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词条 Sri Lankan Americans
释义

  1. History

  2. Demographics

  3. Socioeconomics

  4. Organizations

  5. Notable people

  6. See also

  7. Notes and references

  8. External links

{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Sri Lankan Americans
| population = 49,116 (born in Sri Lanka, 2017)[1]
| popplace = New York City Metropolitan Area (including New York City), Greater Boston, Central New Jersey, and Long Island)[2][3][4] Los Angeles metropolitan area, Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and other major American metropolitan areas
| langs = English, Sinhalese, Tamil, Languages of Sri Lanka
| rels = Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Roman Catholicism
| related =
}}

Sri Lankan Americans (Sinhala: Sri Lankika Amerikanu); (Tamil: Ilangkaī Amerikan) are Americans of full or partial Sri Lankan ancestry. Sri Lankan Americans are persons of Sri Lankan origin from various Sri Lankan ethnic backgrounds. The people are classified as South Asian in origin.

History

Sri Lankans started arriving in the U.S. around the mid 1950s in larger numbers, but there is evidence from U.S. census records of Sri Lankans having arrived in earlier years from Ceylon.

In 1975, Sri Lankan immigrants were classified for the first time as belonging to a category separate from "other Asian". In that year, 432 Sri Lankans entered the United States.

According to the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service records, in 1996, 1,277 Sri Lankans were naturalized. This included 615 who had arrived in 1995 and 254 who had arrived in 1994, compared with only 68 arrivals in 1993 and 17 before 1985.

The number increased to 14,448 in the 1990s in conjunction with the Sri Lankan Civil War. Sri Lankan Americans settled largely in cities.[5]

Demographics

{{Historical populations
|type=USA
|1980|5576
|1990|14022
|2000|25263[6]
|2017|49116[1]
}}

The New York City Metropolitan Area, including New York City, Long Island, and Central New Jersey, contains the largest Sri Lankan community in the United States, receiving the highest legal permanent resident Sri Lankan immigrant population,[2][3][4] followed by the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

Little Sri Lanka, in the Tompkinsville neighborhood of the borough of Staten Island in New York City, is one of the largest Sri Lankan communities outside of the country of Sri Lanka itself.[7][8][9] Staten Island alone has been estimated as home to more than 5,000 Sri Lankan Americans.[10]

Around 40% were born in the United States, while only a half are U.S. citizens.[11]

Socioeconomics

Sri Lankan Americans are generally educated and affluent. With a median income of $74,000, Sri Lankan Americans are the third most successful Asian American group (tied with Japanese Americans) in regards to income. Additionally, 57% of Sri Lankan Americans over the age of 25 have a bachelor’s degree or more.[12]

Organizations

  • Association of Sri Lankans in America (AHRCL)
  • Friends of Sri Lanka in the United States
  • Sri Lanka America Association of Southern California (SLAASC)
  • Sri Lanka Association of New England (SLANE)[13]
  • Sri Lanka Foundation[14]
  • Sri Lankan American Association of Houston[15]
  • Sri Lankan American Cultural Association (SLACA)[16]
  • Sri Lankan Youth Organization (SLYO) [17]
  • The Association of Sri Lankan Muslims in North America (TASMINA)

Notable people

{{Main list|List of Sri Lankan Americans}}

See also

{{Portal|Sri Lanka|Asian Americans|United States}}
  • American Chamber of Commerce in Sri Lanka
  • Asian Americans
  • Sri Lankan diaspora
  • Sri Lanka–United States relations

Notes and references

1. ^1 {{cite web|title=PLACE OF BIRTH FOR THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES: Foreign-born population excluding population born at sea - 2017 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_1YR/B05006/0100000US|publisher=US Census Bureau|accessdate=24 December 2018}}
2. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/yearbook-immigration-statistics-2012-legal-permanent-residents|title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2012 Supplemental Table 2|publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security|accessdate=2013-03-31}}
3. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/publications/LPR11.shtm|title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2011 Supplemental Table 2|publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security|accessdate=2013-03-31}}
4. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/publications/LPR10.shtm|title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2010 Supplemental Table 2|publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security|accessdate=2013-03-31}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Sr-Z/Sri-Lankan-Americans.html |title=Sri Lankan Americans - History, Modern era, The first Sri Lankans in America |publisher=Everyculture.com |date=1948-02-04 |accessdate=2012-08-15}}
6. ^{{cite book|title=Population Division|year=2006|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0081/twps0081.pdf}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/lankasrilittle/gallery/|title=Why Staten Island? |publisher=Little Sri Lanka|accessdate=2015-07-25}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nycgo.com/slideshows/must-see-little-sri-lanka|title=NYC The Official Guide - Must-See Little Sri Lanka: 7 Great Things to See and Do|author=Harrison Peck|publisher=NYC & Company, Inc|accessdate=2013-03-31}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.frommers.com/community/blogs/between-bites.cfm?plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3A130beee0-89b1-4de1-90ee-74de88a6b321Post%3A39c5c777-4c31-4a26-9501-b8f4d3b4e5bb|title=Frommer's - New York City: Exploring Staten Island's Little Sri Lanka|author=Amy Zavatto|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc|date=August 5, 2010|accessdate=2013-03-31|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111182525/http://www.frommers.com/community/blogs/between-bites.cfm?plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3A130beee0-89b1-4de1-90ee-74de88a6b321Post%3A39c5c777-4c31-4a26-9501-b8f4d3b4e5bb|archivedate=January 11, 2012|df=}}
10. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/06/09/nyregion/new-york-citys-newest-immigrant-enclaves.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|title=Sri Lankans have gathered on Staten Island,...|author=Kirk Semple|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2013-06-08|accessdate=2013-06-09}}
11. ^{{Cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_3YR_S0201&prodType=table|title=American FactFinder - Results|last=Bureau|first=U.S. Census|website=factfinder.census.gov|language=en|access-date=2017-08-02}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/09/08/key-facts-about-asian-americans/|title=Key facts about Asian Americans, a diverse and growing population|work=Pew Research Center|date=8 September 2017|publisher=}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.slaneusa.com/ |title=SLANE |publisher=Slaneusa.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-15}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://srilankafoundation.org/ |title=Home |publisher=Sri Lanka Foundation |date= |accessdate=2012-08-15}}
15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.slaah.com |title=Sri Lankan American Association of Houston |publisher=SLAAH |date= |accessdate=2012-08-15}}
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.slaca.org/ |title=Slaca.org |publisher=Slaca.org |date= |accessdate=2012-08-15}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://slyo.org/|title=Non-profit - United - S.L.Y.O - Sri Lankan Youth Organization|website=Non-profit - United - S.L.Y.O - Sri Lankan Youth Organization}}

External links

  • Sri Lankan Americans
  • US Census 2000 foreign born population by country
  • [https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL31707.pdf Sri Lanka: Background and U.S. Relations]
{{Asian Americans}}{{Sri Lankan diaspora}}

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