For many American citizens, the United States is the greatest country in the world, and one they’d never leave. However, for some Americans, staying simply isn’t an option. Whether due to work commitments, personal beliefs, or simply a desire to see the world, these American expats have scattered themselves around the globe.
From Mexico and Canada to Asia, the South Pacific, and everywhere in between, we’ve assembled a list of the 30 countries where American citizens have congregated when leaving their homeland.
Some of the places American expats gave congregated here surprising, while others seem like common sense culturally and/or geographically, but all of them feature large amounts of American citizens living abroad.