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Azerbaijani Americans are Americans of ethnic Azerbaijani origin, who mostly come from Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkey.

The earliest Azerbaijani immigrants to the United States were German prisoners of war during World War II who left the western zones of Germany for the United States in the early 1950s. There is also a small number of surviving refugees who fled their homeland in 1920 after the demise of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. The post-1920 refugees first settled in Turkey and Iran, then came to the United States for economic reasons in 1950s and 1960s. Both groups settled in New York City, Northern New Jersey, and Massachusetts, and more recently in Florida and California. The ex-prisoners of war later worked in blue collar jobs, whereas Azeri immigrants from Turkey and Iran were able to hold on to their original occupations as merchants, artisans and clerks. By 1980 there were around 200 Azeri families in the United States, with about 80% of them being endogamic. Their current numbers are unknown.

See also

• Iranian American
• Turkish American

References

1. U.S.: Confirmation Row Shows Power Of Diaspora Lobbies by Julie A. Corwin. Radio Free Europe. August 02, 2006. Retrieved July 31, 2008
2. Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups by Stephan Thernstrom, Ann Orlov, et al. Harvard University Press: 1980. p. 171. ISBN: 0674375122

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