There is a community of Americans living in Argentina consisting of immigrants and expatriates from the United States as well as their local born descendants. There are roughly about 60,000 Americans living in the country, and 26,000 of them live in the capital city, Buenos Aires.
From 2002 to 2003, many Americans migrated to Argentina when the country suddenly became comparatively inexpensive thus it became a cheap place to live in.
Immigration from the United States increased further during and after the financial crisis of 2007–2008 as many Americans fled the crisis-ridden United States to escape to Argentina. A few interviews and immigration data shows a 12% increase in the number of Americans (742) who applied for permanent residency in 2008.
American schools in Argentina include:
Asociación Escuelas Lincoln (Buenos Aires)Adrián Suar (born 1968), actor, producer, and businessmanAmán Rawson [1792-1847, physician and merchant, politicianAndrea Collarini (born 1992), tennis playerArturo Rawson (1885-1952), President of Argentina and military officerBenjamin Apthorp Gould (1824-1896), astronomerBernhard Dawson (1890-1960), astronomerTranquilo Capozzo (1918-2003), rower and Olympic championCharles Dillon Perrine (1867-1951), astronomerEduardo Newbery (1878-1908), odontologist and aerostat pilotFranklin Rawson (1819-1871), painterGuillermo Rawson (1821-1890), medical doctor, politician and ministerGuy Williams (1924-1989), actorJohn M. Thome (1843-1908), astronomerJonas Coe (1805-1864), naval commanderBryan Gerzicich (born 1984), football playerJorge Newbery (1875-1914), aviator, civil servant, engineer, and scientistKevin Johansen (born 1964), rock musicianMaxine Swann (born 1969), fiction authorMelville Sewell Bagley (1838-1880), businessman and creator of Hesperidina, the unofficial Argentine national liqueurRenato Corsi (born 1963), association football playerRichard Maury (1882-1950), railway engineer and designer of the iconic Tren a las Nubes train serviceRichard Shindell (born 1960), folk songwriterRoy Cortina (born 1964), politician and President of the Socialist Party in Buenos AiresViggo Mortensen (born 1958), actorWilliam Henry Hudson (1841-1922), author, naturalist and ornithologist