Russian American Demographics
Russian American Population
Russian American population is estimated at approximately 2.9 million people.
Second largest ethnic market representing 10.3% (2.9 Million people) of the total foreign-born population of 28.4 million. The leading ethnic group is Mexicans that represent 28% or 7.8 million of all US foreign-born population.
Russian speaking population in USA and Canada is estimated to be about 6 million.
Leading States
New York, California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts.
Leading Cities
New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Detroit.
Percentage Distribution
NY Tri-State Area – 24%
California – 16%
Illinois – 16%
Pennsylvania – 10%
Massachusetts – 8%
Florida – 7%
DC and Maryland – 3%
New York Population
New York leads the nation in the number of Russian Americans.
About 1.6 Million reside in New York Tri-State area.
About 600,000 reside in the City of New York representing 8% of the population.
Numbers exceed those of other leading ethnic groups like Chinese (760,000) and Dominican (620,000).
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