Moldovan Americans

Last updated

Moldovan Americans
Total population
7,859, including 7,156 first ancestry and 703 second ancestry (Moldovan ancestry, 2000 US Census) [1]
55,977 (Moldovan-born, 2022 American Community Survey) [2]
Regions with significant populations
Asheville (North Carolina), New York City, Washington, D.C., California (Especially Sacramento,) Washington (Seattle, Tacoma,) Chicago
Languages
Romanian, American English, Russian
Religion
Eastern Orthodoxy, Judaism, Protestantism
Related ethnic groups
Romanian, Ukrainian, Russian

Moldovan Americans are Americans who are from Moldova or are descended from Moldovans. According to the U.S. 2000 census, there were 7,859 Moldovan Americans in the United States. The American Community Survey indicated that the number born in Moldova greatly increased over the years, and in 2014 exceeded 40,000 people in the United States. Most Moldovan Americans are Eastern Orthodox.

Contents

Demographics

In the 2010 U.S. census and subsequently, the largest part of the population born in Moldova self-identified as being of Romanian ancestry. The 2021 U.S. Census Bureau Estimate of the number of people born in Moldova was 52,107. [3] The 2021 U.S. Census Bureau estimate results based on population surveys show 26,921 people born in the Republic of Moldova (51.66%) who identified themselves as being of "Romanian ancestry". [4] The 2015 U.S. Census Bureau Estimate of the number of people born in Moldova was 43,564. [5] The 2015 U.S. Census Bureau estimate results based on population surveys show 20,128 people born in the Republic of Moldova (46.20%) who identified themselves as being of "Romanian ancestry". [6] By contrast, 131,323 individuals who declared a Romanian ancestry were born in Romania and 1,438 in Ukraine. [7] The number of self-identified ethnic Moldovans in the United States has recently not been listed by the U.S. Census Bureau because it has been seen as too low; it was lower than that of the 8,500 Carpatho-Rusyns, who were listed in 2021. [8]

However, many other Moldovan-born people were of other ancestries. In 2015, 7,968 of them declared themselves to be of "Russian ancestry", probably including some Russian-speaking Jews, [9] 3,747 declared themselves to be of Ukrainian ancestry, [10] 332 declared themselves to be of Bulgarian ancestry, [11] and 126 declared themselves to be of Turkish ancestry (mainly Gagauz). [12] No inhabitants of the U.S. declared a Gagauz ancestry in the 2020 census. [13] The number of people originating from Moldova who indicated Polish ancestry was 228, [14] while 126 declared German ancestry, [15] 43 declared Israeli ancestry, [16] and 196 declared "European" ancestry. [17] In 2021, out of 52,107 individuals born in the Republic of Moldova living in the United States, [18] 26,921 (51.66%) declared a Romanian ancestry, [19] 8,155 (15.65%) declared a Russian ancestry, [20] 5,058 (9.71%) declared a Ukrainian ancestry, [21] 321 (0.62%) declared a Bulgarian ancestry [22] and 152 (0.29%) a Turkish ancestry (mainly Gagauz). [23] The number of people from Moldova who indicated an Israeli ancestry was 23, [24] while 437 declared a Polish ancestry, [25] 167 a German ancestry [26] and 468 a "European" ancestry. [27]

Moldovan communities exist in cities such as Asheville, New York, Washington, D.C., [28] Chicago and Seattle. [29] Moldovans have Moldovan food restaurants in the United States, in places such as New York City. [30] [31]

In 2000, according to the U.S. Bureau, there were 7,859 people of Moldovan ancestry, regardless of their place of birth, including 7,156 first ancestry and 703 second ancestry self-identified Moldovans; the number was no longer reported subsequently because it was below the numerical threshold for the public reporting of the ancestry groups. [32]

Most Moldovan Americans are Eastern Orthodox, and attend overwhelmingly ethnic Romanian parishes of the Orthodox Church of America.

Statistics

Moldova-born population in the US since 2010: [2]

YearNumber
201033,659
2011Increase2.svg34,152
2012Increase2.svg41,340
2013Decrease2.svg34,913
2014Increase2.svg41,193
2015Increase2.svg43,564
2016Decrease2.svg42,403
2017Increase2.svg47,156
2018Increase2.svg47,767
2019Decrease2.svg46,388
2020Increase2.svg48,216
2021Increase2.svg60,097
2022Decrease2.svg55,977

According to estimates from the Migration Policy Institute website for 2017–2021, [33] the population of immigrants from Moldova in the USA was 52,100. The top counties of settlement were as follows:

1) Sacramento County, California – 5,400

2) Brooklyn Borough, NYC, New York – 4,100

3) Cook County, Illinois – 2,100

4) King County, Washington – 2,000

5) Los Angeles County, California – 1,600

6) Pierce County, Washington – 1,400

Associations

Several Moldovan associations can be found in the United States, such as the "Moldova for Democracy and Development" and "Grigore Vieru" organizations in Brooklyn, New York. [28] Another important Moldovan association is "The Moldova Foundation", a non-profit organization established in Washington, D.C. in 2003, whose main goal is to support people in Moldova and to encourage them to establish economic reforms and a democratic system in the country (which would include "freedom of speech, pluralism and private initiative"), through support of the United States and the European Union. [34]

Notable people

Moldovan-Jewish

Notable Americans of Moldovan-Jewish descent.

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Demographics of Moldova</span>

Demographic features of the population of Republic of Moldova include distribution, ethnicity, languages, religious affiliation and other statistical data.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Deerfield Beach, Florida</span> City in Florida, United States

Deerfield Beach is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States, just south of the Palm Beach County line. As of the 2020 census, the population was 86,859, making it the tenth-largest city in Broward County. Located 41 miles north of Miami, it is a key suburb of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to 6.14 million people in 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Miramar, Florida</span> City in Florida, United States

Miramar is a city in southern Broward County, Florida, United States. It is a key suburb of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to 6.14 million people in 2020. As of the 2020 census, the population was 134,721, making it the second-largest city in Broward County, the fourth-largest city in the Miami metro area, and the 11th-largest city in Florida.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pompano Beach, Florida</span> City in Florida, United States

Pompano Beach is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. It is located along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, just north of Fort Lauderdale and 36 miles north of Miami. The nearby Hillsboro Inlet forms part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. It is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to 6.14 million people in 2020. As of the 2020 census, the population was 112,046, making it the sixth-largest city in Broward County, the ninth-largest city in the South Florida metropolitan area, and the 20th-largest city in Florida.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sachse, Texas</span> City in Texas, United States

Sachse is a city in Collin and Dallas counties in the U.S. state of Texas and is part of the DFW metroplex. A northeastern suburb of Dallas, the city population was 27,103, as of the 2020 census with an estimated population of 33,768 people today. Sachse is located off Texas State Highway 78 and President George Bush Turnpike and is approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the Firewheel Town Center.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mexican Americans</span> Americans of Mexican ancestry

Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican heritage. In 2022, Mexican Americans comprised 11.2% of the US population and 58.9% of all Hispanic and Latino Americans. In 2019, 71% of Mexican Americans were born in the United States. Mexicans born outside the US make up 53% of the total population of foreign-born Hispanic Americans and 25% of the total foreign-born population. Chicano is a term used by some to describe the unique identity held by Mexican-Americans. The United States is home to the second-largest Mexican community in the world, behind only Mexico.

The Gagauz are a Turkic ethnic group native to southern Moldova and southwestern Ukraine (Budjak). Gagauz are mostly Eastern Orthodox Christians. The term Gagauz is also often used as a collective naming of Turkic people living in the Balkans, speaking the Gagauz language, a language separated from Balkan Gagauz Turkish.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">American Community Survey</span> Demographic survey in the United States

The American Community Survey (ACS) is an annual demographics survey program conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. It regularly gathers information previously contained only in the long form of the decennial census, including ancestry, US citizenship status, educational attainment, income, language proficiency, migration, disability, employment, and housing characteristics. These data are used by many public-sector, private-sector, and not-for-profit stakeholders to allocate funding, track shifting demographics, plan for emergencies, and learn about local communities.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Romanian Americans</span> Ethnic groups in the United States

Romanian Americans are Americans who have Romanian ancestry. According to the 2017 American Community Survey, 478,278 Americans indicated Romanian as their first or second ancestry, however other sources provide higher estimates, which are most likely more accurate, for the numbers of Romanian Americans in the contemporary United States; for example, the Romanian-American Network supplies a rough estimate of 1.2 million who are fully or partially of Romanian ethnicity. There is also a significant number of people of Romanian Jewish ancestry, estimated at 225,000.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">White Americans</span> White people of the United States

White Americans are Americans who identify as white people. In a more official sense, the U.S. Census Bureau, which collects demographic data on Americans, defines "white" as "A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa." This group constitutes the majority of the people in the United States. According to the 2020 census, 71%, or 235,411,507 people, were White alone or in combination, and 61.6%, or 204,277,273 people, were White alone. This represented a national white demographic decline from a 72.4% white alone share of the U.S. population in 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Race and ethnicity in the United States</span>

The United States has a racially and ethnically diverse population. At the federal level, race and ethnicity have been categorized separately. The most recent United States census recognized five racial categories, as well as people who belong to two or more of the racial categories. The United States also recognizes the broader notion of ethnicity. The 2000 census and 2010 American Community Survey inquired about the "ancestry" of residents, while the 2020 census allowed people to enter their "origins". The Census Bureau also classified respondents as either Hispanic or Latino, identifying as an ethnicity, which comprises the minority group in the nation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Moldovenism</span> Aspect of Moldovan ethnolinguistic controversy

Moldovenism is a term used to describe the political support and promotion of a Moldovan identity and culture, including a Moldovan language, independent from those of any other ethnic group, the Romanians in particular. It is primarily used as a pejorative by the opponents of such ideas as part of the wider controversy over ethnic and linguistic identity in Moldova.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Romanian diaspora</span> Ethnically Romanian population outside Romania and Moldova

The Romanian diaspora is the ethnically Romanian population outside Romania and Moldova. The concept does not usually include the ethnic Romanians who live as natives in nearby states, chiefly those Romanians who live in Ukraine, Hungary, Serbia, and Bulgaria. Therefore, the number of all Romanians abroad is estimated at 4–12 million people, depending on one's definition of the term "Romanian" as well as the inclusion respectively exclusion of ethnic Romanians living in nearby countries where they are indigenous. The definition of "who is a Romanian?" may range from rigorous conservative estimates based on self-identification and official statistics to estimates that include people of Romanian ancestry born in their respective countries as well as people born to various ethnic-minorities from Romania. As of 2015/16, over 97% of Romanian emigrants resided in OECD countries; and about 90% of Romanian emigrants in OECD countries lived in Europe, with the most common country of residence being Italy. The vast majority of Romanian emigrants are based in just ten countries, with the most common countries being Italy, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Hungary, France and Canada.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Languages of Moldova</span>

The official state language of Moldova is Romanian, which is the native language of 78.6% of the population ; it is also spoken as a primary language by other ethnic minorities. Gagauz, Russian, and Ukrainian languages are granted official regional status in Gagauzia and/or Transnistria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Demographics of Los Angeles</span>

The demographics of Los Angeles are determined by population surveys such as the American Community Survey and the United States Census. According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, Los Angeles' population was 3,979,576 in 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Demographics of Georgia (U.S. state)</span>

Georgia is a South Atlantic U.S. state with a population of 10,711,908 according to the 2020 United States census, or just over 3% of the U.S. population. The majority of the state's population is concentrated within Metro Atlanta, although other highly populated regions include: West Central and East Central Georgia; West, Central, and East Georgia; and Coastal Georgia; and their Athens, Columbus, Macon and Warner Robins, Augusta, Savannah, Hinesville, and Brunswick metropolitan statistical areas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Penn State Erie (Behrend), Pennsylvania</span> Census-designated place in Pennsylvania, United States

Penn State Erie (Behrend) is a census-designated place located in Harborcreek Township, Erie County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is located around the campus of Penn State Erie and near the city of Erie. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,629.

The 2014 Moldovan census was held between 12 and 25 May 2014. It was organized by National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Moldovans in Ukraine</span> Ethnic group in Ukraine

Moldovans in Ukraine are the third biggest minority recorded in the 2001 All Ukrainian Census after Russians and Belarusians. Unlike many other minorities, Moldovans often live in the countryside (71.5%) rather than in a city (28.5%), the majority in the northern and southern historical region of Bessarabia. There is an undergoing identity controversy among the Romanian speakers of Ukraine over whether self-identified Moldovans are a part of the larger Romanian ethnic group or a separate ethnic group.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Demographics of Miami</span>

The demographics of the City of Miami are monitored by the U.S. Census Bureau. Its population of nearly 450,000 ranks 44th in the United States and 2nd in Florida.

References

  1. ↑ "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "PLACE OF BIRTH FOR THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, Universe: Foreign-born population excluding population born at sea, 2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-Year. Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 14, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  3. ↑ "B05006 PLACE OF BIRTH FOR THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES". data.census.gov. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  4. ↑ "B05006 PLACE OF BIRTH FOR THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES - Romanian". data.census.gov. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  5. ↑ "American FactFinder - Results".
  6. ↑ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov.
  7. ↑ "Explore Census Data".
  8. ↑ https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5YSPT2021.B05002?q=Carpatho-Rusyns [ bare URL ]
  9. ↑ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Surveys 2000" (PDF). census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  17. ↑ "Explore Census Data".
  18. ↑ "Explore Census Data".
  19. ↑ "Explore Census Data".
  20. ↑ "Explore Census Data".
  21. ↑ "Explore Census Data".
  22. ↑ "Explore Census Data".
  23. ↑ "Explore Census Data".
  24. ↑ "Explore Census Data".
  25. ↑ "Explore Census Data".
  26. ↑ "Explore Census Data".
  27. ↑ "Explore Census Data".
  28. 1 2 "Moldovan Community organizations in the USA and Canada". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  29. ↑ "Moldovan in Seattle – Seattle Community Event Calendar". events.iloveseattle.org. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  30. ↑ Ligaya Mishan (August 28, 2014). "Hungry City: Moldova in Midwood, Brooklyn". The New York Times. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
  31. ↑ "Moldova Restaurant - Brooklyn, NY". Yelp. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  32. ↑ https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2000/phc/phc-t-43/tab01.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  33. ↑ "U.S. Immigrant Population by State and County". migrationpolicy.org. February 4, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  34. ↑ "Pagina principală". Moldova.org. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.