| Hungarian American amerikai magyarok |
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| Notable Hungarian Americans: 'Drew Barrymore' 'Joseph Pulitzer' 'Edward Teller' 'Elie Wiesel'   |
| Total population |
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Hungarian Americans |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Ohio, New York, California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan, Florida |
| Languages |
| American English, Hungarian language |
| Religions |
| Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Judaism |
| Related ethnic groups |
| Hungarians, Székely Hungarians, Csángó Hungarians |
Hungarian Americans are American citizens of Hungarian descent. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the Phonology North American English regional phonology In many ways compared to English English, North American English is conservative in its Phonology. Hungarian ( magyar nyelv) is a Uralic language (more specifically a Ugric language) unrelated to most other languages in Europe. Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut Hungarians (or Magyars, magyarok are an Ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. For the village in northeastern Hungary see Székely (village The Székely ( pronounced) or Szekler people (Székely The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Hungarians (or Magyars, magyarok are an Ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. Some notable examples include Drew Barrymore, George Cukor, Béla Lugosi, Adolph Zukor, Andrew Grove, Béla Bartók, Harry Houdini, Joseph Pulitzer, Albert Szent-Györgyi, Edward Teller, Elie Wiesel, Thomas Szasz, George Pataki and King Vidor. Drew Blyth Barrymore (born February 22 1975 is an American actress and Film producer. George Dewey Cukor ( July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an Academy Award -winning American Film director. Béla Lugosi (October 20 1882 &ndash August 16 1956 was an iconic Hungarian stage and film actor best known for his portrayal of Count Dracula in the American Adolf Zukor, born Adolph Cukor, ( January 7, 1873 &ndash June 10, 1976) was a film mogul and founder of Paramount Andrew Stephen Grove (Gróf András István (born 2 September 1936) is a Hungarian - American Businessman and scientist Béla Viktor János Bartók (March 25 1881&ndashSeptember 26 1945 was a Hungarian Composer and Pianist, considered to be one of the greatest Joseph Pulitzer ( English pronunciation PULL-itser; April 10, 1847 He sought a military career but was turned down by the Albert Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápolt ( September 16, 1893 &ndash October 22, 1986) was a Hungarian Physiologist who Edward Teller (original Hungarian name Teller Ede) (January 15 1908 &ndash September 9 2003 was a Hungarian -American theoretical Physicist Elie Wiesel (born Eliezer Wiesel on September 30 1928 in Sighetu Marmaţiei, Romania) is a Jewish writer professor political activist Thomas Stephen Szasz (pronounced /sas/ born April 15, 1920 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Psychiatrist and Academic. George Elmer Pataki (born June 24, 1945) is an American politician who was the 53rd Governor of New York serving three consecutive King Wallis Vidor ( February 8, 1894 &ndash November 1, 1982) was an acclaimed American Film director whose career Many Hungarians fled to the United States after the Soviet invasion in 1956. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 ( Hungarian: 1956-os forradalom) was a spontaneous nationwide Revolt against the Stalinist government of
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History
Hungarians have been a part of America for as long as Europeans have settled the New World, with Hungarian Americans such as Michael de Kovats, the founder of the United States Cavalry, active in the American Revolution. The New World is one of the names used for the non-Eurasian/non-African parts of the Earth specifically the Americas and Australia. Michael de Kovats (1724 – May 11, 1779) was a Hungarian cavalry officer who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" Hungarians have maintained a constant state of immigration to the United States since then, however are best known for three principle waves of immigration.
The first wave occurred in 1849-1850 by the so-called "Forty-niners," who emigrated to escape retribution by Austrian authorities after the defeat of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. The events leading to the revolution The Hungarian Diet (parliament was reconvened in 1825 to handle financial needs By the turn of the century, the United States saw an immigration boom primarily of Southern and Eastern Europeans. Included in this wave was between 650,000-700,000 ethnic Hungarians. Unlike the educated gentry who formed the core of the 1849 wave, the second wave was mostly poor and uneducated immigrants seeking a better life in America. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
The circumstances of the third wave of immigration had much in common with the first wave. In 1956, Hungary was again under the power of a foreign state, this time the Soviet Union, and again Hungarians rose up in revolution. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Like the revolution of 1848, the 1956 Hungarian Revolution failed and led to the emigration of 200,000 "56-ers" fleeing persecution after the revolution. The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 ( Hungarian: 1956-os forradalom) was a spontaneous nationwide Revolt against the Stalinist government of 40,000 of them found their way to the United States.
Demographics
According to the 2000 US Census, there are 1,398,724[2] Hungarians in the United States as of 2000. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Estimates of the number of Hungarians in the United States go well above 2 million. This number also includes the large number of ethnic Hungarian immigrants who have arrived to the US from Romania, Czechoslovakia, the former Yugoslavia.
The states with the largest Hungarian American populations include:[3]
| 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. Kiryas Joel (also known as Kiryas Yo'el or KJ) ( Hebrew: קרית יואל " Town of Joel " is a Village Hasidic Judaism (also Chasidic, etc from the Hebrew: he '''''חסידות''''', Chassidus, meaning "piety" from the Hebrew PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Satmar (or Satmar Hasidism or Satmarer Hasidism) (חסידות סאטמאר is a Hasidic movement of mostly Hungarian Grand Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum 9%[4] of the total population claimed Hungarian as first ancesty. Other places with over 10% are Fairport Harbor, Ohio (14. Fairport Harbor is a village in Lake County, Ohio, United States, along Lake Erie at the mouth of the Grand River. 1%)[5] and West Pike Run Township, Pennsylvania (11,7%[6]). West Pike Run Township is a township in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. 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. The City of New York
Notables
See also
References
- ^ US Census Bureau, American FactFinder, Decennial Programs, Census 2000, Data Set Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) – Sample Data, Table: PCT18 ANCESTRY (TOTAL CATEGORIES TALLIED) FOR PEOPLE WITH ONE OR MORE ANCESTRY CATEGORIES REPORTED [109 Universe]. Notable Canadians of Hungarian ancestral lineage People B Attila Buday (born 1974- flatwater canoeist László Buday (born 1924 Hungarian diaspora ( Magyar diaspora) is a term that encompasses the total ethnic Hungarian population located outside of current-day Hungary
- ^ United States - QT-P13. Ancestry: 2000
- ^ http://www.euroamericans.net/euroamericans.net/hungarian.htm
- ^ Epodunk.com ancestry maps
- ^ Fairport Harbor, OH statistics
- ^ West Pike Run township, Pennsylvania statistics
External links
- The American Hungarian Federation, founded 1906
- Hungarian Americans
- Hungarian-American at the Open Directory Project
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