Uruguayan Americans

Uruguayan Americans (Spanish: uruguayo-americanos, norteamericanos de origen uruguayo or estadounidenses de origen uruguayo) are Americans of Uruguayan ancestry or birth. The American Community Survey of 2006^[2] estimated the Uruguayan American population to number 50,538, a figure that notably increased a decade later.^[3]

Since Uruguay experienced large waves of European immigration from the 19th century until the mid-20th century, and approximately 93% of the country’s population is of European descent—mainly Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese—many Uruguayan Americans identify not only with their national heritage, but also with their families’ countries of origin.^[4]