[4] According to the American Community Survey of 2010–2012, there were more than 23,000 Kazakhstan-born people living in the United States, but not all of them were of Kazakh ethnicity.
[clarification needed] Kazakhs began to emigrate to the United States after World War II.
Shortly after the war, some citizens of the former Kazakh SSR who had been captured during World War II, migrated to the United States following their liberation by Allied troops.
[5] The Kazakh diaspora in the United States adds to its ranks through inter-ethnic marriages.
In addition, since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, the diaspora has increased due to the Diversity Immigrant Visa program, employment-based immigration channels for scientists and engineers, such as H-1B visas, EBGC, and international child adoption.