Belgian Americans facts for kids
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 361,667 (2010 census) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Wisconsin · Michigan · Ohio · New York · Los Angeles • Florida · Illinois · California · Minnesota | |
| Languages | |
| American English · Flemish Dutch · Belgian French · Walloon · German | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Roman Catholicism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| French Americans · Dutch Americans · German Americans |
Belgian Americans are Americans who can trace their ancestry to immigrants from Belgium who emigrated to the United States. While the first natives of the then-Southern Netherlands arrived in America in the 17th century, most of the Belgian immigrants arrived during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Images for kids
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The Emigrants (1896) by the Belgian artist Eugène Laermans
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Namur, Wisconsin, a Belgian American settlement named after the Belgian city of Namur
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Two processional giants, an important element of Belgian and Northern French folklore, pictured in Brussels, Wisconsin.
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19th-century view of Belgique, Missouri and its church
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