This is a list of ethnic enclaves in cities in North America. An ethnic enclave in this context denotes an area primarily populated by a population with a similar ethnic or racial background that is different from the majority population of the country or city it is in. This list includes historic examples which may no longer be ethnic enclaves.
Africa
African Americans List of African-American neighborhoods - Thousands of African-American neighborhoods exist today. However, many of these communities are now less populated by African Americans than they were during the earlier, sometimes mid and late parts of the 20th century.
Cape Verde Campello, Brockton, Massachusetts
Ethiopia Little Ethiopia, Los Angeles, California – largest Ethiopian community outside Africa. Little Ethiopia, Shaw, Washington, D.C. Little Ethiopia, Silver Spring, Maryland Little Ethiopia, Alexandria, Virginia
Nigeria Little Lagos, Houston, Texas
Senegal Little Senegal, New York City, New York
Somalia Little Mogadishu, Minneapolis, Minnesota – largest Somali community in North America
Pan-Africa Little Africa, The Bronx, New York City, New York Little Africa, Staten Island, New York City, New York
Asia (East, South and Southeast)
Afghanistan Little Kabul, Fremont, California Little Kabul, Chicago, Illinois
Bangladesh Little Bangladesh, Los Angeles, California Bangladesh Boulevard, Paterson, New Jersey Little Bangladesh, Kensington, Brooklyn, New York City, New York Bangladesh Street, Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, New York Little Bangladesh, Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York
Cambodia
Cambodia Town, Long Beach, California Chambodia, Chamblee, Georgia Cambodia Town, Lowell, Massachusetts Little Cambodia, The Bronx, New York City, New York Cambodia Town, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
China
Chinatown, Calgary, Alberta Chinatown, Edmonton, Alberta La Chinesca, Mexicali, Baja California La Mesa, Tijuana, Baja California Chinatown, Vancouver, British Columbia Chinatown, Fresno, California Chinatown, Los Angeles, California Chinatown, Monterey Park, California Oakland Chinatown, Oakland, California Chinatown, Sacramento, California Chinatown, San Francisco, California New Chinatown, Richmond District, San Francisco, California Chinatown, Washington, D.C. Chinatown, Chamblee, Georgia Chinatown, Honolulu, Hawaii Chinatown, Chicago, Illinois Havana Chinatown, Havana, La Habana Chinatown, Baltimore, Maryland New Chinatown, Rockville, Maryland Chinatown, Boston, Massachusetts Chinatown, Allston, Boston, Massachusetts Chinatown, Malden, Massachusetts Chinatown, Quincy, Massachusetts Chinatown Plaza, Spring Valley, Nevada Chinatown Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York City, New York Chinatown, Manhattan, New York City, New York Chinatown, Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York Chinatown, Markham, Ontario Mississauga Chinese Centre, Mississauga, Ontario Chinatown, Richmond Hill, Ontario Chinatown, Toronto, Ontario East Chinatown, Toronto, Ontario Chinatown, Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario Chinatown, Windsor, Ontario Old Town Chinatown, Portland, Oregon Chinatown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Chinatown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Chinatown, Brossard, Quebec – has the largest Chinese population in Quebec Chinatown, Montreal, Quebec Chinatown West, Montreal, Quebec Chinatown, Houston, Texas DFW China Town, Richardson, Texas Chinatown, Salt Lake City, Utah CID East, Bellevue, Washington Chinatown, Seattle, Washington
Hmong Ban Vinai Village, Fresno, California Little Mekong, Saint Paul, Minnesota
India
Little India, Surrey, British Columbia Punjabi Market, Vancouver, British Columbia Little India, Artesia, California Little India, Winnipeg, Manitoba India Square, Jersey City, New Jersey Little India, Middlesex County, New Jersey Little India, Oyster Bay, New York Browntown, Brampton, Ontario Little India, London, Ontario Gerrard India Bazaar, Toronto, Ontario
Japan
Alameda, California (historic; still has a significant Japanese-American community) Leimert Park, Los Angeles (mainly Japanese from 1920s-50s) Little Tokyo, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City Markham, Ontario near Toronto, Ontario in Canada Cambridge, MA Honolulu, Hawaii Sakura Square, Denver Japantown, San Francisco Torrance, California Gardena, California Berkeley, California Cupertino, California Edmonton, Alberta
Korea
Little Seoul, Garden Grove, California Koreatown, Los Angeles, California Annandale, Virginia Barrio Coreano (Guatemala City), also known as Avenida Seúl Fort Lee, New Jersey (as well as Japanese) Buena Park, California Fullerton, California Irvine, California (among other Asians) Little Seoul, Newport News, Virginia Pequeño Seúl – Mexico City Riverside, California Santa Clara County, California Contains several "Koreatown" districts in Santa Clara (Unmarked) and San Jose (See Koreatown, San Jose) Aurora, Colorado Duluth, Georgia Koreatown, Ellicott City, Maryland
Laos Chollas View, San Diego, California – Laotian immigrant enclave, U.S. Census Bureau Weed, California Lowell, Massachusetts Parts of Twin Cities, Minnesota Stockton, California International Boulevard, Oakland, California
Myanmar (Burma) Little Burma, Fort Wayne, Indiana Chindianapolis, Southport, Indiana Indianapolis, Indiana (about 24,000, ~2.8% of total population), especially Perry Township, Marion County Greenwood, Indiana Tulsa, Oklahoma – home to Zomi Town Albany, New York – (Primarily Karen) Buffalo, New York Rogers Park, Chicago (Rohingya) Milwaukee (likely home to the largest Rohingya population in the US)
Pakistan
Little Pakistan in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City Westwood, Los Angeles, California – also has Persians from Iran (Persia Square) Thorncliffe Park, Toronto, Ontario Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City Fremont, California Sacramento metropolitan area in California – highest concentrations in Roseville, Arden-Arcade, Folsom, Elk Grove, and Rancho Cordova Dublin, California Irvine, California Pleasanton, California Walnut Creek, California San Ramon, California Eastvale, California Riverside, California – highest concentrations in Orangecrest, Arlington, and University District Corona, California Rancho Cucamonga, California Tracy, California Parts of Stockton, California Houston, Texas Stafford, Texas Katy, Texas Irving, Texas Frisco, Texas Plano, Texas Sugar Land, Texas Missouri City, Texas Cinco Ranch, Texas Arlington, Texas Parts of Austin, Texas Hamtramck, Michigan Troy, Michigan Devon Avenue in Chicago, Illinois Naperville, Illinois Bolingbrook, Illinois Montgomery County, Maryland Columbia, Maryland Ellicott City, Maryland Aurora, Colorado Northern Virginia – highest concentration is in Fairfax County Saddle Ridge, Calgary, Alberta – other areas throughout the city have smaller but significant concentrations of Pakistanis Broward County, Florida Mississauga, Ontario Milton, Ontario Northern San Diego, California Bellevue, Washington Kent, Washington Bothell, Washington Norcross, Georgia
Philippines
Carson, California – has a "Little Manila" Cerritos, California Daly City, California Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles, California Broadmoor, California Union City, California Stockton, California Brentwood, California Lathrop, California Rancho Cucamonga, California South San Francisco, California Outer Mission, San Francisco Delano, California – where "Larry Itliong Day" was dedicated Kansas City, Missouri "Philly-pino-town" Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Jacksonville, Florida Torrance, California. West Covina, California, centered on "Manila Way" on Amar Rd. and Azusa Ave Sacramento metropolitan area in California West Valley City, Utah Beacon Hill and Rainier Valley in Seattle, Washington Winnipeg, Manitoba Scarborough, Toronto Lower Mainland, British Columbia
Sri Lanka Covina, California area with a Sri Lankan community center in West Covina, California Little Sri Lanka, Tompkinsville, Staten Island, New York City Toronto (Malvern) (Toronto is home to the largest Tamil-speaking population outside of South Asia) Cerritos, California and Artesia, California Union City, California Fremont, California San Diego (Miramar) Orange County, California (Irvine and Anaheim Hills)
Taiwan Little Taipei, Rowland Heights, California Little Taipei, Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York
Thailand North side Chicago, Illinois Thai Town, Los Angeles, California
Vietnam
White Center, Washington/Tacoma, Washington/South Seattle/Chinatown-International District, Seattle Argyle, Chicago, Illinois Little Saigon Business District on Federal in Denver, Colorado Little Saigon in Southeast Albuquerque, New Mexico Arlington, Texas Bay St. Louis, Mississippi Biloxi, MississippiBounds, Jamie. "Vietnamese in Mississippi" (). Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Retrieved on August 3, 2014. "People of Vietnamese heritage live throughout Mississippi, but most live in the metropolitan areas. The three coastal counties of Jackson, Harrison, and Hancock are home to the state's largest Vietnamese population – Harrison County leads the way with more than half of the population." D'Iberville, Mississippi Little Saigon, Orange County, California San Jose, California Little Saigons in Massachusetts New Orleans, Louisiana (Village de L'Est) Little Saigon, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Portland, Oregon – there is a large Vietnamese community in North Portland and Beaverton Fairfax County, Virginia Atlanta, Georgia area Houston, Texas Stockton, Californiahttps://www.visitstockton.org/blog/stockton-californias-asian-american-experience-a-trip-through-time/ Little Saigon, Vancouver, British Columbia
Pan-Asia Asiatown, Cleveland, Ohio – formerly known as "Chinatown" Little Asia, Plano, Texas
European or Anglo origin
Australia
Manhattan, New York Santa Monica, California Whistler, British Columbia
Albania Albanian Town, Chicago Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York Detroit, Michigan – See also: History of the Albanian Americans in Metro Detroit"India leads all nations in sending people to Detroit" (Archive). Crain's Detroit Business. June 1, 2014. Updated June 6, 2014. Retrieved on September 29, 2014. "Macomb has the highest current concentration of Albanian immigrants locally at 4,800, according to Global Detroit's data. That's the fourth-largest nationality of any group in the county." Pelham Parkway (neighborhood), Bronx, New York City, New York South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts Worcester, Massachusetts Toronto, Ontario, Canada Small sections of Scottsdale, Arizona Waterbury, Connecticut
Basque Malheur County, Oregon Basque shepherds migrated to Southeastern Oregon settling in the communities of Arock, Basque, Burns and Jordan Valley. Elko, Nevada Reno, Nevada Boise, Idaho Bakersfield, California
Belarus Little Russia, San Francisco and areas adjacent to Ocean Beach, San Francisco Chicagoland New York City
Belgium Sarnia, Ontario, Canada – "Flemish or Dutch Corridor" to Chatham, Ontario
Bosnian (People with origins from Bosnia and Herzegovina): Bowling Green KentuckyKentucky Life, a TV series
https://ket.org/bosnian-culture-in-kentucky/ Chicago, Illinois - San Jose, California/Campbell, California St. Louis, Missouri - Salt Lake Valley, Utah East Utica, New York
Croatia San Pedro, Los Angeles Pueblo, Colorado
Eastern European Jewish
Orange Park, Florida in the Jacksonville, Florida area – in addition, has non-Jewish Slavic groups, Romanians, Hungarians and Albanians Rockland County, New York – Highest proportion of Jews of any county in the United States. Most are of the Satmar sect of Hasidism. In the town of Kiryas Joel, 95% of families spoke Yiddish at home.