Ukrainian Americans ( uk, Українські американці, Ukrayins'ki amerykantsi) are

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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 Eastern Bloc; only

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has a larger Ukrainian community under this definition. According to the 2000 U.S. census, the

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with the largest numbers of Ukrainian Americans are:

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with 160,000;

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with 60,000;

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with 46,000;

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with 45,000;

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with 36,000;

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with 26,000; and Indianapolis 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 John Smith to the Jamestown colony in 1607. Bohdan met Captain Smith during the

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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

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. A large number of those emigrating from Ukraine after the fall of the Soviet Union were

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. Many Ukrainians of the newest immigration wave settled in large cities and regional centers, forming

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s. 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

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during the acts of mass terrorism committed on that day. All of their names were listed and commemorated by

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, the National News Agency of Ukraine, during the nineteenth anniversary of the attacks in 2020. Ukrainian Americans living in

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and the remainder of the Northeastern United States have long been politically vocal about Ukrainian affairs, often traveling to

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, 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 The Revolution of Dignity ( uk, Революція гідності, translit=Revoliutsiia hidnosti) also known as the Maidan Revolution or the Ukrainian Revolution,

's " Heavenly Hundred". In February 2022, the Pastor Right Reverend Mitred Archpriest Philip Weiner, the leader of St. Josaphat's Ukrainian Catholic Church in

Rochester, New York Rochester () is a city in the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Monroe County, and the fourth-most populous in the state after New York City, Buffalo, and Yonkers, with a population of 211,328 at the 2020 United States census. Located in W ...

, 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 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:

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 ( Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania) 14.30% #

Belfield, North Dakota Belfield is a city in Stark County, North Dakota, United States and only 15 minutes from Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Belfield's population was 996 at the 2020 census. Belfield was founded in 1883, and has seen many boom and busts in this o ...

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 Soap Lake is a city in Grant County, Washington, on the shores of Soap Lake. The population was 1,691 at the 2020 census. History Soap Lake was officially incorporated on June 9, 1919. This came to a halt during the Depression when drought ...

8.10% #

Frackville, Pennsylvania Frackville is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States, incorporated in 1876. Today, the intersection of Interstate 81 and Pennsylvania State Route 61 is located near the borough, which is approximately northwest of Philadel ...

7.60% #

Olyphant, Pennsylvania Olyphant is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is northeast of downtown Scranton, on the Lackawanna River in the heart of the anthracite region of the state. Its main source of employment was the mining and shipping o ...

and Norwegian Township, Pennsylvania 7.00% #

Houtzdale, Pennsylvania Houtzdale is a borough in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 768 at the 2020 census. History Houtzdale is named after Dr. Daniel Houtz, the original owner of the town site. The town was built quickly in the late 1 ...

6.90% # Harmony Township, Pennsylvania (

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) and Kerhonkson, New York 6.70% #

Baden, Pennsylvania Baden is a borough in southeastern Beaver County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River. The population was 3,912 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Baden is the former site of Logstown, a significant Native America ...

and McAdoo, Pennsylvania 5.90% # Branch Township, Pennsylvania and

Postville, Iowa Postville is a village in Allamakee and Clayton counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. It lies near the junction of four counties and at the intersection of U.S. Routes 18 and 52 and Iowa Highway 51, with airport facilities in the neighboring co ...

5.70% # Woodward Township, Pennsylvania (

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) and

Northampton, Pennsylvania Northampton is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Its population was 10,395 as of the 2020 census. Northampton is located north of Allentown, northwest of Philadelphia, and west of New York City. The borough is part of the Lehigh ...

5.60% # Warren, New York and Independence, Ohio 5.50% # West Leechburg, Pennsylvania 5.40% #

Ambridge, Pennsylvania Ambridge is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. Incorporated in 1905 as a company town by the American Bridge Company, Ambridge is located 16 miles (25 km) northwest of Pittsburgh, along the Ohio River. The population wa ...

, Mount Carmel Township, Pennsylvania, and

Parma, Ohio Parma is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, located on the southern edge of Cleveland. As of the 2020 census, its population was 81,146. Parma is the seventh largest city in the state of Ohio, the largest suburb in the state, an ...

5.30% #

Ford City, Pennsylvania Ford City is a borough in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States, northeast of Pittsburgh along the east bank of the Allegheny River and south of Kittanning, the county seat. The population of Ford City at the 2010 census was 2,991. An ...

5.20% # Bigler Township, Pennsylvania and

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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 Warren is a city in Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2020 Census places the city's population at 139,387, making Warren the largest city in Macomb County, the third largest city in Michigan, and Metro Detroit's largest suburb. T ...

4.0% # Chicago, IL 4.0% # 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% # Oak Park, MI 3.0% # Flying Hills, PA 3.2% # Waverly, NE 3.2% # Fair Lawn, NJ 3.1% #

Buffalo Grove, IL Buffalo Grove, officially the Village of Buffalo Grove, is a village in Lake and Cook County, Illinois. A suburb of Chicago, it lies about northwest of Downtown Chicago. As of the 2020 Census, Buffalo Grove has a population of 43,212. It tota ...

2.8% # Feasterville-Trevose, PA 2.6% # Smallwood, NY 2.5% # Solvay, NY 2.5% # North Port, FL 2.4% # Detroit, MI 2.0%

Notable people

References

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External links

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