Moldovan American

Moldovan Americans are Americans who are from Moldova or are descended from Moldovans. According to the U.S. 2000 census, there were 7,859 Moldovan Americans in the United States. However, the American Community Survey indicated that the number of people of Moldovan origin greatly increased over the years, and in 2014 exceeded 40,000 people in the United States. Most Moldovan Americans are Eastern Orthodox.

Demographics

In the 2010 U.S. census and subsequently, the largest part of the population born in Moldova self-identified as being of Romanian ancestry. The 2015 U.S. Census Bureau estimate results based on population surveys show 20,128 people born in the Republic of Moldova who identified themselves as being of "Romanian ancestry". However, many other Moldovan-born people were of other ancestries. In 2015, 7,968 of them declared themselves to be of "Russian ancestry", probably including some Russian-speaking Jews, 3,747 declared themselves to be of Ukrainian ancestry, 332 declared themselves to be of Bulgarian ancestry, and 126 declared themselves to be of Turkish ancestry. No inhabitants of the U.S. declared a Gagauz ancestry in the 2020 census. The number of people originating from Moldova who indicated Polish ancestry was 228, while 126 declared German ancestry, 43 declared Israeli ancestry, and 196 declared "European" ancestry. The 2015 data and other sources suggest that it is likely that about 8,000 residents of the United States identify themselves for census purposes as being of "Moldovan ancestry", but no exact numbers have been made available. This figure includes a number of Jews, given the fact that there is no Jewish ancestry category. Those who self-identify as being of "Moldovan ancestry" are outnumbered by more than two to one by those originating from Moldova who declare a "Romanian ancestry".

Moldovan communities exist in cities such as Asheville, New York and Washington, D.C.Embassy of Republic of Moldova to the United States of America, Canada and Mexico: Moldovan Community organizations in the USA and Canada
Moldovans have Moldovan food restaurants in the United States, in places such as New York City.

Most Moldovan Americans are Eastern Orthodox, and attend overwhelmingly ethnic Romanian parishes of the Orthodox Church of America.

Statistics

Moldova-born population in the US since 2010:

Associations

Several Moldovan associations can be found in the United States, such as the "Moldova for Democracy and Development" and "Grigore Vieru" organizations in Brooklyn, New York. 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.Moldova Foundation
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Notable people

* Roman Borvanov
* George de Bothezat
* Xenia Deli
* Daniella Karagach
* Aleksandr Kogan
* Isaak Shvartsev
* Max Vangeli
* Sam Zemurray
* Jonathan Cheban
* Bianna Golodryga
* Valery Gaina

Moldovan-Jewish

Notable Americans of Moldovan-Jewish descent.

* Boris Anisfeld
* Samuel Bronston
* Italo Jose Dejter
* Jared Diamond
* Ari Emanuel
* Ezekiel Emanuel
* Rahm Emanuel
* Ed Feingersh
* Louis Filler
* George Finkel
* Maurice Herman Finkel
* William F. Friedman
* Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg
* Diane von Fürstenberg
* Princess Tatiana von Fürstenberg
* Ben Gold
* Bianna Golodryga
* Frederick Irving
* Mona May Karff
* Boris Kolker
* Lee Krasner
* Lewis Milestone
* Saul Perlmutter
* Steven Pinker
* Vera Rubin
* Morris Swadesh
* Orly Taitz
* Henry Waxman
* Maria Winetzkaja
* Sam Zemurray

See also

* North Carolina–Moldova National Guard Partnership
* Moldova–United States relations
* European Americans
* Romanian Americans
* Russian Americans

References

{{Moldovan diaspora

Moldovan American,
American people of Moldovan descent,
Moldovan diaspora
European-American society