Moldovan Americans

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 Moldovan immigrants greatly increased over the years, and in 2014 exceeded 40,000 people in the United States. Most Moldovan Americans are Eastern Orthodox.

Moldovan Americans
Total population
7,859 (Moldovan ancestry, 2000 US Census)[1]
47,156 (Moldovan-born, 2017 American Community Survey)[2]
Regions with significant populations
Asheville (North Carolina), New York and Washington, D.C.
Languages
Romanian, American English, Russian
Religion
Eastern Orthodoxy, Protestantism, Judaism
Related ethnic groups
Romanian, Ukrainian, Russian

Moldovan communities exist in cities such as Asheville, New York and Washington, D.C.[3] Moldovans have Moldovan food restaurants in the United States, in places such as New York City.[4][5]

Statistics

Moldova-born population in the US since 2010:[2]

Year Number
2010 33,659
2011 34,152
2012 41,340
2013 34,913
2014 41,193
2015 43,564
2016 42,403
2017 47,156

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.[3] 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.[6]

Notable people

Moldovan-Jewish

Notable Americans of Moldovan-Jewish descent.

See also

References
  1. "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
  2. "PLACE OF BIRTH FOR THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, Universe: Foreign-born population excluding population born at sea, 2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-Year. Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  3. Embassy of Republic of Moldova to the United States of America, Canada and Mexico: Moldovan Community organizations in the USA and Canada.
  4. Ligaya Mishan (2014-08-28). "Hungry City: Moldova in Midwood, Brooklyn". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
  5. Moldova Restaurant - Midwood - Brooklyn, NY - Yelp
  6. Moldova Foundation
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