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| New York metropolitan area,[3][4][5][6]New Jersey, andPhiladelphia; also inPittsburgh,Cleveland,Chicago,San Antonio,Houston, andLos Angeles | |
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| Islam,Judaism,Orthodox Christianity | |
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| Tajiks Mainly those who are of mixed origin and those of Samarkand and Bukhara. |
Uzbek Americans (Uzbek:Amerikalik oʻzbeklar) are Americans ofUzbek descent as well as non-Uzbek former citizens ofUzbekistan. The community also includes those who have dual American and Uzbek citizenship.
Uzbek families have migrated to the United States since the late 1950s, primarily to theNew York metropolitan area. The first Uzbek families came fromEastern Europe, but from the mid-1960s they mainly came fromTurkey and, to a lesser extent,Turkmenistan,Saudi Arabia, and elsewhere.
According toU.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs Statistics,[7] 56,028 families won visas through the DV lottery program between 1996–2016.
A wave of Uzbek immigrants to the United States settled in the country in the 1980s, because of theSoviet invasion of Afghanistan. From the early 1990s to the present day, most of the Uzbeks who migrate go to the U.S.[8]
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Every year, around 6,000–7,800 Uzbeks immigrate to the United States. More than 20,000 ethnic Uzbeks are citizens of the United States today.[10] The greater percentages of Uzbeks live mainly inNew York,Philadelphia andNew Jersey, growing rapidly in populations particularly in theboroughs ofBrooklyn andQueens inNew York City and inNorthern New Jersey. However, smaller pockets of Uzbek Americans can be found in other major American metropolitan areas, such asSan Antonio,Houston,Chicago,Cleveland, andPittsburgh. 2012 and 2013 had the largest migration of Uzbeks to the United States in history, much more so than the 1,000–1,800 green card lottery winners that were originally set in place. The neighborhood ofForest Hills, Queens has the largest number ofBukharan Jews in the United States.
Other Uzbek populations are most centered in Texas.San Antonio andHouston have the largest Uzbek populations in Texas.[3][4][5][6]Most Uzbek migrants are engaged in business and science, working in various institutions and companies. Part of the Uzbek diaspora is involved in government offices, schools and colleges of the country, as well as in areas like defense, aviation and medicine. Some representatives of the Uzbek diaspora hold senior executive positions in a number of American states.[8]
As with other ethnic groups in the United States, Uzbek Americans also have several cultural associations. The Central Asian Foundation, established in July 2015, is a non-profit organization that promotes the social welfare of its members by developing and fostering cultural and social awareness and relations between the American and Central Asian communities in the United States.[11]
In December 13, 1958, Uzbeks of USA formed the "Turkestan-America" Association (ATA) inPhiladelphia, which joined the citizens of the former SovietTurkestan living in United States, taking advantage the growing number of immigrants in the United States ofCentral Asian origin. Under federal law the U.S. first registered Association in Philadelphia and, later (in 1961), it was recorded in New York.[8]
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