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Syrian Americans
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أمريكيون سوريون | |
|---|---|
 Syrian children between 1910 and 1915 | |
| Total population | |
| 187,331[1][2][3] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| New Jersey,[4][5][6][7] Tennessee,[8] New York, Massachusetts, Michigan, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa, Texas, California,[9] Florida (especially Jacksonville) | |
| Languages | |
| American English, Hebrew, Arabic (variants of Syrian Arabic), Neo-Aramaic, Armenian, French, other languages | |
| Religion | |
| Majority: Christianity (Eastern Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox) Minorities: Sunni Islam, Druze, and Judaism |
Syrian Americans (Arabic: أمريكيون سوريون) are Americans of Syrian descent or background. The first significant wave of Syrian immigrants to arrive in the United States began in the 1880s.[10] Many of the earliest Syrian Americans settled in New York City, Boston, and Detroit. Immigration from Syria to the United States suffered a long hiatus after the United States Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1924, which restricted immigration. More than 40 years later, the Immigration Act of 1965, abolished the quotas and immigration from Syria to the United States saw a surge. An estimated 64,600 Syrians immigrated to the United States between 1961 and 2000.[11] Additionally, between 2011 and 2024 an estimated 50,004 Syrians immigrated to the United States.[12]
The overwhelming majority of Syrian immigrants to the U.S. from 1880 to 1960 were Christian, a minority were Jewish, whereas Muslim Syrians arrived in the United States chiefly after 1965.[13] According to the 2016 American Community Survey 1-year estimates, there were 187,331 Americans who claimed Syrian ancestry, about 12% of the Arab population in the United States. There are also sizeable minority populations from Syria in the U.S. including Jews, Kurds, Armenians, Assyrians, and Circassians.[14][15]
- ^ Hitti, Philip (2005) [1924]. The Syrians in America. Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-59333-176-4.
- ^ Syrian Americans by J. Sydney Jones
- ^ "SELECTED POPULATION PROFILE IN THE UNITED STATES 2016 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
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- ^ Marina Villeneuve; John Seasly & Hannan Adely (2015-09-06). "Nearly 100 gather for Paterson candlelight vigil honoring Syrian refugees". North Jersey Media Group. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ Hannan Adely (2015-12-01). "Paterson embraces Syrian refugees as neighbors". North Jersey Media Group. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ "Get Involved: How to Volunteer with Refugees in Memphis". Choose901. 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
- ^ "The Arab Population: 2000" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-01.
- ^ "Lebanese and Syrian Americans". Utica College. Retrieved 2007-05-06.
- ^ "Table 8. Immigrants, by Country of Birth: 1961 to 2005". United States census. Archived from the original (XLS) on February 12, 2007. Retrieved April 29, 2007.
- ^ "Syrian refugee arrivals U.S. 2024". Statista. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
- ^ A Community of Many Worlds: Arab Americans in New York City, Museum of the City of New York/Syracuse University Press, 2002
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "The Arab Population: 2000 (Census 2000 Brief)" (PDF). United States census. December 2003. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
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