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Iranians in United States: a history

Students came before 1979, exiles from 1979, and skilled migrants after them.

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Iranians in United States: a history

Students came before 1979, exiles from 1979, and skilled migrants after them.

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داسہ
اکیڈمی126 کورس، ہنوز ہچ اسٹ داخلہ کن پاچ افشہری3 مہم، 5 پروگرامورثہسانبھنگ کن 116 دے، 40 تاریخ وار اندراجخبراک88 منظور مسونا ماخذ، تصدیق مسونا تقریباک ہنوز افشاخاکجوڑ مننگ ٹی. ہنوز ہچ اسٹ تسلیم متنے

History

The American Community Survey asks about ancestry and the language spoken at home, so the community is visible.

The account

امریکہ

Students came before 1979, exiles from 1979, and skilled migrants after them. The largest community is in Los Angeles: Westwood, called Tehrangeles, the Persian Jews of Beverly Hills and the Armenian-Iranians of Glendale. Others live in the Bay Area, the Washington DC area, Houston and New York's Great Neck. The community faced stigma after the 1979 to 1981 hostage crisis, and United States travel restrictions on Iranian nationals from 2017.

This history is being expanded. Each claim gets its citation as it is reviewed.

How people arrived

4 waves
  1. 01
    Pre-1979 students
  2. 02
    1979 exile
  3. 03
    1980s war
  4. 04
    1990s to 2010s skilled

Figures

Figures are shown with their measure, year and source. They are never added together across different measures.

Iranian Americans, Pew definition (born in Iran, ancestry or parent)

2024
750,000 (445,000 immigrants, 310,000 US-born)
پیمانہ
Iranian Americans, Pew definition (born in Iran, ancestry or parent)
سال
2024
ماخذ
Pew Research Center, 7 facts about Iranian Americans (5 Mar 2026), ACS 2024 analysis
حالت
تصدیق شدہ
تصدیق کبو، ماخذ گچ کبو یا رپورٹ کبو
دا عدد نا چیک کننگ ٹی کمک کبو

دانا گڈ انت مریک. اسٹ نگران نما نوٹ ءِ خوانیک و ماخذ ءِ چیک کیک. صفحہ اوڑ آن گڈ بدل مریک. نما پن ہلنگ پک.

Born in Iran (stock)

2024
431,405
پیمانہ
born in Iran (stock)
سال
2024
ماخذ
UN DESA بین الاقوامی مہاجراک نا ذخیرہ 2024
حالت
تصدیق شدہ
تصدیق کبو، ماخذ گچ کبو یا رپورٹ کبو
دا عدد نا چیک کننگ ٹی کمک کبو

دانا گڈ انت مریک. اسٹ نگران نما نوٹ ءِ خوانیک و ماخذ ءِ چیک کیک. صفحہ اوڑ آن گڈ بدل مریک. نما پن ہلنگ پک.

ACS Iranian/Persian ancestry

ACS 2020-24
518,792
پیمانہ
ACS Iranian/Persian ancestry
سال
ACS 2020-24
ماخذ
Social Explorer citing ACS
حالت
ثانوی
تصدیق کبو، ماخذ گچ کبو یا رپورٹ کبو
دا عدد نا چیک کننگ ٹی کمک کبو

دانا گڈ انت مریک. اسٹ نگران نما نوٹ ءِ خوانیک و ماخذ ءِ چیک کیک. صفحہ اوڑ آن گڈ بدل مریک. نما پن ہلنگ پک.

Sources

Each figure keeps the measure, year, source and label the page gives it.

Sources

3 sources