Total population | |
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93,498 (2008 American Community Survey) | |
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California, New York, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota | |
Languages | |
American English, Latvian | |
Religion | |
Mostly Lutheranism with Roman Catholic minority | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Lithuanian Americans, Latvians |
Latvian Americans are Americans who are of Latvian ancestry. According to the 2008 American Community Survey, there are 93,498 Americans of full or partial Latvian descent.
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Race and ethnicity |
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Central Europe | |
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Eastern Europe |
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Northern Europe | |
Southeast Europe3 | |
Southern Europe |
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Western Europe | |
Other Europeans |
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1 Poles came to the United States legally as Austrians, Germans, Prussians or Russians throughout the 19th century, because from 1772–1795 till 1918, all Polish lands had been partitioned between imperial Austria, Prussia (a protoplast of Germany) and Russia until Poland regained its sovereignty in the wake of World War I.
3 Yugoslav Americans are the American people from the former Yugoslavia. 4 Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Turkey span the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia. 5 Disputed; Roma have recognized origins and historic ties to Asia (specifically to Northern India), but they experienced at least some distinctive identity development while in diaspora among Europeans. 6 Armenia and Cyprus are located entirely in Asia, but historically have stronger tie with Europe. |