Algerian Americans

Algerian Americans
Total population
	8,000
Regions with significant populations
	New York, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Atlanta
Languages
	Berber; American English; French; Algerian Arabic;
Religion
	Majority: Islam ; Minority: Judaism, Christianity

Algerian Americans (Arabic: أمريكيون جزائريون) are Americans who are of Algerian descent or Algerians who have American citizenship. According to the 2000 United States Census, there are over 8,000 Americans of Algerian descent.^[1]

After Algeria's war of independence, which ended in 1962, many Algerian students immigrated to the US to enroll in universities. Other Algerians, including scientists and doctors, also immigrated to the US to live there permanently. In the 1990s many Algerians were persecuted in their homeland for their political views which, together with the lack of jobs there, forced many of them to emigrate. However, the European Union limited the number of North Africans who could immigrate to its member countries, which diverted most of the Algerian immigration to the US, which had increased the number of work visas for people from North Africa.^{[citation needed]}

Algerian communities are established in major cities such as New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and Chicago. Algerians in Chicago commemorate the anniversary of the start of the war between Algeria and France that led to their country's independence every November 1.^[2]

References

^ "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
^ Stephen R. Porter. "Algerians". Encyclopedia of Chicago. Retrieved 2020-09-27.

[ancestry2000-1] "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2010-12-02.

[Porter-2] Stephen R. Porter. "Algerians". Encyclopedia of Chicago. Retrieved 2020-09-27.

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[2]

v t e Berber diaspora
Berber homeland	Algeria Canary Islands Libya Mali Morocco Niger Tunisia
Diaspora elsewhere in Africa	Burkina Faso Egypt Mauritania Western Sahara
Europe	France Paris Belgium Netherlands
North America and Oceania	Canada New Caledonia United States

v t e Arab Americans by state of origin
Africa	Algerian Egyptian Libyan Mauritanian Moroccan Somali Sudanese Tunisian
Asia	Emirati Iraqi Jordanian Kuwaiti Lebanese Palestinian Saudi Syrian Jews Yemeni
By location	Detroit
Based on state membership in the Arab League.

v t e North Africans in the United States
North Africa	Algerian Egyptian Canarian in Louisiana Libyan Mauritanian Moroccan Somali Sudanese Tunisian
North African ethnic groups in United States	Arab Berber Coptic

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