The Dominican Republic has 10 consulates in the USAin cities like New York and Miami who have a community numerous Dominican Republic, and in others where the presence of nationals is not so considerable, in the midst of the announcement of four new consular offices that will repeat the pattern if approved.
In one of the cities where one of these consulates is located, only 614 Dominicans reside.
Upon arrival of president Luis Abinader to the National Palace, the country had six consulates in the USAbeing the one located in New York the most relevant taking into account that it is the home of some 737,277 Dominicansaccording to census data of the USA.
They follow him BostonMassachusetts, with 38,872 dominicans; MiamiFlorida, with 12,131; Illinois, Chicago, 3,814; Los Angeles, California, with 3,450 and New Orleans, Louisiana, which barely reaches 614 dominicans.
In Abinader’s first term, four were included consular offices in Paterson, New JerseyPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, Orlando, Florida, and Houston, Texas.
The population of dominicans in New Jersey is 46,417; they follow him Texas with 38,964; Orlando with 7,474; and Philadelphia 3,566.
Apart from the cities of New YorkBoston, Miami, Illinois, Los Angeles and New Orleans; Dominican authorities plan to have consular offices in ProvidenceRaleigh, Baltimore and Connecticut.
The population in the new consular headquarters
He president Luis Abinader announced last week in New Yorkwhere he was participating in the UN General Assembly, four new consulates on US territory.
These will be located in Providence, Rhode Islanda state that has 64,471 dominicans residing legally, according to statistics from the Institute of dominicans and Dominicans abroad. In Raleigh, North Carolina, with 32,441 dominicans; Baltimore, Maryland, with 28,741; and in Connecticutin which 59,747 reside.
The Dominican Foreign Ministry reported over the weekend that of these four proposals, two have already been delivered to the State Department from the United States and are awaiting their response, while the other two are subject to internal processes before being sent to the US authorities.
USA It is the place with the most dominicans outside national boundaries. By December 2023, the community Dominican population in the United States amounted to 2,396,784, becoming the fifth group of Latinos with the largest presence in the country.
At the moment, Spain leads as the country that hosts the largest number of consular offices Dominicans, with 11, a panorama that will change if the State Department of the US authorizes the installation of the four that the Dominican Government will request, two of which are already awaiting authorization.
