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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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آکادمی126 دوره، هنو هیچ‌کِی سی نام‌نویسی واز نَهمدنی3 کارزار، 5 برنامهمیراث116 روز نگه‌داشتنی، 40 نوشته گاه‌شمارخبرا88 منبع تأییدشده، هنو رویداد تأییدشده‌ای نَهشاخه‌هامه حال شکل گرفتن. هنو هیچ‌کِی شناخته نَبیه

History

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

The account

ایالات متحده

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)
سنجه
Iranian Americans, Pew definition (born in Iran, ancestry or parent)
سال
2024
منبع
Pew Research Center, 7 facts about Iranian Americans (5 Mar 2026), ACS 2024 analysis
وضعیت
تأییدبیده
وارسی کُن، منبع اضافه کُن یا گزارش بِدِه
کمک کُن ای عدد وارسی بو

بعدِش چه اَبو. یه نگهبان یادداشتِت اَخونه و منبع وارسی اَکُنه. صفحه فقط بعد اَ او عوض اَبو. اسم تو اَبَرده نَبو.

Born in Iran (stock)

2024
431,405
سنجه
born in Iran (stock)
سال
2024
منبع
UN DESA، ذخیره مهاجرای جهانی 2024
وضعیت
تأییدبیده
وارسی کُن، منبع اضافه کُن یا گزارش بِدِه
کمک کُن ای عدد وارسی بو

بعدِش چه اَبو. یه نگهبان یادداشتِت اَخونه و منبع وارسی اَکُنه. صفحه فقط بعد اَ او عوض اَبو. اسم تو اَبَرده نَبو.

ACS Iranian/Persian ancestry

ACS 2020-24
518,792
سنجه
ACS Iranian/Persian ancestry
سال
ACS 2020-24
منبع
Social Explorer citing ACS
وضعیت
دست دوم
وارسی کُن، منبع اضافه کُن یا گزارش بِدِه
کمک کُن ای عدد وارسی بو

بعدِش چه اَبو. یه نگهبان یادداشتِت اَخونه و منبع وارسی اَکُنه. صفحه فقط بعد اَ او عوض اَبو. اسم تو اَبَرده نَبو.

Sources

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

Sources

3 sources