Being a native New Yorker, I know for a fact that there are over 50,000 Czechs living within the 5 boroughs. After that, I know there are a bunch in strange places, like Wisconson, Florida and Texas. But the true number of Czechs living in the US is not really know, anyone have any idea? There are less than 2000 Americans registered in the US embassey here, Brits numbering at almost 15,000 (they can get in their car and drive, and if displeased, be home in a day)! It is estimated that there are tens of thousands of Czech citizens working illegally in the USA. (Otta, 2001.) http://www.czechsinamerica.wz.cz/DPW/3- ... 20Work.htm Now while David seems like a nice guy, these are unsubstantiated facts in his work, so I was wondering if you in the states would ring in with numbers from your state (got milk, I mean czechs)? :roll:
I heard or read from somewhere (sorry to say I don't remember where) that there are estimated to be around 30,000 Americans living in Praha alone. Might that be true and maybe they just don't like to register with the embassy?
Just looking at the U.S. Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data under Ancestry and it lists 1,262,527 people of Czech ancestry and 441,403 of Czechoslovakian in the U.S. Respectively, they only make up 0.4 and 0.2% of the U.S. population. The link is: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QT ... y&-geo_id= 01000US&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U_QTP13&-ds_name= DEC_2000_SF3_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on
In the fabulous state of South Carolina roll where I'm located, I don't think there's a larger Czech community. I've met a couple Czechs but those seem to be individuals. If I had to guess, I'd say there is a thousand Czechs in this state? Is there any way one can find out the number from some statistics?
The 2000 Census data by ancestry for South Carolina is: Czechs 4,375 and Czechoslovakian 2,449. The link is: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QT ... y&-geo_id= 04000US45&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U_QTP13&-ds_name= DEC_2000_SF3_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on
NO way are there so many Americans here. A good friend of mine works for the gov. here in tourism and he claims that they always inflate the numbers to try to attrack more... Very few register, true, but no more than a few thousand Americans reside here...
KJP, You might find what you are looking for at either one of these links from the Czech Statistical Office: http://www.czso.cz/eng/edicniplan.nsf/t ... 19rh20.pdf http://www.czso.cz/eng/edicniplan.nsf/p/4019-04 The first one lists Immigrants by Country and Citizenship and lists only 894 Americans in the CR in 2003.
czechpoint, do you know how they define immigrants for statistical purposes? I assume having a temporary position with a company or a diplomatic mission, for example, doesn't make one an immigrant?
I would guess that one is an immigrant if he/she has permanent residence in the country. It's really just a guess though, I don't know what specific method they use.
I also heard when I visited Prague that there is 20 000 Americans living there, so it may be something around it. I trully experienced crowded streets, mostly due to tourism but also foreigners living and working in Prague. Nowadays Prague is a popular destination for many.
To KJP My Czech grandparents were New Yorkers and when they arrived in country they lived in the high 80's East Side of Manhattan in the area called the Yorkville Section. Around the turn of the last century the Yorkville Section was populated with Germans, Austrians, and Czechs. There used to be a well known Czech Restuarant in the 80's known as the Praha-since closed and of no connection to the Zlatava Praha in Astoria, Queens. The last record I saw of Czech immigration to USA was around 1965 with no more than 300,000 Czechs being listed but well over 2 Million Slovaks. However, most of the midwestern USA Czech emigres from Texas to North Dakota arrived there consistenly after the European Republican Revolutions of Central Europe in the 1840's. Many of the NY Czech emigres were recruited to work in the coal fields of Pennsylvania especially after gold was discovered in California in 1849. Native Americans were not going to work the coal fields when gold was available in the West. My grandfather worked in the coal fields outside of Jim Thorpe, Pa for 3 years before returning to NYC and marrying my grandmother, originally from Kutna Hora. My grandmother attended a Czech Catholic School in New York City taught by Moravian Nuns.
