of Ukrainian Americans, as a percentage of the population, according to the
2000 census. , including
Brighton Beach in
Brooklyn,
New York, and
Fair Lawn in
Bergen County,
New Jersey, is home to by far the largest Ukrainian population in the United States. Large-scale Ukrainian immigration to America did not begin until the 1880s. Between 1870 and 1914, the majority of Ukrainian immigrants came from
Austro-Hungary (
Galicia and other regions). They were described as
Ruthenians” Many arrived in
New York City and
Pennsylvania. In 1899 estimates of the number of Ukrainians in the US ranged from 200,000 to 500,000. The
Ukrainian National Association (), known before 1914 as the Ruthenian National Union () was founded in
Shamokin, Pennsylvania, on February 22, 1894. Between 1920 and 1939, about 40,000 more Ukrainians arrived, mostly from
Western Ukraine. Ukrainian Americans living in
Northern New Jersey and the remainder of the
Northeastern United States have long been politically vocal about Ukrainian affairs, often traveling to
Washington, D.C., to express their concerns. In
Bloomingdale (
near Chicago) on September 21, 2015,
Filaret, the Ukrainian Orthodox
Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus'-Ukraine, consecrated the first North American monument to the
Revolution of Dignity's "
Heavenly Hundred". In February 2022, the Pastor Right Reverend Mitred Archpriest Philip Weiner, the leader of St. Josaphat's
Ukrainian Catholic Church in
Rochester, New York, said that there were more than 40,000 Ukrainians in the Rochester metropolitan area, which would make it one of the largest Ukrainian American communities in the country. There are a large number of Ukrainian Protestants in the
Sacramento metropolitan area who have organized support to those affected by the
invasion of Ukraine through their local congregations. It is estimated that during 2022–2023, around 300,000 Ukrainians have sought asylum in the United States through various means, making the U.S. the fifth-largest destination for
refugees of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and also making Ukrainians one of the fastest-growing ethnic groups in the United States that don't originate from the American continent. == Religion ==