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A Romanian-American is a citizen of the United States who has significant Romanian heritage. According to the 2000 US Census 367,310 Americans indicated Romanian as their first ancestry, and more than 1.5 milion are of mixed or single Romanian origin. This people may be Romanian-born U.S citizens or American-born descendants or the Romanian emigrants that immmigrated in North America in the 19th century or later. Many of them do not speak Romanian, having emigrated to United States more than 50 years ago.

Distribution of Romanian-American population

Romanian-Americans are distributed throughout the U.S., with concentrations found in the east and the northeast of the country, such as in the states of Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and New York, while in the east and southeast communities are found in Georgia (Atlanta), Florida (Tallahassee) and Alabama (Montgomery). There are also significant communities of Romanian-Americans in the extreme west of the United States, particularly in California (Los Angeles and Sacramento) and Arizona (Tucson).

Half of all foreign-born Romanian-Americans came to the U.S. after 1980. Per the 2000 Census, the States with the largest concentrations of Romanian-Americans are California (248,125), New York (240,784), Florida (127,123), Michigan (119,624), Illinois (114,529) and Ohio (106,017). Several other sources supply estimates of particular Romanian-American communities which are sometimes considerably higher than the most recently-available census count.\ Thus the estimated numbers of Romanian-Americans by community and in total vary considerably, and depend in some degree on the reliability of the estimation method used and how membership of the Romanian-American community is defined.

At United States 2000 census, 340,000 Americans of age 5 years and older identified Romanian language, ranking it 21st of the total language spoken in U.S.A, being equal to 0.11% of the total population.

Romanian-Americans by state totals

The largest estimated states in USA with the largest 9 Romanian-American population are:

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Romanian-American culture

Due to the fact that more than 1.5 million Americans are of Romanian origin or ancestry, Romanian culture has mixed with American culture, creating a mixture between the two countries, characterized by Romanian-born Americans adopting American culture or American-born people having strong Romanian heritage. The Romanian culture can be seen in many different kinds, like Romanian music, newspapers, curches, cultural organizations and groups, such as the Romanian-American Congress or the Round Table Society NFP. Religion, predominnatly belongigng to the Romanian Orthodox Church, is an important trace of the Romanian presence in United States, with churches almost in all bigger cities throughout the country. American children of Romanian origin often learn to speak both languages Romanian and English fluently.

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Romanian-Americans | Ethnic groups in the United States

 

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