Azerbaijani Americans
ethnic group
Azerbaijani Americans (Azerbaijani: Amerikalı azərbaycanlılar) or Azeri Americans (Azerbaijani: Amerikalı Azərilər) are Americans of the Azerbaijani ancestry from Azerbaijan and Iranian Azerbaijan region or people possessing Azerbaijani, Iranian, and/or American citizenship. Most Azerbaijani Americans have immigrated to the United States from Azerbaijan, Iran, Germany, Georgia, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine.[7][8][9]
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 14,205[1] and Iranian Azerbaijanis 40,400[2] (Census 2000) = 54,605 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| New York City Metropolitan Area,[3][4][5]Greater Houston, San Francisco Bay area, Greater Los Angeles, New Jersey, Chicago Metropolitan Area, Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and other.[6] | |
| Languages | |
| Azerbaijani, American English Persian and Russian | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Shia Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Turkish Americans Turkish diaspora |
References
change- ↑ "Table FBP-1. Profile of Selected Demographic and Social Characteristics" (PDF). Census 2000 Special Tabulations (STP-159). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
- ↑ Iranian Studies Group at MIT, Iranian-American Community Survey Results, 2005 Archived 2011-11-25 at the Wayback Machine. Web.mit.edu. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
- ↑ "Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2012 Supplemental Table 2". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ↑ "Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2011 Supplemental Table 2". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ↑ "Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2010 Supplemental Table 2". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ↑ "U.S. Azeris Network (USAN): uniting Azerbaijani-American voters - USAN Press Release". Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ↑ Atabaki, Touraj; Mehendale, Sanjyot (December 2004). Central Asia and the Caucasus. ISBN 9780203495827. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ↑ "Iran: A Vast Diaspora Abroad and Millions of Refugees at Home". migrationpolicy.org. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ↑ "Iranians". encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
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