Population of Greeks in the USA and abroad

[Prokomenos]

According to a census done in 2000 this is the report on how many Greeks are living in the United States and abroad..

Population Information

Greeks in America

1. Los Angeles a city with about 10-13 million people
has a Greek community of about 70,000 people.
2. There are about 15,000 Greeks in the Houston
area. The Greek consulate estimates the total
Greek population of Texas and Oklahoma to be
about 50,000 people.
3. Boston estimates its Greek community at 60,000
(total estimate for New England area is 250,000)
4. New York City area has many Greek communities
– about 450,000!!
5. The Illinois State Census lists 435,000 of Greek
descent.
6. Atlanta has a Greek community of about 20,000.
7. New Orleans, Louisiana has a Greek community
of about 12,000 descended from the island of
Chios.
8. San Francisco, California (population 6.5 million)
reports about 50,000 in the Greek community.
9. Tarpon Springs, Florida, has a famous Greektown
that makes up one-third of the city’s population
(25,000).
10. According to the 2000 census 1,153,295 people
report their heritage as Greek. 365,435 speak
Greek at home.

No good if you have me , once are children start forgeting our language thats when they will forget where they came from.

The General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad is a dependency of the Greek
foreign ministry. It has compiled several studies over Greeks living outside

Greece and Cyprus.

Here is the demographic distribution of Greek citizens and people of Greek
origin through the world:

Country Greek Population

USA 3.000.000
Australia 700.000
Germany 354.500
Canada 350.000
Ukraine 250.000
Great Britain 212.000
Russia 150.000
Georgia 120.000
South Africa 120.000
Kazakhstan 50.000
France 35.000
Brazil 25.000
Bulgaria 25.000
Belgium 25.000
Italy 21.000
Argentina 20.000
Sweden 20.000
Armenia 15.000
Romania 14.000
Uzbekistan 10.500
New Zealand 10.000
Latvia 10.000
Switzerland 8.340
Austria 6.500
Egypt 5.000

[Ellinas]

According to a survey of Panteion University, the total number of persons with Greek ancestry, including the people in areas with big Greek presence in the past (Mediterranean coast, Black sea coast, South Italy, Asia Minor and Middle East) is about 80-90 million. However most of them don't recognise their Greek identity and they culturally assimilated in other nations.

The list Prokomenos posted is valid regarding the ones who immigrated from the modern Greek state and still recognise their Greek identity.

[Prokomenos]

That is a shame that so many have forget where they come from. I know a few here in the states that dont relate to being Greek whatsover and consider themselves American which when you think about really makes no sense. Can you imagine if all those acknowledged that they were Greek how much of a jump in population we would be?

[Megale]

1.1 million seems to little. The official census lists of Illinois having only 95,000 Greeks. No way, there were a 100,000 in the 1960s. A lot of Greeks aren't putting themselves as Greeks. The half-half ones could also be putting something else too.