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{{Infobox Ethnic group
{{Infobox Ethnic group
|group = Azerbaijani Americans {{flagicon|United States}}
|group = Azerbaijani Americans
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|popplace = [[State of New York]], [[New Jersey]], [[California]], [[Texas]], [[Maryland]], [[Virginia]], [[Illinois]], [[Florida]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Washington DC]], [[Arizona]], [[New Mexico]], [[Michigan]], [[Connecticut]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Ohio]], [[North Carolina]], [[Wisconsin]], [[Nevada]], [[North Dakota]], [[Tennessee]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Minnesota]] and other<ref>[http://www.usazeris.org/proclamations/usan-proclamations.htm List of proclamations received from mayors and governors around U.S. by Azerbaijani-Americans]</ref>
|popplace = [[State of New York]], [[New Jersey]], [[California]], [[Massachussets]], [[Texas]], [[Maryland]], [[Illinois]], [[Florida]], [[Arizona]], [[Michigan]], [[Virginia]], [[Washington DC]], [[Connecticut]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Ohio]], [[North Carolina]], [[North Dakota]], [[Wisconsin]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Minnesota]] and other<ref>http://www.usazeris.org/proclamations/usan-proclamations.htm</ref>
|poptime = '''14,205''' (Census 2000)<ref name="Census2000-2" />, '''24,377''' (Census 2000 + naturalization since 2001) and '''400,000''' (non-census estimate)
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|langs = [[American English]], [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]], [[Russian language|Russian]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Turkish language|Turkish]]
|langs = [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]], [[Russian language|Russian]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[American English]]
|rels = Predominately [[Muslim]]
|rels = Predominately [[Muslim]]
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'''Azerbaijani Americans''' (used interchangeably with the term Azeri-Americans) are [[United States|Americans]] of ethnic [[Azerbaijani people|Azerbaijani]] origin, or who were born in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani-Americans are mostly coming from the [[Republic of Azerbaijan]], [[Iran]],<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=OWMyFWAZLCwC&pg=PA102 Touraj Atabaki, Sanjyot Mehendale. Central Asia and the Caucasus: transnationalism and diaspora, Psychology Press, 2005, p. 102]</ref><ref>[http://www.migrationinformation.org/feature/display.cfm?ID=424 Shirin Hakimzadeh, Iran: A Vast Diaspora Abroad and Millions of Refugees at Home, Migration Policy Institute, September 2006] ({{retrieved | accessdate=2011-06-23}})</ref><ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/650.html James S. Kessler, Iranians, The Encyclopedia of Chicago, 2004] ({{retrieved | accessdate=2011-06-23}})</ref> [[Russia]] and [[Turkey]].
'''Azerbaijani Americans''' (used interchangeably with Azeri-Americans) are [[United States|Americans]] of ethnic [[Azerbaijani people|Azerbaijani]] origin or who were born in Azerbaijan, mostly coming from the [[Iran]], [[Republic of Azerbaijan]], [[Russia]] and [[Turkey]]{{Citation needed|please provide clear source for such a definition|date=June 2011}}. According to the 2000 U.S. census, an estimated 14,205 Azerbaijani-Americans, who were born in the [[Republic of Azerbaijan]], lived in the United States, of which 5,553 were U.S. citizens.<ref name="Census2000">[http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/ancestry/ancestry_q_by_DAC_2000.xls First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000]. This number includes both primary and secondary ancestry. ({{retrieved | accessdate=2009-01-23}})</ref><ref name="Census2000-2">[http://www.census.gov/population/cen2000/stp-159/STP-159-Azerbaijan.pdf U.S. Census Bureau. Table FBP-1. Profile of Selected Demographic and Social Characteristics: 2000. Population Universe: People Born in Azerbaijan. Geographic Area: UNITED STATES] ({{retrieved | accessdate=2011-06-23}})</ref> The results of the Census 2010, anticipated to be fully released by the end of 2011, will yield more precise figures on the ethnic groups in the United States.


==Non-official estimates ==
==Demographics==
According to Elin Suleymanov consul general for Azerbaijan in Los Angeles , and Azerbaijan embassy in US <ref>[http://www.azembassy.ca/ada/2008/ADA_8102.pdf Prof. Paul Goble, AZERBAIJANIS OUTSIDE OF AZERBAIJAN: EMIGRES, DIASPORAS AND NATIONAL MINORITIES, AZERBAIJAN IN THE WORLD, ADA Biweekly Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 2, February 15, 2008, p. 7]</ref>, by including Iranian Azeris , the figure is from 200,000 to 500,000 <ref>[http://www.irex.org/system/files/Baghirova_VOA.pdf Voice of America, US Azerbaijanis Work to Keep Traditions Alive, 24 October 2006]</ref>{{Verify credibility|date=June 2011}}.[[US Turkic Network]] (USAN) claims the estimated number of Azeri ethnics in US to be about 400,000 <ref>[http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insightb/articles/eav050809c.shtml Eurasianet, Azerbaijan: Diaspora Organization Tries to Counter Armenian-American Influence in Washington, May 7, 2009]</ref>{{Verify credibility|date=June 2011}}.In a report , a member of [[Azerbaijani American Council of California]] said "There are 400,000 Azeris in the United States, with over 100,000 of those living in California" <ref>[http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/article/2006/10/iazerbaijan-deserves-us-public The Daily Bruin, Azerbaijan deserves U.S. public attention, October 22, 2006] (Javid Huseynov)</ref>{{Verify credibility|date=June 2011}}.


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==History==
According to the 2000 U.S. census, an estimated 14,205 Azerbaijani-Americans, who were born in the [[Republic of Azerbaijan]], lived in the United States, of which 5,553 were U.S. citizens.<ref name="Census2000">[http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/ancestry/ancestry_q_by_DAC_2000.xls First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000]. This number includes both primary and secondary ancestry. ({{retrieved | accessdate=2009-01-23}})</ref><ref name="Census2000-2">[http://www.census.gov/population/cen2000/stp-159/STP-159-Azerbaijan.pdf U.S. Census Bureau. Table FBP-1. Profile of Selected Demographic and Social Characteristics: 2000. Population Universe: People Born in Azerbaijan. Geographic Area: UNITED STATES] ({{retrieved | accessdate=2011-06-23}})</ref> Census 2000 did not count Azerbaijani-Americans born in other countries aside from Azerbaijan. The results of the Census 2010, anticipated to be fully released by the end of 2011, will yield more precise figures on the ethnic groups in the United States.
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The earliest Azerbaijani immigrants to the United States came to Staten Island in the early 20th century, with Merza Ali Akbar arriving on the Mauretania ship to Ellis Island on June 7, 1912.<ref>[http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passRecord.asp?pID=100922060350&MID=19580977840903421152& Ellis Island Passenger Record, The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation] ({{retrieved | accessdate=2011-06-23}})</ref> The first large wave of immigrants came during and right after [[World War II]] as they left the western zones of [[Germany]] for the United States in the 1940s and early 1950s. There is also a small number of surviving refugees who fled their homeland in 1920 after the demise of the [[Azerbaijan Democratic Republic]]. The post-1920 refugees first settled in [[Turkey]] and [[Iran]], then came to the United States for economic reasons in 1950s and 1960s.<ref name="Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups">[http://books.google.com/books?id=npQ6Hd3G4kgC&pg=PA171&dq=azerbaijanis&sig=ACfU3U3-6XHyH2-tykubUP1o63KUIXLMvw#PPA171,M1 Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups] by Stephan Thernstrom, Ann Orlov, et al. Harvard University Press: 1980. p. 171. ISBN 0674375122</ref>


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Both groups settled in [[New York City]] (the largest number of Azerbaijanis in the U.S.), Northern [[New Jersey]], and [[Massachussets]]; and more recently in [[Florida]], [[Texas]] and [[California]] (esp. the [[Los Angeles]] area). By 1980 there were around 200 families in the United States that still identified themselves as Azerbaijani, with about 80% of them being [[endogamy|endogamic]].<ref name="Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups"/>
It is documented that ethnic communities in U.S. are undercounted by censuses. The case of the Azerbaijani Americans is no exception, as unofficial and semi-official estimates show they are more numerous in the United States than census 2000 data indicated, being a victim of undercount, due to either poor participation, assimilation or misclassification.<ref>[http://www.civilrights.org/census/education-kit/reasons-behind.html Reasons Behind Inaccuracies in the Census, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights/The Leadership Conference Education Fund, 2011] ({{retrieved | accessdate=2011-06-23}})</ref><ref>[http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/12/31/state-officials-say-census-undercounts-california-/ KPCC - Southern California Public Radio, State officials say census undercounts California by 1.5 million, Dec. 31, 2010] ({{retrieved | accessdate=2011-06-23}})</ref><ref>[http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/140831/making-census-of-it--brooklyn-officials-claim-2010-census-undercounted-borough NY1 News and Time Warner Cable, Making Census Of It: Brooklyn Officials Claim 2010 Census Undercounted Borough, 06/12/2011] ({{retrieved | accessdate=2011-06-23}})</ref> According to research done by U.S. government, private and independent academic, media and nonprofit organizations, including the Voice of America (VOA)<ref>[http://www.irex.org/system/files/Baghirova_VOA.pdf Voice of America, US Azerbaijanis Work to Keep Traditions Alive, 24 October 2006]</ref>, Arlington County of Virginia,<ref>[http://www.usazeris.org/proclamations/AzerbaijanIndependenceDayArlingtonCountyBoardProclamationOct08.jpg Proclamation from the County Board of Arlington, Virginia, October 18, 2008]</ref> Eurasianet<ref>[http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insightb/articles/eav050809c.shtml Eurasianet, Azerbaijan: Diaspora Organization Tries to Counter Armenian-American Influence in Washington, May 7, 2009]</ref>, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law<ref>[http://law.wustl.edu/intllmstud/presentation/azerbaijan.ppt Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, Presentation on Azerbaijan, October 2004]</ref>, University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA)<ref>[http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/article/2006/10/iazerbaijan-deserves-us-public The Daily Bruin, Azerbaijan deserves U.S. public attention, October 22, 2006]</ref>, U.S. Census Bureau's partner organization such as the U.S. Azeris Network<ref>[http://2010.census.gov/partners/partners/current-partners.php?U Current 2010 Census Partners, Census Bureau] ({{retrieved | accessdate=2011-06-23}})</ref> as well as numerous articles in the U.S. press<ref>[http://www.fuquay-varinaindependent.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Muslims+celebrate+national+holiday%20&id=7470429&instance=news_special_coverage_right_column Fuquay-Varina Independent, Muslims celebrate national holiday, May 28, 2010]</ref><ref>[http://www.stlamerican.com/reader_interaction/letters_to_the_editor/article_a906f9d6-4a8f-11e0-9d87-001cc4c03286.html St. Louis American, Obama, recognize us, March 9, 2011]</ref> and independent researchers<ref>[http://www.klionsky.org/migration_albums/baku/baku.pdf Baku, Azerbaijan, Jews and The Klionskys, by Michael “Misha” Sapozhnikov, Fair Lawn, New Jersey]</ref>, the number of Azerbaijani Americans living in the United States is at least 400,000 in 2004, with the population estimates ranging from 300,000<ref>[http://www.azembassy.ca/ada/2008/ADA_8102.pdf Prof. Paul Goble, AZERBAIJANIS OUTSIDE OF AZERBAIJAN: EMIGRES, DIASPORAS AND NATIONAL MINORITIES, AZERBAIJAN IN THE WORLD, ADA Biweekly Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 2, February 15, 2008, p. 7]</ref> to up to 500,000.<ref>[http://www.irex.org/system/files/Baghirova_VOA.pdf Voice of America, US Azerbaijanis Work to Keep Traditions Alive, 24 October 2006]</ref>


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==History==
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The earliest Azerbaijani immigrants to the United States came to Staten Island in the early 20th century, with Merza Ali Akbar arriving on the Mauretania ship to Ellis Island on June 7, 1912.<ref>[http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passRecord.asp?pID=100922060350&MID=19580977840903421152& Ellis Island Passenger Record, The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation] ({{retrieved | accessdate=2011-06-23}})</ref> The first large wave of immigrants came during and right after [[World War II]] as they left the western zones of [[Germany]] for the United States in the 1940s and early 1950s. There is also a small number of surviving refugees who fled their homeland in 1920 after the demise of the [[Azerbaijan Democratic Republic]]. The post-1920 refugees first settled in [[Turkey]] and [[Iran]], then came to the United States for economic reasons in 1950s and 1960s.<ref name="Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups">[http://books.google.com/books?id=npQ6Hd3G4kgC&pg=PA171&dq=azerbaijanis&sig=ACfU3U3-6XHyH2-tykubUP1o63KUIXLMvw#PPA171,M1 Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups] by Stephan Thernstrom, Ann Orlov, et al. Harvard University Press: 1980. p. 171. ISBN 0674375122</ref>

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Both groups settled in [[New York City]] (the largest number of Azerbaijanis in the U.S.), Northern [[New Jersey]], and [[Massachusetts]]; and more recently in [[Florida]], [[Texas]] and [[California]] (esp. the [[Los Angeles]] area). By 1980 there were around 200 families in the United States that still identified themselves as Azerbaijani, with about 80% of them being [[endogamy|endogamic]].<ref name="Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups"/>


==Naturalization from Azerbaijan since Census 2000==
==Naturalization from Azerbaijan since Census 2000==

According to the [[Department of Homeland Security]], in 2001-2010, a total of 9,391 people from the [[Republic of Azerbaijan]] were naturalized as U.S. citizens. This official government statistics does not include the [[Permanent residence (United States)|Green Card]] holders (Legal Permanent Residents), who numbered 781 in 2010<ref>[http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/ImmProfiles/2010/cobbook22.xls U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Legal Permanent Residents from Azerbaijan in 2010]</ref>, the refugees, legal non-immigrant aliens (temporary visitors on visas) who numbered 4,938 in 2009, as well as a very large number of ethnic Azerbaijanis born in other countries, such as [[Iran]], [[Russia]], and [[Turkey]]. This brings the estimated total of the Azerbaijani-American U.S. Citizens born in the Republic of Azerbaijan to approximately 14,944, and the total number of Azerbaijani-Americans born in Azerbaijan and residing in U.S. according to Census 2000 and naturalization data from DHS to approximately 24,377 (minus natural decline).
According to the [[Department of Homeland Security]], in 2001-2010, a total of 9,391 people from the [[Republic of Azerbaijan]] were naturalized as U.S. citizens. This official government statistics does not include the [[Permanent residence (United States)|Green Card]] holders (Legal Permanent Residents), who numbered 781 in 2010<ref>[http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/ImmProfiles/2010/cobbook22.xls U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Legal Permanent Residents from Azerbaijan in 2010]</ref>, the refugees, legal non-immigrant aliens (temporary visitors on visas) who numbered 4,938 in 2009, as well as a very large number of ethnic Azerbaijanis born in other countries, such as [[Iran]], [[Russia]], and [[Turkey]]. This brings the estimated total of the Azerbaijani-American U.S. Citizens born in the Republic of Azerbaijan to approximately 14,944, and the total number of Azerbaijani-Americans born in Azerbaijan and residing in U.S. according to Census 2000 and naturalization data from DHS to approximately 24,377 (minus natural decline).


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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Iranian American]]
*[[Iranian American]]
*[[Turkish American]]
*[[Turkish American]]
*[[Russian American]]
*[[Russian American]]
*[[Turkic American]]
*[[Armenian Americans]]
*[[Armenian Americans]]


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{{Middle Eastern American}}
{{Middle Eastern American}}

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Revision as of 09:05, 17 August 2011

Azerbaijani Americans
Regions with significant populations
State of New York, New Jersey, California, Massachussets, Texas, Maryland, Illinois, Florida, Arizona, Michigan, Virginia, Washington DC, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Georgia, Minnesota and other[1]
Languages
Azerbaijani, Russian, Persian, American English
Religion
Predominately Muslim

Azerbaijani Americans (used interchangeably with Azeri-Americans) are Americans of ethnic Azerbaijani origin or who were born in Azerbaijan, mostly coming from the Iran, Republic of Azerbaijan, Russia and Turkey[citation needed]. According to the 2000 U.S. census, an estimated 14,205 Azerbaijani-Americans, who were born in the Republic of Azerbaijan, lived in the United States, of which 5,553 were U.S. citizens.[3][2] The results of the Census 2010, anticipated to be fully released by the end of 2011, will yield more precise figures on the ethnic groups in the United States.

Non-official estimates

According to Elin Suleymanov consul general for Azerbaijan in Los Angeles , and Azerbaijan embassy in US [4], by including Iranian Azeris , the figure is from 200,000 to 500,000 [5][unreliable source?].US Turkic Network (USAN) claims the estimated number of Azeri ethnics in US to be about 400,000 [6][unreliable source?].In a report , a member of Azerbaijani American Council of California said "There are 400,000 Azeris in the United States, with over 100,000 of those living in California" [7][unreliable source?].

History

The earliest Azerbaijani immigrants to the United States came to Staten Island in the early 20th century, with Merza Ali Akbar arriving on the Mauretania ship to Ellis Island on June 7, 1912.[8] The first large wave of immigrants came during and right after World War II as they left the western zones of Germany for the United States in the 1940s and early 1950s. There is also a small number of surviving refugees who fled their homeland in 1920 after the demise of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. The post-1920 refugees first settled in Turkey and Iran, then came to the United States for economic reasons in 1950s and 1960s.[9]

Both groups settled in New York City (the largest number of Azerbaijanis in the U.S.), Northern New Jersey, and Massachussets; and more recently in Florida, Texas and California (esp. the Los Angeles area). By 1980 there were around 200 families in the United States that still identified themselves as Azerbaijani, with about 80% of them being endogamic.[9]


Naturalization from Azerbaijan since Census 2000

According to the Department of Homeland Security, in 2001-2010, a total of 9,391 people from the Republic of Azerbaijan were naturalized as U.S. citizens. This official government statistics does not include the Green Card holders (Legal Permanent Residents), who numbered 781 in 2010[10], the refugees, legal non-immigrant aliens (temporary visitors on visas) who numbered 4,938 in 2009, as well as a very large number of ethnic Azerbaijanis born in other countries, such as Iran, Russia, and Turkey. This brings the estimated total of the Azerbaijani-American U.S. Citizens born in the Republic of Azerbaijan to approximately 14,944, and the total number of Azerbaijani-Americans born in Azerbaijan and residing in U.S. according to Census 2000 and naturalization data from DHS to approximately 24,377 (minus natural decline).

Year U.S. Citizens
2001 946
2002 1,187
2003 886 [11]
2004 793 [12]
2005 904 [13]
2006 997 [14]
2007 606 [15]
2008 834 [16]
2009 1,005 [17]
2010 1,233 [18]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.usazeris.org/proclamations/usan-proclamations.htm
  2. ^ a b c U.S. Census Bureau. Table FBP-1. Profile of Selected Demographic and Social Characteristics: 2000. Population Universe: People Born in Azerbaijan. Geographic Area: UNITED STATES (Retrieved 2011-06-23.)
  3. ^ First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000. This number includes both primary and secondary ancestry. (Retrieved 2009-01-23.)
  4. ^ Prof. Paul Goble, AZERBAIJANIS OUTSIDE OF AZERBAIJAN: EMIGRES, DIASPORAS AND NATIONAL MINORITIES, AZERBAIJAN IN THE WORLD, ADA Biweekly Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 2, February 15, 2008, p. 7
  5. ^ Voice of America, US Azerbaijanis Work to Keep Traditions Alive, 24 October 2006
  6. ^ Eurasianet, Azerbaijan: Diaspora Organization Tries to Counter Armenian-American Influence in Washington, May 7, 2009
  7. ^ The Daily Bruin, Azerbaijan deserves U.S. public attention, October 22, 2006 (Javid Huseynov)
  8. ^ Ellis Island Passenger Record, The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation (Retrieved 2011-06-23.)
  9. ^ a b Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups by Stephan Thernstrom, Ann Orlov, et al. Harvard University Press: 1980. p. 171. ISBN 0674375122
  10. ^ U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Legal Permanent Residents from Azerbaijan in 2010
  11. ^ U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Naturalized U.S. citizens from Azerbaijan in 2003
  12. ^ U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Naturalized U.S. citizens from Azerbaijan in 2004
  13. ^ U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Naturalized U.S. citizens from Azerbaijan in 2005
  14. ^ U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Naturalized U.S. citizens from Azerbaijan in 2006
  15. ^ U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Naturalized U.S. citizens from Azerbaijan in 2007
  16. ^ U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Naturalized U.S. citizens from Azerbaijan in 2008
  17. ^ U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Naturalized U.S. citizens from Azerbaijan in 2009
  18. ^ U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Naturalized U.S. citizens from Azerbaijan in 2010


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