Total population | |
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14,205[1] and Iranian Azerbaijanis 40,400[2] (Census 2000) = 54,605 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
New York City Metropolitan Area,[3][4][5]Greater Houston, San Francisco Bay area, Greater Los Angeles, New Jersey, Chicago Metropolitan Area, Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and other.[6] | |
Languages | |
Azerbaijani, American English Persian and Russian | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Shia Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Turkish Americans Turkish diaspora |
Azerbaijani Americans (Azerbaijani: Amerikalı azərbaycanlılar) or Azeri Americans (Azerbaijani: Amerikalı Azərilər) are Americans of the Azerbaijani ancestry from Azerbaijan and Iranian Azerbaijan region or people possessing Azerbaijani, Iranian, and/or American citizenship. Most Azerbaijani Americans have immigrated to the United States from Azerbaijan, Iran, Germany, Georgia, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine.[7][8][9]