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{{dablink|This article is about the Azerbaijani Americans of ], an ] found both in ] and ]. For Iranian-American Azerbaijanis, see ]s.}}</div> {{dablink|This article is about the Azerbaijani Americans of ], an ] found both in ] and ]. For Iranian-American Azerbaijanis, see ]s.}}</div>
'''Azerbaijani Americans''' are ] of ethnic ] origin.The Azerbaijanis in the United States are a small group of recent immigrants numbering perhaps 200 families<ref name="Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups"> by Stephan Thernstrom, Ann Orlov, et al. Harvard University Press: 1980. p. 171. ISBN: 0674375122</ref>. '''Azerbaijani Americans''' are ] of ethnic ] origin. The Azerbaijanis in the United States are a small group of recent immigrants numbering perhaps 200 families<ref name="Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups"> by Stephan Thernstrom, Ann Orlov, et al. Harvard University Press: 1980. p. 171. ISBN: 0674375122</ref>.


Most of the Azerbaijani immigrants in the United States were German prisoners of war during ] who left the western zones of ] 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 independent ].The post 1920 refugees first settled in ] and ], then came to the United States for economic reasons in 1950s and 1960.Both groups settled in ], Northern ], and ], and more recently in ] and ].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 ] there were around 200 Azeri families in the United States, with about 80% of them being ].<ref name="Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups">Ibid.</ref> Most of the Azerbaijani immigrants in the United States were German prisoners of war during ] who left the western zones of ] 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 independent ].The post 1920 refugees first settled in ] and ], then came to the United States for economic reasons in 1950s and 1960.Both groups settled in ], Northern ], and ], and more recently in ] and ].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 ] there were around 200 Azeri families in the United States, with about 80% of them being ].<ref name="Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups">Ibid.</ref>

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This article is about the Azerbaijani Americans of Azerbaijan, an ethnolinguistic group found both in Iran and Azerbaijan. For Iranian-American Azerbaijanis, see Iranian Americans.

Azerbaijani Americans are Americans of ethnic Azerbaijani origin. The Azerbaijanis in the United States are a small group of recent immigrants numbering perhaps 200 families.

Most of the Azerbaijani immigrants in 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 independent republic of Azerbaijan.The post 1920 refugees first settled in Turkey and Iran, then came to the United States for economic reasons in 1950s and 1960.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.

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