Americans in Argentina

American Argentines
Americano-argentinos (Spanish)
Population pyramid, according to the 2022 Argentine census.
Total population
5,000[1] or 60,000[2]
Regions with significant populations
Mainly in Buenos Aires and Córdoba
Languages
Spanish • English
Religion
Roman Catholicism • Protestantism
Related ethnic groups

There is a community of Americans living in Argentina consisting of immigrants and expatriates from the United States as well as their local born descendants. There are roughly 5,000[1] or 60,000[2] Americans living in the country.

Migration history

From 2002 to 2003, many Americans migrated to Argentina when the country suddenly became comparatively inexpensive to the United States.[3]

Immigration from the United States increased further during and after the 2008 financial crisis as many Americans fled the crisis-ridden United States to escape to Argentina. A few interviews and immigration data shows a 12% increase in the number of Americans (742) who applied for permanent residency in 2008.

Education

American schools in Argentina include:

  • Asociación Escuelas Lincoln (Buenos Aires)

Notable people

Andrea Collarini is an American Argentine tennis player.
  • Guy Williams (1924–1989), actor
  • Adrián Suar (born 1968), actor, producer, and businessman
  • Amán Rawson (1792–1847), physician and merchant, politician
  • Andrea Collarini (born 1992), tennis player
  • Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824–1896), astronomer
  • Bernhard Dawson (1890–1960), astronomer
  • Tranquilo Cappozzo (1918–2003), rower and Olympic champion
  • Charles Dillon Perrine (1867–1951), astronomer
  • John M. Thome (1843–1908), astronomer
  • Jonas Coe (1805–1864), naval commander
  • Bryan Gerzicich (born 1984), football player
  • Dan Newland (born 1949), journalist, translator, and writer
  • Kevin Johansen (born 1964), rock musician
  • Maxine Swann (born 1969), fiction author
  • Melville Sewell Bagley (1838–1880), businessman and creator of Hesperidina, the unofficial Argentine national liqueur
  • Renato Corsi (born 1963), association football player
  • Richard Maury (1882–1950), railway engineer and designer of the iconic Tren a las Nubes train service
  • Richard Shindell (born 1960), folk songwriter
  • Roy Cortina (born 1964), politician and President of the Socialist Party in Buenos Aires
  • Viggo Mortensen (born 1958), actor
  • William Henry Hudson (1841–1922), author, naturalist and ornithologist
  • Jorge Newberry, aviation pioneer

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of Origin and Destination".
  2. ^ a b "La vida de los estadounidenses residentes en Argentina". Télam (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2016-03-23.
  3. ^ "Americans Fleeing The US For Argentina? Argentina Post, 22 March 2009
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