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AQŞ-tağy qazaqtar (Kazakh) | |
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Total population | |
Less than 300 (Kazakh descent, 2000 US Census)[1] 33,438 (born in Kazakhstan, 2019)[2] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
New York, California, Oregon, Montana, Georgia, Minnesota, Virginia, Alaska, Washington, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Kansas and Colorado[3] | |
Languages | |
American English · Kazakh · Russian | |
Religion | |
Sunni Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Others Turkic peoples |
Kazakh Americans (Kazakh: AQŞ-tağy qazaqtar) are Americans of full or partial Kazakh ancestry. Although in the 1960s the population of Kazakh origin in United States was estimated at 30,030 people, the 2000 Census put the population size at less than 300 people.[1] According to the American Community Survey of 2010–2012, there were more than 23,000 Kazakhstan-born people living in the United States, but not all of them were of Kazakh ethnicity.[clarification needed]
Kazakhs began to emigrate to the United States after World War II. Shortly after the war, some Kazakh Soviet citizens, who had been captured during World War II, migrated to the United States following their liberation by Allied troops.[4]
The Kazakh diaspora in the United States adds to its ranks through inter-ethnic marriages. In addition, since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, the diaspora has increased due to the Diversity Immigrant Visa program, employment-based immigration channels for scientists and engineers, such as H-1B visas, EBGC, and international child adoption.[5]
The Kazakhs form communities in places as Reston, Virginia.[6] The Kazakh Americans are observed as mono-ethnic and inter-ethnic marriages. The latter is characterized more for the older generation. Young people trying to find his life partner of the Kazakh media, thus preserving, their ethnic identity.[7]
The counties with the largest Kazakh population are Kings County, New York and Los Angeles County.[8]
Like many immigrant groups in the United States, the Kazakhs have their own associations. This section lists these organizations, which are known to be active.