Iraqi Americans

Iraqi Americans
العراقين الأمريكين
Total population
245,193[1][2]
Regions with significant populations
Michigan · California · Illinois · Massachusetts[3] · Tennessee · Texas · New York · Virginia · Missouri · Pennsylvania · Arizona.[2]
Languages
Mesopotamian Arabic and American English
also Kurdish (Sorani, Feyli and Kurmanji dialects), Turkish (Iraqi Turkmen/Turkoman dialects), Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Mandaic and Armenian
Religion
 · Islam (Sunni and Shia) · Christianity (mostly Chaldean Catholic) · Judaism · Mandaeism

Iraqi Americans (Arabic: أمريكيون عراقيون) are American citizens of Iraqi descent. As of 2015, the number of Iraqi Americans is around 145,279, according to the United States Census Bureau.[2]

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.

  1. ^ "PLACE OF BIRTH FOR THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES Universe: Foreign-born population excluding population born at sea more information 2015 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2020-02-14. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  2. ^ a b c "PEOPLE REPORTING ANCESTRY". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
  3. ^ "Iraqi Refugees Find A Complicated New Home In Mass". www.wbur.org.