Ukrainian Americans ( uk, Українські американці, Ukrayins'ki amerykantsi) are Americans who are of Ukrainian ancestry. According to U.S. census estimates, in 2021 there were 1,017,586 Americans of Ukrainian descent representing 0.3% of the American population. The Ukrainian population of the United States is thus the second largest outside the former

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; 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; Detroit with 45,000; Los Angeles with 36,000; Cleveland with 26,000; and

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with 19,000. In 2018, the number of Ukrainian Americans surpassed 1 million.

History

Census Bureau Ukrainians in the United States

The first Ukrainian immigrant to America, Ivan Bohdan, sailed with

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to the Jamestown colony in 1607. Bohdan met Captain Smith during the Long Turkish War of 1593–1606 when the latter had fought the

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s, 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,

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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. On September 11, 2001, 11 Ukrainian Americans perished at the World Trade Center in New York City during the acts of mass terrorism committed on that day. All of their names were listed and commemorated by Ukrinform, the National News Agency of Ukraine, during the nineteenth anniversary of the attacks in 2020. Ukrainian Americans living in Northern New Jersey and the remainder of the

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have long been politically vocal about Ukrainian affairs, often traveling to Washington, D.C., to express their concerns. In Bloomingdale ( near Chicago) on September 21, 2015, Filaret, the Ukrainian Orthodox Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus'-Ukraine, consecrated the first North American monument to the Revolution of Dignity's " Heavenly Hundred". In February 2022, the Pastor Right Reverend Mitred Archpriest Philip Weiner, the leader of St. Josaphat's

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Church in Rochester, New York, said that there were more than 40,000 Ukrainians in the Rochester Metropolitan Area, which would make it one of the largest Ukrainian American communities in the country.

Demographics

As of the 2000 U.S. Census, there were 892,922 Americans of full or partial Ukrainian descent. The

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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:

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 (

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) 14.30% # Belfield, North Dakota 13.60% #

Gulich Township, Pennsylvania Gulich Township is a township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,204 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and 0.05 ...

12.70% #

Gilberton, Pennsylvania Gilberton is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States, four miles (7 km) west by south of Mahanoy City. Its population was 583 at the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 769 tabulated in 2010. Extensive deposits o ...

12.40% # Wilton, North Dakota 10.30% # Lumberland, New York 9.90% #

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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 ( Beaver County, Pennsylvania) and

Kerhonkson, New York Kerhonkson is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 1,684 at the 2010 census. The Kerhonkson CDP is an urban concentration that straddles the border of the town of Rochester ...

6.70% # Baden, Pennsylvania and McAdoo, Pennsylvania 5.90% #

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and Postville, Iowa 5.70% # Woodward Township, Pennsylvania ( Clearfield County, Pennsylvania) and Northampton, Pennsylvania 5.60% #

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and

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5.50% #

West Leechburg, Pennsylvania West Leechburg is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Kiskiminetas River. The population was 1,294 at the 2010 census. Geography West Leechburg is located at (40.632129, -79.617137). According to the Uni ...

5.40% # Ambridge, Pennsylvania, Mount Carmel Township, Pennsylvania, and Parma, Ohio 5.30% # Ford City, Pennsylvania 5.20% #

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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% # Hamtramck, MI 8.0% # West Hollywood, CA 7.8% # Lumberland, NY 6.3% # Moses Lake North, WA 6.0% # Soap Lake, WA 6.0% # Postville, IA 5.9% # Warren, MI 4.0% #

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4.0% # Webster, NY 4.8% # Peaceful Valley, WA 4.8% #

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4.5% # Kerhonkson, NY 3.9% # North Highlands, CA 3.6% # Rancho Cordova, CA 3.3% #

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3.0% # 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% # Detroit, MI 2.0%

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External links

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