The majority of overseas South Africans live in the
United Kingdom,
Australia and
New Zealand, countries with similar cultural and linguistic heritage to many South Africans, as well as similar climates and latitude positioning in the case of the latter two countries. There have also been a large number of South African immigrants who have gone to the US. Many
white South Africans, both before and after the end of
apartheid, emigrated to Midwestern states such as
Minnesota and
Illinois.
Irvine, California has a large population of
South African Jews. There are numerous South Africans living in
New York City and Mid-Atlantic states such as
Maryland. Most South African immigrants in the US are white people of European origin. Of the 82,000 South Africans living in the US between 2008 and 2009, about 11,000 of them were
Black South Africans. In the
2000 Census, 509 South African Americans reported their ethnic origins as
Zulu. The majority of these immigrants are English speaking, with a moderate proportion of these being
South African Jews. In the US, South Africans in general — both white and black — live in the US individually, rather than in communities of South African Americans. The highest number of South Africans in the US live in California, notably
Los Angeles County,
Orange County and
San Diego, while smaller populations reside in the
Mid-Atlantic and the
Pacific Northwest.
South African-born population South African-born population in the US since 2015: == Organizations ==