- Ravenswood
- Romney
- Ronceverte
- Shepherdstown
- Shinnston
- Sistersville
- Summersville
- Vienna
- Webster Springs
- Weirton
- Weston
- Wheeling
- Williamson
Wisconsin[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "2008 Community Survey". Factfinder.census.gov. Archived from the original on 2020-02-11. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
- ^ "Artesia: From Portuguese Dairy Farms to Little India". 22 August 2014.
- ^ "A Piece of Portugal in Artesia". 3 May 2011.
- ^ Taunton Daily Newspaper
- ^ Becky Krystal (2014-07-10). "Newark's Ironbound district, a neighborhood with Portuguese flair". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
- ^ http://portuguese-american-journal.com/mineola-ny/ Community - Near Mineola, NY
- ^ "Pride in Portugal the Language and the Homeland Keep Portuguese Immigrants in the Lehigh Valley Connected to Their Country".