Major cities by count of embassies, consulates, or diplomatic missions

[Urbanguy]

Originally Posted by iheartthed

I don't think those are official consulates. I'm not able to find any reference of a Nepalese consulate on the Nepal government's page.

It's mixed (consulate, honorary consulate, consulate general, etc.) but the office in Honolulu can issue visas to their citizens which is beyond just honorary duties.

[Antares41]

I believe there was a Canadian Consulate General Office in Buffalo pre-pandemic. I do not think it has re-opened yet.

[north 42]

Originally Posted by hipster duck

There are probably more Mexicans - certainly Mexicans who need temporary work permits - living around Leamington than in Windsor, and many of them don't have cars.

Yeah, almost all of the Mexican migrant workers are in the Leamington and Kingsville area, almost none in Windsor itself. Leamington has a plethora of really good authentic Mexican restaurants because of its large migrant worker population.

[JManc]

Originally Posted by SIGSEGV

Do Houston consulates lean oily?

Yes and no, the amount of consulates is due to oil and gas but any country with oil and gas interests; France, Indonesia, Japan, etc. Saudi has a massive presence in Houston.

[Northern Light]

Canadian Embassy and Consulates in the U.S.:

Washington DC
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
Honolulu
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis
NYC
San Fran
Seattle

[Northern Light]

I count 107 Consulates in the City of Toronto; but I might be off by 1 or 2.

https://www.ontario.ca/page/consular-offices#section-1

[McBane]

Lists like this really demonstrate how Philly's location is a blessing and a curse. With embassies a mere 3 hour drive away in DC and other consulates in NYC 90 min away, it makes little sense to have any consulates here.

[DCReid]

Originally Posted by McBane

Lists like this really demonstrate how Philly's location is a blessing and a curse. With embassies a mere 3 hour drive away in DC and other consulates in NYC 90 min away, it makes little sense to have any consulates here.

Pittsburgh having none is a surprise since I believe it was a top 20 metro area and major corporate center until at least the mid 1970s.

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by DCReid

Pittsburgh having none is a surprise since I believe it was a top 20 metro area and major corporate center until at least the mid 1970s.

ditto for st. louis.

[iheartthed]

Originally Posted by DCReid

Pittsburgh having none is a surprise since I believe it was a top 20 metro area and major corporate center until at least the mid 1970s.

When compiling the list I noticed that Pittsburgh has only ever had one consulate, which was the Polish consulate. It closed at the beginning of the Cold War.

[bobdreamz]

Are these figures for an entire metro? I remember compiling a list for the Miami metro up to Palm Beach county a while back and there were more than 60.

[TempleGuy1000]

Originally Posted by iheartthed

When compiling the list I noticed that Pittsburgh has only ever had one consulate, which was the Polish consulate. It closed at the beginning of the Cold War.

Which is a good point that they have moved around over the years. It's possible St. Louis had one before. Philadelphia was the first capitol so it was the first city to have them and did have more before.

The list in the original post is the actual 'career diplomats' which I assume means they keep an address in the city and have a person on staff around. There is also the 'honorary' kind that just promotes cultural and business interests in both places.
for example: https://www.consularcorpsofphiladelphia.org/members/

Really though, it was always bullshit that Philadelphia was not selected to be home to the United Nations.

[sopas ej]

In regards to Los Angeles, I always found it odd that LA never had an Indian consulate, but San Francisco does. Also, among south Asian nations, LA has consulates for Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, but San Francisco has none of those.

And, aside from LA losing the Cuban consulate in 1961, since 2009, 6 other consulates in LA have closed:

Sweden (2009)
Slovakia (2013)
Angola (2018)
Switzerland (2018)
Uruguay (2021)
Afghanistan (2022)

[DCReid]

Originally Posted by TempleGuy1000

Which is a good point that they have moved around over the years. It's possible St. Louis had one before. Philadelphia was the first capitol so it was the first city to have them and did have more before.

The list in the original post is the actual 'career diplomats' which I assume means they keep an address in the city and have a person on staff around. There is also the 'honorary' kind that just promotes cultural and business interests in both places.
for example: https://www.consularcorpsofphiladelphia.org/members/

Really though, it was always bullshit that Philadelphia was not selected to be home to the United Nations.

I don't recall Philly being under consideration for the UN. I recall the one of the first international conference was held in San Francisco, so I thought maybe SF was slighted, but I don't recall Philly being under consideration:

Per Wiki: Founding (1945) - After months of planning, the UN Conference on International Organization opened in San Francisco, 25 April 1945, attended by 50 governments and a number of non-governmental organizations...

[homebucket]

Originally Posted by sopas ej

In regards to Los Angeles, I always found it odd that LA never had an Indian consulate, but San Francisco does. Also, among south Asian nations, LA has consulates for Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, but San Francisco has none of those.

And, aside from LA losing the Cuban consulate in 1961, since 2009, 6 other consulates in LA have closed:

Sweden (2009)
Slovakia (2013)
Angola (2018)
Switzerland (2018)
Uruguay (2021)
Afghanistan (2022)

The Bay Area has the second largest Indian population and highest per capita by metro in the US. By percentage it’s quite a bit more than LA’s. Although I think your question is more why doesn’t LA also have an Indian consulate. For that I do not know why. What the criteria is for selecting consulate locations. But if going off of population and therefore economic/political ties alone, assuming India only had the budget for one West Coast consulate, the Bay Area makes more sense.

[homebucket]

From the Asian American demographics by city thread:

Originally Posted by Docere

Indian

New York 711,000 3.5%
Chicago 238,000 2.5%
San Francisco 234,000 4.9%
Dallas 208,000 2.7%
Washington 192,000 3%
San Jose 189,000 9.4%
Los Angeles 171,000 1.3%
Houston 161,000 2.3%
Atlanta 137,000 2.2%
Philadelphia 137,000 2.2%

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-t...united-states/

[sopas ej]

Originally Posted by homebucket

Although I think your question is more why doesn’t LA also have an Indian consulate.

That's actually what I meant; I didn't mean to suggest that San Francisco shouldn't have an Indian consulate; I just assumed that both LA and SF had Indian consulates.

Though Greater LA doesn't have as many Indians as the Bay Area, there's a significant population of them here, with their own enclaves. For decades, the city of Artesia has been a big draw for Indians because of the businesses, many even going there from out of state just to shop. Artesia is still a good place to go for estoeric Indian food. It's only there that I've had Chettinad cuisine.

[homebucket]

Originally Posted by sopas ej

That's actually what I meant; I didn't mean to suggest that San Francisco shouldn't have an Indian consulate; I just assumed that both LA and SF had Indian consulates.

Though Greater LA doesn't have as many Indians as the Bay Area, there's a significant population of them here, with their own enclaves. For decades, the city of Artesia has been a big draw for Indians because of the businesses, many even going there from out of state just to shop. Artesia is still a good place to go for estoeric Indian food. It's only there that I've had Chettinad cuisine.

Indeed, Indian cuisine is incredibly diverse and regional. We've only begun to explore the tip of the iceberg as more and more immigrants arrive to the US.

Originally Posted by RST500

Top sources of new immigrants for the 2010s:

Los Angeles - 6 Countries China: 78,724 Philippines: 27,324 India: 25,615 Guatemala: 13,890 Nigeria: 11,702 Iran: 10,888

San Francisco - 3 Countries India: 70,580 China: 34,080 Afghanistan: 12,187

San Jose - 3 Countries China: 50,250 India: 45,224 Vietnam: 10,663

Sacramento - 3 Countries India: 14,389 China: 13,823 Vietnam: 10,008

Riverside - 2 Countries China: 20,751 Philippines: 12,295

San Diego - 2 Countries China: 10,471 India: 10,332

Originally Posted by RST500

For California

Sinhalese (Sri Lanka):

Los Angeles County [CA] 4,015 Orange County [CA] 1,065 San Diego County [CA] 425 San Bernardino County [CA] 225

https://namecensus.com/languages/Sinhalese.html

Nepali:

Los Angeles County [CA] 1,770 Alameda County [CA] 1,470 Santa Clara County [CA] 640 Contra Costa County [CA] 620 https://namecensus.com/languages/Nepali.html

Originally Posted by RST500

foreign Asian numbers for growth between 2010-2020:

New York City: 228,149
Los Angeles: 162,444
San Francisco: 162,342
Dallas/Fort Worth: 161,809
Houston: 145,275
Seattle/Tacoma: 139,777
San Jose: 123,354
Washington DC: 110,879
Atlanta: 89,740
Chicago: 87,233

[Djesus777]

Originally Posted by hipster duck

Canadian stats:

Ottawa: 126 (source: Ottawa has a separate page)
Toronto: 64
Montreal: 41
Vancouver: 37
Calgary: 8
Edmonton: 2
Winnipeg: 2
Quebec City: 2
Halifax: 1
Moncton: 1
Leamington, ON: 1 (farming town near Windsor; Mexican consulate).

According to other websites

Montreal has 150 here: https://www.consulate-montreal.com/index.php

This one has Montreal at 53: https://embassy-finder.com/in_montreal_canada

This one about 80: https://www.embassypages.com/city/montreal

[TempleGuy1000]

Originally Posted by DCReid

I don't recall Philly being under consideration for the UN. I recall the one of the first international conference was held in San Francisco, so I thought maybe SF was slighted, but I don't recall Philly being under consideration:

Per Wiki: Founding (1945) - After months of planning, the UN Conference on International Organization opened in San Francisco, 25 April 1945, attended by 50 governments and a number of non-governmental organizations...

It was like the original Amazon HQ race ha.

Sites in San Francisco (including the Presidio) and Marin County in California; St. Louis, Missouri; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Fairfield County, Connecticut; Westchester County and Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in New York; Tuskahoma, Oklahoma; the Black Hills of South Dakota; Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan; and a site on Navy Island straddling the U.S.-Canada border were considered as potential sites for the UN Headquarters.[27][28] San Francisco, where the UN was founded in 1945, was favored by Australia, New Zealand, China, and the Philippines due to the city's proximity to their countries.[27] The UN and many of its delegates seriously considered Philadelphia for the headquarters; the city offered to donate land in several select sites, including Fairmount Park, Andorra, and a Center City location which would have placed the headquarters along a mall extending from Independence Hall to Penn's Landing.[27] The Manhattan site was ultimately chosen over Philadelphia after John D. Rockefeller, Jr., offered to donate $8.5 million to purchase the land along the East River.[29] Robert Moses and Rockefeller Sr. convinced Nelson Rockefeller to buy the land after the Rockefellers' Kykuit estate in Mount Pleasant, New York, was deemed too isolated from Manhattan.[30]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headqu...d_alternatives