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California has the highest number of Iranians in the United States, with 210,128 individuals, making up 0.54% of the state's population. Other states with a significant Iranian population include Texas (41,925 people or 0.14%), New York (27,722 people or 0.14%), Virginia (19,953 people or 0.23%), and Maryland (16,597 people or 0.27%).
Between 1980 and 2000, the Iranian immigrant population more than doubled from 122,000 to 283,000. This population growth continued into the 21st century, albeit at a slower pace, with 385,000 Iranian immigrants living in the United States in 2019.
According to the PAAIA (Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans), estimates range from 500,000 to 1,000,000, [49] numbers backed by Ronald H. Bayor of the Georgia Institute of Technology. [51] The Atlantic, in 2012, stated that there are an estimated 1,500,000 Iranians in the United States. [52]
Many states have large Iranian-American communities. California alone has an estimated 200,000 residents with Iranian ancestry, over 40% of the estimated US total:
Feb 15, 2023 · But while California in particular — and Western states in general — account for the largest portion of the 400,000 to 620,000 people of Iranian ancestry in the United States, things are changing, especially among younger Iranians, according to UCLA sociologist Kevan Harris, who has studied the history of Iranian immigration to the U.S. and ...
- UCLA Newsroom
Oct 6, 2022 · There are about 400,000 Iranian-born immigrants in the United States, and more than a third of them live in the Los Angeles metropolitan region, according to data from the Migration Policy...
In 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran published statistics, which showed that 4,037,258 Iranians are living abroad, an increase from previous years. [1] [2] Many of them live in North America, Europe, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Australia and the broader Middle East.
