Back أويغور أمريكيون Arabic اويجور امريكيين ARZ ABŞ uyğurları Azerbaijani ウイグル系アメリカ人 Japanese Уйгуры в США Russian Amerika Uygurları Turkish ئامېرىكىلىق ئۇيغۇرلار UG 維吾爾裔美國人 Chinese
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 Uyghur Americans protest in front of the White House against China's human rights violations (September 25, 2015) | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 8,905 (per U.S. Census Bureau- 2010)[1] 10,000–15,000 (East Turkistan Government in Exile. 2021 estimates)[2] 8,000–10,000 (Uyghur American Association. 2022 estimates).[3] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Washington D.C., Fairfax, Virginia, Virginia Beach, Richmond, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Austin, Houston | |
| Languages | |
| Uyghur · Mandarin Chinese · American English | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Uyghurs |
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Uyghur Americans (Uyghur: ئامېرىكىلىق ئۇيغۇرلار, romanized: Amérikiliq Uyghurlar) are Americans of Uyghur ethnicity. Most Uyghurs immigrated from Xinjiang, China, to the United States from the late 1980s onwards, with a significant number arriving after July 2009.
- ^ "Detailed Languages Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over: 2009-2013". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
- ^ Hawkins, Samantha (March 18, 2021). "Uighur Rally Puts Genocide in Focus Ahead of US-China Talks". Courthouse News. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
- ^ Snellenberg-Fraser, Carlos (February 25, 2022). "THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE IGNORED THE UYGHURS. THIS CHURCH DIDN'T". Sojourners. Retrieved May 1, 2021.