Russian Americans comprise the largest Eastern European and East Slavic population in the U S, the second-largest Slavic population generally, the nineteenth-largest ancestry group overall, and the eleventh-largest from Europe.
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Many Russian Americans do not speak Russian, having been born in the United States and brought up in English-speaking homes.
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In 2007, however, Russian was the primary spoken language of 851, 174 Americans at home, according to the U S Census.
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However, as Russian Americans have climbed in socioeconomic status, the diaspora from Russia and other former Soviet-bloc states has moved toward more affluent parts of the New York metropolitan area, notably Bergen County, New Jersey.
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Territory that today is the U S state of Alaska was settled by Russians and controlled by the Russian Empire; Russian settlers include ethnic Russians but Russified Ukrainians, Russified Romanians, and native Siberians, including Yupik, Mongolic peoples, Chukchi, Koryaks, Itelmens, and Ainu.
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Russian Americans America was not a profitable colony because of high transportation costs and the declining animal population.
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Roughly 20, 000 Russian Americans citizens immigrated to the United States immediately following the conclusion of the war.
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The number of Russian Americans migrants with university educations is higher than that of US natives and other foreign born groups.
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Soviet Union was a sports empire, and many prominent Russian Americans sportspeople found great acclaim and rewards for their skills in the United States.
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Apart from such settlements as Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, concentrations of Russian Americans can be found in Bergen County, New Jersey; Queens; Staten Island; Anchorage, Alaska; Baltimore; Boston; The Bronx; other parts of Brooklyn; Chicago; Cleveland; Detroit; Los Angeles; Beverly Hills; Miami; Milwaukee; Minneapolis; Palm Beach; Houston; Dallas; Orlando; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Portland, Oregon; Sacramento; San Francisco; Raleigh and Research Triangle Region North Carolina, and Seattle.
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