Lithuanian-American
| Lithuanian American |
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| Total population |
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2000 US census put the number at 659,992 |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Illinois, Pennsylvania |
| Language(s) |
| American English, Lithuanian |
| Religion(s) |
| Predominately Roman Catholic |
| Related ethnic groups |
| Lithuanians, Prussian Lithuanians, Latvian American |
Lithuanian-Americans are citizens of the United States who are of Lithuanian ancestry. According to the 2000 US census, there are 659,992 Americans of full or partial Lithuanian descent. The states with the largest Lithuanian-American populations are:
| Illinois | 87,294 |
| Pennsylvania | 78,330 |
| California | 51,406 |
| Massachusetts | 51,054 |
| New York | 49,083 |
Chicago, Illinois, is home to the second largest population of Lithuanians in the world. Many famous people in the United States are aware of their Lithuanian ancestry, including Dick Butkus, Robert Zemeckis, John C. Reilly, Pink, Anthony Kiedis and Brandon Flowers. Current Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin is half-Lithuanian.
The Lithuanian-American community in Grand County, Colorado, is unusual in that it is the only sizeable immigrant population in an otherwise fairly homogeneous population in a rural, mountainous community.
There is a small but vibrant Lithuanian community in Presque Isle, Maine.
References
| European Americans | |
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| North European | British (English • Scots-Irish • Scottish • Welsh) · Danish · Estonian · Faroese · Finnish · Icelandic · Irish · Latvian · Lithuanian · Norwegian · Swedish |
| West European | Austrian · Belgian · Dutch (Frisian) · French (Acadian • Cajun) · German · Luxembourg · Swiss |
| East European | Armenian · Azerbaijani · Belarusian · Bulgarian · Czech · Georgian · Hungarian · Romanian · Russian · Rusyn · Polish · Slovak · Ukrainian |
| South European | Albanian · Basque · Bosnian · Catalan · Croatian · Cypriot · Greek · Italian (Sicilian) · Macedonian · Maltese · Montenegrin · Portuguese · Serbian · Slovenian · Spanish · Turkish |
| Other | Jewish American · Romani |
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