Moldovan Americans

Moldovan Americans
Total population
7,859, including 7,156 first ancestry and 703 second ancestry (Moldovan ancestry, 2000 US Census)[1]
55,977 (Moldovan-born, 2022 American Community Survey)[2]
Regions with significant populations
Asheville (North Carolina), New York City, Washington, D.C., California (Especially Sacramento,) Washington (Seattle, Tacoma,) Chicago
Languages
Romanian, American English, Russian
Religion
Eastern Orthodoxy, Judaism, Protestantism
Related ethnic groups
Romanian, Ukrainian, Russian

Moldovan Americans are Americans who are from Moldova or are descended from Moldovans. According to the U.S. 2000 census, there were 7,859 Moldovan Americans in the United States. The American Community Survey indicated that the number born in Moldova greatly increased over the years, and in 2014 exceeded 40,000 people in the United States. Most Moldovan Americans are Eastern Orthodox.

  1. ^ "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
  2. ^ "PLACE OF BIRTH FOR THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, Universe: Foreign-born population excluding population born at sea, 2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-Year. Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 14, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2016.