Kenyan Americans are Americans of Kenyan descent. Based on figures from the 2000 Census, there are an estimated 40,680 Kenyan Americans. Most Kenyan Americans are concentrated in the greater Washington, D.C. area, Texas, California, Illinois, Michigan, Georgia, New York and North Carolina.
Restrictions against immigration from Asia and Africa led to little voluntary immigration from Kenya until the latter half of the 20th century.
Due to politic...
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Kenyan Americans are Americans of Kenyan descent. Based on figures from the 2000 Census, there are an estimated 40,680 Kenyan Americans. Most Kenyan Americans are concentrated in the greater Washington, D.C. area, Texas, California, Illinois, Michigan, Georgia, New York and North Carolina.
Restrictions against immigration from Asia and Africa led to little voluntary immigration from Kenya until the latter half of the 20th century.
Due to political and economic unrest in Kenya, between the decades of the 1980s and 1990s, Kenyan emigration in the United States noted a large increase, nearly doubling from the decades before.
The increase in migration in the United States from Kenyans was produced by several factors; political instability and a downturn in the economy in the 1980s in Kenya coupled with a high rate of unemployment (over 35 percent) led to a greater desire to immigrate. Some immigrants were also attracted to technology-oriented careers in the United States that boomed in...
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