Uzbek Americans
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| Islam, Judaism, Orthodox Christianity |
Uzbek Americans (Template:Langx) are Americans of Uzbek descent as well as non-Uzbek former citizens of Uzbekistan. The community also includes those who have dual American and Uzbek citizenship.
History
Uzbek families have migrated to the United States since the late 1950s, primarily to the New York metropolitan area. The first Uzbek families came from Eastern Europe, but from the mid-1960s they mainly came from Turkey and, to a lesser extent, Turkmenistan, Saudi Arabia, and elsewhere.
According to statistics collected by the US Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs,[7] 56,028 families won visas through the DV lottery program between 1996–2016.
A wave of Uzbek immigrants to the United States settled in the country in the 1980s, because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. From the early 1990s to the present day, most of the Uzbeks who migrate go to the US.[8]
Demography
Every year, around 6,000–7,800 Uzbeks immigrate to the United States. More than 20,000 ethnic Uzbeks are citizens of the United States today.[10] The greater percentages of Uzbeks live mainly in New York, Philadelphia, and New Jersey, growing rapidly in populations particularly in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City and in Northern New Jersey. However, smaller pockets of Uzbek Americans can be found in other major American metropolitan areas, such as San Antonio, Houston, Chicago, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh. 2012 and 2013 had the largest migration of Uzbeks to the United States in history, much more so than the 1,000–1,800 green card lottery winners that were originally set in place. The neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens has the largest number of Bukharan Jews in the United States.
Other Uzbek populations are most centered in Texas. San Antonio and Houston have the largest Uzbek populations in Texas.[3][4][5][6] Most Uzbek migrants are engaged in business and science, working in various institutions and companies. Part of the Uzbek diaspora is involved in government offices, schools and colleges of the country, as well as in areas like defense, aviation and medicine. Some representatives of the Uzbek diaspora hold senior executive positions in a number of American states.[8]
Organizations
As with other ethnic groups in the United States, Uzbek Americans also have several cultural associations. The Central Asian Foundation, established in July 2015, is a non-profit organization that promotes the social welfare of its members by developing and fostering cultural and social awareness and relations between the American and Central Asian communities in the United States.[11]
On December 13, 1958, the "Turkestan-America" Association (ATA) was formed in Philadelphia, which joined the citizens of the former Soviet Turkestan living in United States, taking advantage the growing number of immigrants in the United States of Central Asian origin. Under federal law, the US first registered the Association in Philadelphia and, later (in 1961), it was recorded in New York.[8]
Notable people
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- Timur Kocaoğlu – American and Turkish historian and political scientist
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- Alik Sakharov – film and television director
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See also
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Detailed Races and Ethnicities in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2020 Census". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."PLACE OF BIRTH FOR THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, Universe: Foreign-born population excluding population born at sea, 2023 American Community Survey Estimates".
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2013 Lawful Permanent Residents Supplemental Table 2". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2012 Supplemental Table 2". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2011 Supplemental Table 2". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2010 Supplemental Table 2". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
- ^ US DoS Bureau of Consular Affairs Statistics US DoS Bureau of Consular Affairs Statistics
- ^ a b c Этнические узбеки в США Script error: No such module "webarchive". (in Russian: New Study: U.S. Uzbeks)
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2013 Lawful Permanent Residents Supplemental Table 2". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
- ^ Новое исследование: Американские узбеки Script error: No such module "webarchive". (in Russian: ethnic Uzbeks in the U.S.)
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Главная - Central Asian Foundation". Central Asian Foundation (in русский). Retrieved 2018-04-16.
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