Sri Lankan American

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Sri Lankan Americans
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Total population
25,263 (2000)[1]
Regions with significant populations
New York City Metropolitan Area (including New York City and Central New Jersey),[2][3][4] Los Angeles metropolitan area, and other major American metropolitan areas
Languages

American English, Sinhalese, Tamil, Languages of Sri Lanka
Religion

Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Roman Catholicism

Sri Lankan Americans are Americans of Sri Lankan descent. Sri Lankan Americans are persons of Sri Lankan origin from various Sri Lankan ethnic backgrounds who are born or raised in the United States or are naturalized citizens of the U.S. The people are classified as South Asian in origin.

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History [edit]

Sri Lankans started arriving in the USA around the mid 1950s.

In 1975, Sri Lankan immigrants were classified for the first time as belonging to a category separate from "other Asian". In that year, 432 Sri Lankans entered the United States.

According to the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service records, in 1996 1,277 Sri Lankans were naturalized. This included 615 who had arrived in 1995 and 254 who had arrived in 1994, compared with only 68 arrivals in 1993 and 17 before 1985.

The number increased to 14,448 in the 1990s due to the Sri Lankan Civil War. Sri Lankan Americans settled largely in cities.[5]

The New York City Metropolitan Area, including Staten Island in New York City, and Central New Jersey, is home to the largest Sri Lankan population in the United States.[6][7][8]

Demographics [edit]

The New York City Metropolitan Area, including New York City and Central New Jersey, contains the largest Sri Lankan community in the United States, receiving the highest legal permanent resident Sri Lankan immigrant population,[9][10][11] followed by the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

Little Sri Lanka, in the Tompkinsville neighborhood of the borough of Staten Island in New York City, is one of the largest Sri Lankan communities outside of the country of Sri Lanka itself.[12][13]

Population growth of
Sri Lankan Americans
1980 5,576
1990 14,022
2000 25,263
2010
Source:U.S. Census Bureau[1]




Organizations [edit]

Notable Sri Lankan Americans [edit]

Main article: List of Sri Lankan Americans

See also [edit]

Notes and references [edit]

  1. ^ a b Population Division. U.S. Census Bureau. 2006. 
  2. ^ "Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2012 Supplemental Table 2". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 2013-03-31. 
  3. ^ "Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2011 Supplemental Table 2". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 2013-03-31. 
  4. ^ "Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2010 Supplemental Table 2". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 2013-03-31. 
  5. ^ "Sri Lankan Americans - History, Modern era, The first sri lankans in america". Everyculture.com. 1948-02-04. Retrieved 2012-08-15. 
  6. ^ "Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2012 Supplemental Table 2". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 2013-03-31. 
  7. ^ "Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2011 Supplemental Table 2". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 2013-03-31. 
  8. ^ "Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2010 Supplemental Table 2". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 2013-03-31. 
  9. ^ "Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2012 Supplemental Table 2". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 2013-03-31. 
  10. ^ "Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2011 Supplemental Table 2". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 2013-03-31. 
  11. ^ "Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2010 Supplemental Table 2". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 2013-03-31. 
  12. ^ Harrison Peck. "NYC The Official Guide - Must-See Little Sri Lanka: 7 Great Things to See and Do". NYC & Company, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-31. 
  13. ^ Amy Zavatto (August 5, 2010). "Frommer's - New York City: Exploring Staten Island's Little Sri Lanka". John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-31. 
  14. ^ "SLANE". Slaneusa.com. Retrieved 2012-08-15. 
  15. ^ "Home". Sri Lanka Foundation. Retrieved 2012-08-15. 
  16. ^ "Sri Lankan American Association of Houston". SLAAH. Retrieved 2012-08-15. 
  17. ^ "Slaca.org". Slaca.org. Retrieved 2012-08-15. 

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