Since 1975 emigration from Honduras has accelerated as economic migrants and political refugees seek a better life elsewhere. Although many Hondurans have many relatives in Nicaragua, Spain, Mexico, El Salvador and Canada, the majority of Hondurans living abroad are in the United States.

The Honduran Flag is a symbol of the Honduran diaspora.
Salvador Moncada. A famous Honduran in the United Kingdom

Nowadays, most Hondurans migrate because of the political persecution, unemployment, and poverty that has affected the country since the 1990s. However, many Hondurans have succeeded abroad; examples include Steve Van Buren, Sir. Salvador Moncada, Carlos Mencia, Henry Flores, and Gerald Young.

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The United States

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America Ferrera. American actress of Honduran descent.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau (figures taken from the 2015 American Community Survey[1]), 1,084,000 Hondurans live in the USA, making them the third largest Central American community in the U.S. The top Metropolitan statistical areas for the Honduran community are:

Rank Metropolitan statistical area Hondurans - Estimated
1 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA MSA 114,769
2 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL MSA 89,163
3 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX MSA 66,756
4 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA MSA 54,273
5 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA 46,363
6 New Orleans-Metairie, LA MSA 28,842
7 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA 25,420
8 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA MSA 19,836
9 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC MSA 15,316
10 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH MSA 15,194
11 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI MSA 14,007
12 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA 10,246
13 Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA 9,304
14 San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA MSA 9,000
15 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA MSA 8,975


2012 US State Department estimates[2] suggested there are between 800,000 and 1 million Hondurans living in the United States, nearly 15% of the Honduran domestic population. The large uncertainty is due to the substantial number of Hondurans living illegally in the United States. The 2010 U.S. Census counted 633,401 Hondurans in the United States, up from 217,569 in 2000.[3]

Spain

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Honduran bar in Madrid, Spain.

On October 3, 1963, the then President of Honduras Dr. Ramón Villeda Morales and his wife Alejandrina Bermúdez Milla, visited Spain on the occasion of the change of Honduran Ambassador, Antonio Bermúdez for Virgilio Zelaya Rubí; Villeda Morales also met with Hondurans residing in the European nation, among them were: Harold Aldana, Jorge Rápalo, Luis Alberto Ponce, Óscar Ziri Zúñiga, Rubén Villeda.

On March 14, 1966, the Resolution on the Hispanic-Honduran Cultural Agreement2 is issued in which the Cultural Treaty between Hispano-Honduran dated October 22, 1958 is discussed and in which the citizens of both countries are exonerated from the payment of enrollment, exams and degrees when they enroll in educational centers in a country other than their own.

There were 100,000 Hondurans living in Spain in 2018.[4]

The Americas

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According to statistics compiled by CELADE (Investigación Migración Internacional de Latinoamérica) in 1992 there were more than 8,700 Hondurans living in El Salvador, 9,700 in Nicaragua (by 1995), 5,500 in Guatemala (by 2002), 3,000 in Costa Rica (by 2000); and 2,400 in Belize (by 1990). Additionally, according to the UN Demographic Yearbook (2000) 8,700 Hondurans live in Canada. There's another population of 80,587 in Mexico (by 2018).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "B05002 - PLACE OF BIRTH BY NATIVITY AND CITIZENSHIP STATUS". US Census Data Explorer. US Census Bureau. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  2. ^ U.S. Relations With Honduras. State.gov (2012-06-19). Retrieved on 2013-01-04.
  3. ^ U.S. Census website. Factfinder2.census.gov. Retrieved on 2013-01-04.
  4. ^ La otra 'trata de blancas': así operan las mafias hondureñas en España. elconfidencial.com (2018-07-17). Retrieved on 2018-10-32.