Assyrian-Americans
Assyrian-Americans have a long history in Chicago; they are seen here in a protest march carrying American and Assyrian flags
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| Total population | |
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| 82,355 (2000 census) | |
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| Languages | |
| American English, Neo-Aramaic: 77,547 | |
| Religion | |
| Mostly Assyrian Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Ancient Church of the East Some Assyrian Evangelical Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Syriac Catholic Church, Assyrian Pentecostal Church and irreligious |
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| Related ethnic groups | |
| British Assyrians, Assyrian Australians, Assyrian Canadians |
Assyrian Americans or Chaldean Americans refers to people born in or residing in the United States of full or partial Assyrian origin.
The Assyrians are the indigenous pre-Arab, pre-Kurdish and pre-Turkic people of northern Iraq, southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, and northeastern Syria, who speak dialects of Eastern Aramaic and are Christians, with most following the Assyrian Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Ancient Church of the East, Assyrian Pentecostal Church, Assyrian Evangelical Church, Syriac Catholic Church, although some are irriligeous. The Assyrians mostly migrated from northern Iraq, southeast Turkey, northwest Iran and northeast Syria, an area encompassing the Assyrian homeland.
The 2000 U.S. census counted 82,355 Assyrians in the country, of whom 42% (34,484) lived in Michigan. However, Assyrian-American organizations claim that their population in 2010 is around 400,000. The largest Assyrian-Chaldean diaspora is located in Metropolitan Detroit, with a figure of 100,000 as of 2007. High concentrations are also located in Chicago, Phoenix, Modesto, San Diego, Los Angeles and Turlock, among others.
The first large wave of Assyrian immigration to the United States due to the Assyrian Genocide, which occurred 1914–1920. The United States is home to the third largest Assyrian community in the world.
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