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As of 1999 120,000 people in Metro Detroit indicated they are of Greek descent. [1] Stavros K. Frangos, author of Greeks in Michigan, stated "From the 1890s to the present all available sources agree that" about one third of Michigan's Greek Americans live in Metro Detroit. [2] At the turn of the 20th Century the first Greek immigrants arrived. [1]
After World War I Macedonians in Bouf, Greece were forced to leave, so several went to Michigan. [13] After the 1924 Immigration Act, many Macedonians entered Detroit via Canada to get around the new law. [14] More Macedonians immigrated to Michigan after the Greek Civil War. [15] As of 1951 there were about 10,000 Macedonian ethnic people in ...
Immigration to the United States from Greece peaked between the 1950s and 1970. [34] [35] After the 1981 admission of Greece to the European Union, annual U.S. immigration numbers fell to less than 2,000. In recent years, Greek immigration to the United States has been minimal; in fact, net migration has been towards Greece.
Sinaloa, Mexico - this Mexican state has coastal Greek communities. The cities of Culiacan, Humaya, Tamazula and Yoreme have the largest Greek concentrations in Sinaloa where the cultivation of tomato brought them fortunes and the valley is known as "Valle de Grecia" or the "Greek Valley". [236] Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania. [244]
An early wave of immigrants came from Greece in the late 1890s; it peaked from 1910 to 1914. These Greek peasants turned their understanding of supply and demand into thriving businesses as peddlers, grocers, and restaurateurs. Just as they lived in villages in Greece, so did they settle in a new "village" in Detroit known as Greektown.
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Andrea Dimitry – Greek-American soldier in the War of 1812 fought in the Battle of New Orleans; George Doundoulakis – Greek-American soldier who worked under British Intelligence during World War II and served with the OSS in Thessaly, Greece. Later becoming a physicist, he is known by his twenty-six US patents in the fields of radar ...
This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Greek Americans in Michigan. Pages in category "Greek-American culture in Michigan" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.