Uzbek Americans

The first Uzbek families came from Eastern Europe, but from the mid-1960s they mainly came from Turkey and, to a lesser extent, Turkmenistan, Saudi Arabia, and elsewhere.

According to U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs Statistics,[7] 56,028 families won visas through the DV lottery program between 1996–2016.

2012 and 2013 had the largest migration of Uzbeks to the United States in history, much more so than the 1,000–1,800 green card lottery winners that were originally set in place.

Part of the Uzbek diaspora is involved in government offices, schools and colleges of the country, as well as in areas like defense, aviation and medicine.

[11] In December 13, 1958, Uzbeks of USA formed the "Turkestan-America" Association (ATA) in Philadelphia, which joined the citizens of the former Soviet Turkestan living in United States, taking advantage the growing number of immigrants in the United States of Central Asian origin.

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev with members of the Uzbek diaspora in New York City , home to more than half of all Uzbek Americans, [ 9 ] most settling in Queens or Brooklyn .
2022 Uzbek Culture Festival in Foster City, California