Cross-cultural friendships
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#1 Little Haiti, Miami, Florida — for cross-cultural friendships.
n = 3,024 U.S. residents · Fielded 2026 · Cherry Data Signals
What it means
The full ranking: #1 Little Haiti, Miami, Florida; #2 Flushing, Queens, New York; #3 Las Cruces, New Mexico; #4 Jackson Heights, Queens, New York; #5 North Miami, Florida; #6 Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York; #7 International District, Albuquerque, New Mexico; #8 Gulfton, Houston, Texas; #9 Koreatown, Los Angeles, California; #10 Village de l’Est, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Methodology
- Sample
- 3,024
- Population
- U.S. residents
- Country
- United States
- Fielded
- 2026
- Research by
- Cherry Data Signals
- Study
- Language Barriers in American Life
Cite this statistic
Cherry Data Signals (2026). "Cross-cultural friendships" Survey of 3,024 U.S. residents, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/cross-cultural-friendships
Free to reproduce with attribution to Cherry Data Signals and a link to this page.
Related statistics
- Developed a close friendship despite neither person initially speaking the other's first language fluently48%
- Potential friendship failed to develop because of difficulty communicating in a shared language35%
- Neighbor they wanted to know better but had not because of a language barrier25%
- Avoided approaching a romantic interest because they thought they would not share a fluent language24%
- Who people use translation tools with socially21%
- Formed a friendship with a colleague whose first language differed from their own53%
- Work involved communication with someone with a different preferred language at least weekly43%
- Cross-language communication at work35%
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