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Demographics
According to the 2000 US Census, there are 1,563,081 persons with Hungarian ancestry in the United States as of 2006, with - according to 2000 census data 1,398,724 of them indicating Hungarian as their first ancestry.
Estimates of the number of Hungarians in the United States go well above 4 million.
This number also includes the large number of ethnic Hungarian immigrants most of whom have arrived to the US from Romania, Czechoslovakia, and the former Yugoslavia.
The states with the largest Hungarian American populations include:
Ohio |
193,951 |
New York |
137,029 |
California |
133,988 |
Pennsylvania |
132,184 |
New Jersey |
115,615 |
Michigan |
98,036 |
Florida |
96,885 |
The highest percentage of Hungarians in any American town, village or other, is in Kiryas Joel, New York (The great majority of its residents are Hasidic Jews belonging to the Satmar Hasidic dynasty, originated from Hungary) where 18.9% of the total population claimed Hungarian as first ancestry.
Other places with over 10% are Fairport Harbor, Ohio (14.1%) and West Pike Run Township, Pennsylvania (11.7%).
About a hundred other places have >5% of Hungarians, but the highest number of Hungarians living in the same place is in New York City.
Hungarians in the United States
1990 vs. 2000 Census Data
(Ordered by Size in 2000)
|
State |
1990 Census |
2000 Census |
Change |
1. |
Ohio |
218,145 |
193,951 |
- 24,194 |
2. |
New York |
186,898 |
137,029 |
- 49,869 |
3. |
California |
159,121 |
133,988 |
- 25,133 |
4. |
Pennsylvania |
152,863 |
132,184 |
- 20,679 |
5. |
New Jersey |
141,627 |
115,615 |
- 26,012 |
6. |
Michigan |
109,178 |
98,036 |
- 11,142 |
7. |
Florida |
99,822 |
96,885 |
- 2,937 |
8. |
Illinois |
68,439 |
55,971 |
- 12,468 |
9. |
Connecticut |
49,508 |
40,836 |
- 8,672 |
10. |
Indiana |
40,828 |
35,715 |
- 5,133 |
11. |
Texas |
31,884 |
30,234 |
- 1,650 |
12. |
Virginia |
25,178 |
25,783 |
+ 605 |
13. |
Wisconsin |
25,385 |
23,945 |
- 1,440 |
14. |
Arizona |
22,433 |
23,571 |
+ 1,138 |
15. |
Maryland |
26,726 |
22,941 |
- 3,785 |
16. |
Washington |
16,797 |
18,590 |
+ 1,793 |
17. |
Massachusetts |
19,989 |
18,427 |
- 1,562 |
18. |
Colorado |
16,861 |
18,411 |
+ 1,550 |
19. |
North Carolina |
12,749 |
16,100 |
+ 3,351 |
20. |
Georgia |
13,418 |
15,293 |
+ 1,875 |
21. |
Missouri |
14,843 |
13,694 |
- 1,149 |
22. |
Minnesota |
12,349 |
12,279 |
- 70 |
23. |
Oregon |
10,776 |
11,265 |
+ 489 |
24. |
Nevada |
7,100 |
10,285 |
+ 3,185 |
25. |
Tennessee |
7,349 |
8,323 |
+ 974 |
26. |
South Carolina |
6,111 |
7,953 |
+ 1,842 |
27. |
West Virginia |
9,248 |
7,477 |
- 1,771 |
28. |
Kentucky |
5,819 |
6,499 |
+ 680 |
29. |
Louisianna |
5,722 |
4,625 |
- 1,097 |
30. |
New Mexico |
4,337 |
4,331 |
- 6 |
31. |
Alabama |
4,117 |
3,977 |
- 140 |
32. |
Kansas |
4,058 |
3,903 |
- 155 |
33. |
Delaware |
3,468 |
3,886 |
+ 418 |
34. |
New Hampshire |
4,093 |
3,784 |
- 309 |
35. |
Oklahoma |
3,797 |
3,626 |
- 171 |
36. |
Iowa |
3,710 |
3,366 |
- 344 |
37. |
Utah |
2,944 |
3,306 |
+ 362 |
38. |
Montana |
2,750 |
3,250 |
+500 |
39. |
Vermont |
3,102 |
3,058 |
- 44 |
40. |
Maine |
3,234 |
2,906 |
- 328 |
41. |
North Dakota |
3,005 |
2,802 |
- 203 |
42. |
Nebraska |
3,318 |
2,740 |
- 578 |
43. |
Idaho |
2,455 |
2,672 |
+ 217 |
44. |
Arkansas |
2,300 |
2,309 |
+ 9 |
45. |
Alaska |
2,200 |
2,238 |
+ 38 |
46. |
Rhode Island |
2,902 |
2,127 |
- 775 |
47. |
Hawaii |
2,631 |
2,104 |
- 527 |
48. |
District of Columbia |
|
2,048 |
+ 2,048 |
49. |
Mississippi |
1,462 |
1,843 |
+ 381 |
50. |
Wyoming |
1,374 |
1,561 |
+ 187 |
51. |
South Dakota |
1,361 |
982 |
- 379 |
USA Totals: |
1990 Census |
1,579,784 |
2000 Census |
1,398,724 |
Change |
-181,060 |
List of US cities with large Hungarian American populations
SOURCE: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
US cities and communities with large Hungarian American populations are largely concentrated in Ohio (193,951), New York (137,029), California (133,988), Pennsylvania (132,184), New Jersey (115,615), Michigan (98,036) and in Florida (96,885).
The following cities and municipalities are among those that have 1,000 or more residents who are of Hungarian ancestry (in descending order by Hungarian population):
- New York City 57,673 (0.7%)
- Los Angeles, California 16,802 (0.4%)
- Chicago, Illinois 8,600 (0.3%)
- Cleveland, Ohio 7,632 (1.9%) (in another source: 130,000)
- Columbus, Ohio 6,144 (0.8%)
- Toledo, Ohio 6,093 (2.2%)
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 5,323 (0.3%)
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 3,980 (1.3%)
- South Bend, Indiana 3,559 (3.5%)
- San Francisco, California 3,456 (0.4%)
- Indianapolis, Indiana 2,524 (0.3%)
- Buffalo, New York 2,405 (0.9%)
- Dallas, Texas 2,250 (0.2%)
- Washington, DC 1,702 (0.3 %)
- Detroit, Michigan 1,297 (0.2%)
- Cincinnati, Ohio 1,197 (0.4%)
Ranked by percentage
The following communities have more than 5% of the population as being of Hungarian ancestry, based on data extracted from the United States Census, 2000, for communities with more than 1,000 individuals identifying their ancestry (in descending order by percentage of population):
- Kiryas Joel, New York 18.9 %
- Fairport Harbor, Ohio 11.8 %
- West Pike Run Township, Pennsylvania 11.7 %
- Freemansburg, Pennsylvania 9.6 %
- Paint, Pennsylvania 9.6 %
- Kaser, New York 9.4 %
- New Square, New York 8.8 %
- Windsor, Ohio 8.2 %
- West Brownsville, Pennsylvania 8.1 %
- Monroe (town), New York 8.0 %
- Colebrook Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio 7.9 %
- Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania 7.9 %
- Alpha, New Jersey 7.9 %
- Elyria, Ohio 7.8 %
- Tiltonsville, Ohio 7.7 %
- Sewaren, New Jersey 7.7 %
- Beachwood, Ohio 7.4 %
- Hartsgrove Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio 7.3 %
- Amherst, Ohio 7.2 %
- Russell Township, Geauga County, Ohio 7.1 %
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