Moldovan Americans

Moldovan Americans
Total population
(7,859 (Moldovan ancestry, 2000 US Census)^[1] 43,564 (Moldovan-born, 2015) ^[2])
Regions with significant populations
Asheville (North Carolina), New York and Washington, D.C.
Languages
Romanian, American English
Religion
Eastern Orthodoxy, Protestantism
Related ethnic groups
Romanian

Moldovan Americans are Americans who are from Moldova or are descended from Moldovans. According to the U.S. 2000 census, there are 7,859 Moldovan Americans in the United States. However, the American Community Survey indicated that the number of Moldovan immigrants in the United States in 2015 exceeds 40,000 people. Most Moldovan Americans are Russian Orthodox. Moldovan communities exist in cities such as Asheville, New York and Washington, D.C.^[3] Moldovans have Moldovan food restaurants in United States, in places such as New York City.^[4]^[5]

In addition, several Moldovan associations can be found in the United States, such as the "Casa Mare" in Washington, D.C., and the "Moldova for Democracy and Development" and "Grigore Vieru" organizations in Brooklyn, New York.^[3] Another important Moldovan association is "The Moldova Foundation", a non-profit organization established in Washington, D.C. in 2003, whose main goal is to support people in Moldova and to encourage them to establish economic reforms and a democratic system in the country (which would include "freedom of speech, pluralism and private initiative"), through support of the United States and the European Union.^[6]

References

↑ "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
↑ "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. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
1 2 Embassy of Republic of Moldova to the United States of America, Canada and Mexico: Moldovan Community organizations in the USA and Canada.
↑ Ligaya Mishan (2014-08-28). "Hungry City: Moldova in Midwood, Brooklyn". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
↑ Moldova Restaurant - Midwood - Brooklyn, NY - Yelp
↑ Moldova Foundation

European Americans

Central Europe	Austrian^1, Czech Frisian German^1, Amish German Texan Pennsylvania Dutch German Mennonites from Russia Hungarian Hungarian Ohioans Kashubian Liechtensteiner Luxembourgian Polish^1, Silesian Slovak Slovene Sorbian Swiss

Eastern Europe	Azerbaijani⁵ Belarusian Chechen Georgian⁵ Kalmyk Kazakh⁶ Russian^1, ² Cossack Rusyn Ukrainian Cossack

Northern Europe	Danish Estonian Faroese Finnish Icelandic Latvian Lithuanian Norwegian Norwegian Dakotan Norwegian Minnesotan Sami Swedish

Southeast Europe³	Albanian Bosnian Bulgarian Cypriot Croatian Greek Macedonian Moldovan Montenegrin Romanian Serbian Turkish⁴

Southern Europe	Asturian Basque Catalan Galician Italian Sicilian Maltese Monacan Portuguese Sanmarinese Spanish Canarian Hispano

Western Europe	Basque Belgian Flemish Breton Corsican British Cornish English Manx Scots-Irish/Ulster Scots Scottish Welsh Dutch French Cajun Irish

Other Europeans	Non-Hispanic whites Métis Roma Hungarian Slovak Romanies⁷ Louisiana Creole Cajun Isleños

¹ Poles came to the United States legally as Austrians, Germans, Prussians or Russians throughout the 19th century, because from 1772-1795 till 1918, all Polish lands had been partitioned between imperial Austria, Prussia (a protoplast of Germany) and Russia until Poland regained its sovereignty in the wake of World War I. ² Russia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The vast majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia, therefore Russia as a whole is included as a European country here. ³ Yugoslav Americans are the American people from the former Yugoslavia. ⁴ Turkey is a transcontinental country in the Middle East and Southeast Europe. Has a small part of its territory (3%) in Southeast Europe called Turkish Thrace. ⁵ Azerbaijan and Georgia are transcontinental countries. They have a small part of their territories in the European part of the Caucasus. ⁶ Kazakhstan is technically a bicontinental country, having a small portion in European hands. ⁷ Disputed; Roma have recognized origins and historic ties to Asia (specifically to Northern India), but they experienced at least some distinctive identity development while in diaspora among Europeans.

Moldovan diaspora

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Moldovan Americans

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