Iraqi American
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 215,193 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Michigan · California · Illinois · Massachusetts · Tennessee · Texas · New York · Virginia · Missouri · Pennsylvania · Arizona. | |
| Languages | |
| Arabic · Aramaic · English · Kurdish, Turkmen. | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam · Shia Islam · Christianity (mostly Chaldean Catholic) · Judaism. | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Arabs · Assyrians |
Iraqi Americans are Americans who identify as being of Iraqi ancestry. They may be of varying ethnicities and religions, including Arabs, Assyrians, Kurds, Armenians, Jews, Mandeans, Muslims, Christians, and Yazidis. As of 2015, the number of Iraqi Americans is around 145,279, according to the United States Census Bureau.
According to the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, 49,006 Iraqi foreign born immigrated to the United States between 1989 and 2001 and 25,710 Iraqi-born immigrants naturalized between 1991 and 2001. However, the 2000 United States Census reported that there were approximately 90,000 immigrants born in Iraq residing in the United States.
The Iran–Iraq War, the Gulf War, the 13 year US-led embargo, and the 8 year US-led occupation resulted in many more Iraqis seeking refuge in the US.
However, according to the 2000 Census, in which it states that just under 90,000 people born in Iraq are resident in the United States. It has also covered information on the residents ancestry or ethnic origin, which show 33,000 people claiming only "Iraqi" ancestry, nearly 38,000 if those who wrote in another reply as well as "Iraqi" are included. A further 82,000 people were reported as "Assyrians/Chaldean/Syriac," who are Christians. Nearly 206,000 others gave their ancestry as "Arabic" without specifying a country of origin, and many of them are likely to be from Iraq. Of those reporting Iraqi ancestry, 29 percent live in Michigan; 22% live in Texas and 20% in Illinois. Of those reporting Assyrian ancestry, 42 percent live in Michigan. California has nearly 20 percent of the Iraqi American population.
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