Ukrainian Americans Ukrainian Americans are Americans who are of Ukrainian ancestry. According to U.S. census estimates, in 2006 there were 961,113 Americans of Ukrainian descent representing 0.33% of the American population. The Ukrainian population of the United States is thus the second largest outside the former Eastern Bloc ; only Canada has a larger Ukrainian community under this definition. According to the 2000 U.S. census, the metropolitan areas with the largest numbers of Ukrainian Americans are: New York City with 160,000; Philadelphia with 60,000; Chicago with 46,000; Los Angeles with 34,000; Detroit with 33,000; Cleveland with 26,000; and Indianapolis with 19,000. In 2018, the number of Ukrainian Americans surpassed 1 million.History The first Ukrainian immigrant to America, Ivan Bohdan, sailed with John Smith to the Jamestown colony in 1607. Bohdan met Captain Smith during the Long Turkish War of 1593–1606 when the latter had fought the Turks, was captured, and escaped captivity by fleeing through Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, and other countries. Large-scale Ukrainian immigration to America did not begin, however, until the 1880s. From 1955 to 1965, St. Andrew Memorial Church in South Bound Brook, New Jersey was constructed as a memorial honoring victims of the Holodomor of 1932–1933. The largest wave of Ukrainians came in the early 1990s, after the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union . A large number of those emigrating from Ukraine after the fall of the Soviet Union were Jewish or Protestant . Many Ukrainians of the newest immigration wave settled in large cities and regional centers, forming ethnic enclaves. In addition, many Ukrainian Americans arrived by way of Canada, which has a larger Ukrainian presence . Ukrainian Americans living in Northern New Jersey and the remainder of the Northeastern United States have long been politically vocal about Ukrainian affairs, often traveling to Washington, D.C. to express their concerns. On September 21, 2015, in Bloomingdale , Filaret , Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus'-Ukraine , consecrated the first North American monument to the Euromaidan "Heavenly Hundred" .Demographics As of the 2000 U.S. Census, there were 892,922 Americans of full or partial Ukrainian descent. The New York City Metropolitan Area contains by far the largest Ukrainian community in the United States , due to historically receiving the highest number of Ukrainian immigrants.The American states with the largest Ukrainian populations are as follows: The total number of people born in Ukraine is more than 275,155 residents.Ukrainian-born population Ukrainian-born population in the US since 2010:Year Number 2010 326,493 2011 340,468 2012 342,971 2013 345,187 2014 332,145 2015 345,620 2016 347,759
U.S. communities with high percentages of people of Ukrainian ancestry The top 20 U.S. communities with the highest percentage of people claiming Ukrainian ancestry are: Cass Township, Pennsylvania 14.30% Belfield, North Dakota 13.60% Gulich Township, Pennsylvania 12.70% Gilberton, Pennsylvania 12.40% Wilton, North Dakota 10.30% Lumberland, New York 9.90% Saint Clair, Pennsylvania 8.80% Soap Lake, Washington 8.10% Frackville, Pennsylvania 7.60% Olyphant, Pennsylvania and Norwegian Township, Pennsylvania 7.00% Houtzdale, Pennsylvania 6.90% Harmony Township, Pennsylvania and Kerhonkson, New York 6.70% Baden, Pennsylvania and McAdoo, Pennsylvania 5.90% Branch Township, Pennsylvania and Postville, Iowa 5.70% Woodward Township, Pennsylvania and Northampton, Pennsylvania 5.60% Warren, New York and Independence, Ohio 5.50% West Leechburg, Pennsylvania 5.40% Ambridge, Pennsylvania , Mount Carmel Township, Pennsylvania , and Parma, Ohio 5.30% Ford City, Pennsylvania 5.20% Bigler Township, Pennsylvania and Kline Township, Pennsylvania 5.10% Mayfield Heights, Ohio 3.4%U.S. communities with the highest percentage of residents born in Ukraine Top 20 U.S. communities with the highest percentage of residents born in Ukraine are: Delta Junction, AK 16.4% Deltana, AK 8.4% West Hollywood, CA 7.8% Lumberland, NY 6.3% Moses Lake North, WA 6.0% Soap Lake, WA 6.0% Postville, IA 5.9% Webster, NY 4.8% Peaceful Valley, WA 4.8% Pikesville, MD 4.5% Kerhonkson, NY 3 .9% North Highlands, CA 3.6% Rancho Cordova, CA 3.3% Flying Hills, PA 3.2% Waverly, NE 3.2% Fair Lawn, NJ 3.1% Buffalo Grove, IL 2.8% Feasterville-Trevose, PA 2.6% Smallwood, NY 2.5% Solvay, NY 2.5% North Port, FL 2.4%Notable people
Popular articles Javier Milei - Argentine libertarian economist, author, radio conductor and public speaker sympathetic to the Austrian School of economic thought. He became widely known for his regular ...Jimmy Carter - American politician, philanthropist, and former farmer who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previ...UEFA Euro 2024 - The 2024 UEFA European Football Championship , commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2024 or simply Euro 2024 , will be the 17th edition of the UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial internationa...Argentina - country located mostly in the southern half of South America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, the country is also b...Sam Altman - American entrepreneur, investor, programmer, and blogger. He is the former president of Y Combinator and now the CEO of OpenAI. Early life and education. ...Rosalynn Carter - American who served as First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981 as the wife of President Jimmy Carter. For decades, she has been a leading advocate for numerou...Next Argentine presidential election - Next Argentine presidential election - presidential election in Argentina....Popular movies The Hunger Games (film) - 2012 American dystopian action thriller science fiction-adventure film directed by Gary Ross and based on Suzanne Collins’s 2008 novel of the same name. It is the first insta...untitled Captain Marvel sequel - part of Marvel Cinematic Universe....Killers of the Flower Moon (film project) - Killers of the Flower Moon - film project in United States of America. It was presented as drama, detective fiction, thriller. The film project starred Leonardo Dicaprio, Robert De Niro. Director of...Five Nights at Freddy's (film) - Five Nights at Freddy's - film published in 2017 in United States of America. Scenarist of the film - Scott Cawthon....Popular video games Minecraft - sandbox video game developed by Mojang Studios. Created by Markus "Notch" Persson in the Java programming language and released as a public alpha for personal computers in 2...Grand Theft Auto V - 2013 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the first main entry in the Grand Theft Auto series since 2008's Grand Theft ...Roblox - online game platform and game creation system that allows users to program games and play games created by other users. Founded by David Baszucki and Erik Cassel in 2004 and released in...Baldur's Gate III - upcoming role-playing video game developed and published by Larian Studios for Microsoft Windows and the Stadia streaming service. It is the third main game in the Baldur's ...Alan Wake - action-adventure video game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Microsoft Studios, released for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. The story follows best-selling thri...Fortnite - online video game developed by Epic Games and released in 2017. It is available in three distinct game mode versions that otherwise share the same general gameplay and game engine: ...Super Mario RPG - is a role-playing video game developed by Square and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1996. It was directed by Yoshihiko Maekawa and Chihiro Fujioka and produced by...Popular books Book of Revelation - The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament, and consequently is also the final book of the Christian Bible. Its title is derived from the first word of the Koine Greek text: apok...Book of Genesis - account of the creation of the world, the early history of humanity, Israel's ancestors and the origins...Gospel of Matthew - The Gospel According to Matthew is the first book of the New Testament and one of the three synoptic gospels. It tells how Israel's Messiah, rejected and executed in Israel, pronounces judgement on ...Michelin Guide - Michelin Guides are a series of guide books published by the French tyre company Michelin for more than a century. The term normally refers to the annually published Michelin Red Guide , the oldest...Psalms - The Book of Psalms , commonly referred to simply as Psalms , the Psalter or "the Psalms", is the first book of the Ketuvim , the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and thus a book of th...Ecclesiastes - Ecclesiastes is one of 24 books of the Tanakh , where it is classified as one of the Ketuvim . Originally written c. 450–200 BCE, it is also among the canonical Wisdom literature of the Old Tes...The 48 Laws of Power - non-fiction book by American author Robert Greene. The book...Popular television series The Crown (TV series) - historical drama web television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, created and principally written by Peter Morgan, and produced by Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Tel...Friends - American sitcom television series, created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. With an ensemble cast sta...Young Sheldon - spin-off prequel to The Big Bang Theory and begins with the character Sheldon...Modern Family - American television mockumentary family sitcom created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan for the American Broadcasting Company. It ran for eleven seasons, from September 23...Loki (TV series) - upcoming American web television miniseries created for Disney+ by Michael Waldron, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, shar...Game of Thrones - American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It...Shameless (American TV series) - American comedy-drama television series developed by John Wells which debuted on Showtime on January 9, 2011. It...
OWIKI.org . Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.