Assyrian American
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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| 110,807–400,000 | |
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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 refers to people born in or residing in the United States of full or partial Assyrian origin. The Assyrians are a Semitic Eastern Aramaic-speaking ethnic group, and the indigenous people of what is today northern Iraq, north east Syria, south east Turkey and north west Iran, descending from the ancient Assyrians of Mesopotamia (see Assyrian continuity). They are Christians, and the majority are followers of the Assyrian Church of the East, the Ancient Church of the East, the Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Assyrian Pentecostal Church and Assyrian Evangelical Church.
The United States constitutes the largest population of Assyrian people in the Assyrian diaspora.
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.
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