Sociologist Onoso Imoagene argues that second generation Nigerian-Americans are forming a distinct "diasporic Nigerian identity" rather than assimilating into the mainstream [[African-American culture]], in contrast to what has been previously predicted.<ref>{{cite book |last=Imoagene |first=Onoso |title=Beyond Expectations: Second-Generation Nigerians in the United States and Britain}}</ref> Limited sociological evidenceresearch suggests that Nigerian-Americans may have a more positive opinion of the American police compared to the broader black community.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Akinropo |first1=Akinniyi Ademola |date=2018 |title=Perception of Nigerian Immigrants of Police and Policing in the United States |url=https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5048/}}</ref> [[The Marshall Project]] and [[Prison Legal News]] have reported that the [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]] heavily recruits Nigerians to serve as guards in Texas prisons, where a significant proportion of the prisoners are black.<ref>https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2009/jun/15/texas-lawmakers-surprised-over-hiring-of-non-citizen-prison-guards-on-work-visas/</ref><ref>https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/06/03/nigerians-are-flocking-to-work-in-texas-prisons</ref>
==Demography and areas of concentrated residence==
