 Algerian Americans also have created communities in universities, cities, and urban areas, such as New York City, Washington, D.C, Austin, Houston, Boston, Detroit, Seattle, San Diego, and the Inland Empire region east of Los Angeles.In the late 1990s, there were an estimated 12,500 African immigrants from a multitude of countries living in the Dallas area.A small Algerian population was established in Chicago prior to the 1990s, which mostly consisted of students and others with academic interests.