A study of Brits living in the U.S.

[Kevin]

Interesting article.

Although I wonder. Why is there so many people holding UK citizenship in Portsmouth VA?

https://transferwise.com/us/blog/brits-living-in-the-us?lang=EN&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=US1UK

[VPH]

Navy presence?

[King of Kensington]

Doesn't Santa Monica have a lot of Brits?

[DINGO Joe]

Doesn't Santa Monica have a lot of Brits?

There is Wee Britain in Orange County

[jimrtex]

Interesting article.

Although I wonder. Why is there so many people holding UK citizenship in Portsmouth VA?

https://transferwise.com/us/blog/brits-living-in-the-us?lang=EN&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=US1UK

I don't buy it. First the US Census doesn't track foreign citizenships. It does track foreign births. Portsmouth has about 2.5% foreign born. It does have a somewhat high percentage of British born among the foreign born.

[jimrtex]

Doesn't Santa Monica have a lot of Brits?

Yes. 44 cities have more than 1000 Briitish born residents, Santa Monica is the only one with less than 100,000 total residences. Note that Torrance, Huntington Beach, and Carlsbad are also on the list.

New York, NY          30731
Los Angeles, CA       13871
Houston, TX            6572
San Diego, CA          5886
San Francisco, CA      4989
Chicago, IL            4773
San Jose, CA           3372
Phoenix, AZ            3095
Seattle, WA            2939
Washington, DC         2776
Austin, TX             2390
Boston, MA             2289
Philadelphia, PA       2255
Portland, OR           2093
Las Vegas, NV          1927
Charlotte, NC          1895
Dallas, TX             1887
San Antonio, TX        1816
Denver, Colorado       1673
Jacksonville, FL       1591
Virginia Beach, VA     1469
St. Petersburg, FL     1439
Raleigh, NC            1429
Santa Monica, CA       1369
Plano, TX              1364
Scottsdale, AZ         1358
Fort Lauderdale, FL    1321
Long Beach, CA         1266
Colorado Springs, CO   1215
Arlington CDP, VA      1209
The Woodlands CDP, TX  1202
Carlsbad, CA           1181
Oakland, CA            1150
Irvine, CA             1133
Fort Worth, TX         1091
Albuquerque, NM        1091
Torrance, CA           1074
Huntington Beach, CA   1071
Baltimore, MD          1057
Mesa, AZ               1052
Atlanta, GA            1041
Cambridge, MA          1021
Tucson, AZ             1013
Tampa, FL              1004

There may be a naval connection (or perhaps British-born wives of US navy personnel (e.g. Virginia Beach, Jacksonville (tops in Florida), San Diego.

[Blair]

Houston surprises me; although I do know a family friend (who's Indian) who's family own property out there

[DINGO Joe]

Houston surprises me; although I do know a family friend (who's Indian) who's family own property out there

I imagine most of them work in the oil industry (white collar)

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I have a relative in Texas who was born in the UK but grew up in Australia and is very much an Australian in all important respects.

[jimrtex]

Houston surprises me; although I do know a family friend (who's Indian) who's family own property out there

I imagine most of them work in the oil industry (white collar)

Shell is Houston's largest oil company employer. BP is also large. But there are lots of British working for other companies. If you're in oil exploration, your career advancement will likely lead to Houston.

[jimrtex]

I have a relative in Texas who was born in the UK but grew up in Australia and is very much an Australian in all important respects.

BBC did a report on expats.

8 countries have more than 100,000 British living there. It would be interesting to see guesses as to what they were and to rank them.

[Brittain33]

I have a relative in Texas who was born in the UK but grew up in Australia and is very much an Australian in all important respects.

BBC did a report on expats.

8 countries have more than 100,000 British living there. It would be interesting to see guesses as to what they were and to rank them.

I'll guess Spain as #1.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

No, Australia and by miles. Well over a million.

[Figueira]

In no particular order: Australia, Spain, France, US, Canada, New Zealand, Germany, Italy?

That's probably way off, but eh.

[jimrtex]

I have a relative in Texas who was born in the UK but grew up in Australia and is very much an Australian in all important respects.

BBC did a report on expats.

8 countries have more than 100,000 British living there. It would be interesting to see guesses as to what they were and to rank them.

I'll guess Spain as #1.

Spain is #2, which was a surprise to me: Australia has about the same as USA and Canada combined.

What effect will Brexit have on British living in Spain? Since many are retirees, there has to be a constant resupply.

1. Australia

... Miles ...

2. Spain
3. USA
4. Canada

... Miles ...

5. Ireland
6. New Zealand
7. France
8. Germany

[jimrtex]

In no particular order: Australia, Spain, France, US, Canada, New Zealand, Germany, Italy?

That's probably way off, but eh.

Other than getting the wrong country with an 'I', (Ireland rather than Italy) the list is correct.

[Figueira]

In no particular order: Australia, Spain, France, US, Canada, New Zealand, Germany, Italy?

That's probably way off, but eh.

Other than getting the wrong country with an 'I', (Ireland rather than Italy) the list is correct.

Huh. I considered Ireland but I wasn't entirely sure.

[jimrtex]

Interesting article.

Although I wonder. Why is there so many people holding UK citizenship in Portsmouth VA?

https://transferwise.com/us/blog/brits-living-in-the-us?lang=EN&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=US1UK

I don't buy it. First the US Census doesn't track foreign citizenships. It does track foreign births. Portsmouth has about 2.5% foreign born. It does have a somewhat high percentage of British born among the foreign born.

I emailed about the source of their assertion, and they said that their contract with the entity that provided the data forbid disclosure. I wrote back and pointed out that Portsmouth was only 2.5% foreign-born and 50% black.