Azerbaijani Americans

Azerbaijani Americans
Amerikalı Azərbaycanlılar
Total population
14,205[1]
40,400[2] (Iranian Azerbaijanis)
Regions with significant populations
New York metropolitan area,[3][4][5] Greater Houston, San Francisco Bay area, Greater Los Angeles, New Jersey, Chicago Metropolitan Area, Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex[6]
Languages
Azerbaijani, American English, Persian, Russian
Religion
Predominantly Shia Islam
Related ethnic groups
Azerbaijani Canadians, Azerbaijani Australians, Turkish Americans, Turkmen Americans, Iranian Americans, Georgian Americans

Azerbaijani Americans are Americans of full or partial Azerbaijani descent. Most Azerbaijani Americans have immigrated to the United States from Azerbaijan and Iran, with smaller amounts from Georgia, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ "Table FBP-1. Profile of Selected Demographic and Social Characteristics" (PDF). Census 2000 Special Tabulations (STP-159). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  2. ^ Iranian Studies Group at MIT, Iranian-American Community Survey Results, 2005 Archived 2011-11-25 at the Wayback Machine. Web.mit.edu. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2012 Supplemental Table 2". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2011 Supplemental Table 2". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2010 Supplemental Table 2". U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  6. ^ "U.S. Azeris Network (USAN): uniting Azerbaijani-American voters - USAN Press Release". Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  7. ^ Atabaki, Touraj; Mehendale, Sanjyot (December 2004). Central Asia and the Caucasus. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780203495827. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Iran: A Vast Diaspora Abroad and Millions of Refugees at Home". migrationpolicy.org. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Iranians". encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org. Retrieved 27 August 2015.