Abstract
Greek immigration to the United States has witnessed a resurgence following Greece’s 2008 recession and the ensuing crisis. While immigration from Greece declined toward the end of the twentieth century, there has been a significant increase in the number of Greeks arriving in the United States during the second decade of the twenty-first century. Foreign-born Greeks in United States have increased by nearly 11% between 2010 and 2015. At the same time, however, the number of Greek immigrants in the U.S. declined by 6% between 2016-2019. This article’s main objective is to provide a descriptive analysis of Greek immigrants migrating to the United States after 2010. Using up-to-date individual-level data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS), this study examines recently arrived Greek immigrants’ residential, socioeconomic, and family/household status background characteristics compared to earlier wave Greek immigrants. The results reveal that recently arrived Greek immigrants have reached higher levels of education and are more racially and ethnically diverse than their longer-term counterparts. Recent Greek immigrant arrivals’ residential settlement patterns are also shown to be more geographically dispersed compared to their longer-term coethnics.
Presenters
Grigoris ArgerosAssociate Professor of Sociology, Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, Eastern Michigan University, Michigan, United States
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
Greek immigrants, Immigration, Socioeconomic status
