According to the NGO Dominican Center for Social Justice (DOCESJ-CENTER), the Dominican community in the United States has risen to 2,081,419 during 2017. Organization president, Dominican Frank Valenzuela, said that in 2016 the number was 1,914,120, which means that there has been an increase of 167,299 representing 8.7%.
According to Valenzuela, the Dominican population was concentrated in five states in 2017:
New York 42% (872,504), New Jersey 14.5% (301.655), Florida 12.4% (259,779), Massachusetts 8.2% (172,577) and Pennsylvania 6.1% (127,505).
He pointed out that in the last 10 years the Dominicans are moving more inland and that in 2007 52.2% lived in New York and now in 2017 that percentage had reduced to 42%.
He said that the reasons for this were the lower cost of living, lower taxes, more employment and better opportunities for home purchase.
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Al Momento
21 November 2018
