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{{dablink|This article is about the Azerbaijani Americans of ], an ] found both in ] and ]. For Iranian-American Azerbaijanis, see ]s.}}</div> |
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'''Azerbaijani Americans''' are ] of ethnic ] origin, from both ] and ]. The majority of the group are immigrants whom arrived either as political refugees from the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran or after the fall of the ] in the late 1980s when Azerbaijan restored its independence. An estimate of 100,000 Azerbaijanis live in the US, the largest concentrations are in Southern California (] and ]), as well in the ]/] metro area and ]{{Fact|date=May 2008}}. |
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'''Azerbaijani Americans''' are ] of ethnic ] origin. Until 1980 , the Azerbaijanis in the United States were a small group of recent immigrants numbering perhaps 200 families<ref name="Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups"> by Stephan Thernstrom, Ann Orlov, et al. Harvard University Press: 1980. p. 171. ISBN: 0674375122</ref> , after that the information about their number is not clear. |
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The earliest Azerbaijani immigrants to the ] were German prisoners of war during ] who left the western zones of ] for the United States in the early 1950s. Together with them came a small group of surviving Azerbaijani refugees from ] and Iran who had fled the short-lived ] in ], and arrived to the United States in the 1950s and 1960s for economic reasons. Both groups settled in ], northern ] and ]; more recently in ] and ]. The ex-prisoners of war later worked in blue collar jobs, whereas Azeri immigrants from Turkey and Iran were able to hold on to their original occupations as merchants, artisans and clerks. By ] there were around 200 Azeri families in the United States, with about 80% of them being ].<ref> by Stephan Thernstrom, Ann Orlov, et al. Harvard University Press: 1980. p. 171. ISBN: 0674375122</ref> |
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Most of the Azerbaijani immigrants in the United States were German prisoners of war during ] who left the western zones of ] for the United States in the early 1950s.There is also a small number of surviving refugees who fled their homeland in 1920 after the demise of the independent ].The post 1920 refugees first settled in ] and ], then came to the United States for economic reasons in 1950s and 1960.Both groups settled in ], Northern ], and ], and more recently in ] and ].The ex-prisoners of war later worked in blue collar jobs, whereas Azeri immigrants from Turkey and Iran were able to hold on to their original occupations as merchants, artisans and clerks. By ] there were around 200 Azeri families in the United States, with about 80% of them being ].<ref name="Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups">Ibid.</ref> |
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Most of the Azerbaijani immigrants in the United States were German prisoners of war during World War II who left the western zones of Germany for the United States in the early 1950s.There is also a small number of surviving refugees who fled their homeland in 1920 after the demise of the independent republic of Azerbaijan.The post 1920 refugees first settled in Turkey and Iran, then came to the United States for economic reasons in 1950s and 1960.Both groups settled in New York City, Northern New Jersey, and Massachusetts, and more recently in Florida and California.The ex-prisoners of war later worked in blue collar jobs, whereas Azeri immigrants from Turkey and Iran were able to hold on to their original occupations as merchants, artisans and clerks. By 1980 there were around 200 Azeri families in the United States, with about 80% of them being endogamic.
