African immigrants in U.S. more religious than other Black Americans, and more likely to be Catholic
Immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa tend to be more religious than U.S.-born Black adults or immigrants from the Caribbean.
Immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa tend to be more religious than U.S.-born Black adults or immigrants from the Caribbean.
Immigrants – particularly those from African nations – are a growing share of the U.S. Black population.
Nigeria is Africa’s most populous nation and is the top birthplace among African immigrants living in the U.S.
Money sent by immigrants to their home countries in sub-Saharan Africa reached a record $41 billion in 2017.
Across the surveyed countries, opinion varies widely about the value of diversity. But interacting with people of different backgrounds is related to more positive attitudes about the role of diversity in society.
Sub-Saharan immigrants in the United States are also more highly educated than the U.S. native born population.
Many South Africans are dissatisfied with the state of their democracy. Confidence in some civic institutions declined from 1990 to 2013.
Sub-Saharan African nations account for nine of the 10 fastest growing international migrant populations since 2010.
For the first time in modern history, the world’s population is expected to virtually stop growing by the end of this century.
More than 22.4 million people applied in 2017 to a U.S. visa program that provides 50,000 green cards each year through a lottery system. The number of applicants nearly matched the record 23 million applicants received in 2016 and came as the Trump administration and some members of Congress have sought to eliminate the program – the only one of its kind globally.