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Over 206 thousand Albanians in the US: In which states do they live and how many of them are employed

2026-01-15 23:03:24Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Over 206 thousand Albanians in the US: In which states do they live and how many
View from an Albanian parade in New York

Having largely emigrated since the 1990s, American Albanians constitute the third largest diaspora after Italy and Greece. There are 206,520 citizens living and working across the Atlantic.

A significant portion of them, 54,600 Albanians, live in New York, followed by 26,270 in Michigan and 16,270 in Florida. About 15,000 live and work in Illinois, while the rest are scattered in other states.

In terms of education, those with high school education lead the list with 44,946. Next are those with a bachelor's degree, 41,210, and those with a master's degree, just over 14,000.

At one extreme are a group with only 9 years of age and at the other 1,384 who have also completed a "Doctorate".

More than half of Albanians in America are employed. They possess professions and trades in various fields.

But another significant portion, over 53 thousand, are not employed.

An indicator of 100 percent integration with the United States of America are the 235 Albanians who serve in the US Armed Forces.

The vast majority of those who realized the “American dream” left Albania through the “Diversity Visa Program”, known as the “American Lottery”. In the last decade alone, over 3.1 million applications for American visas have resulted, while over 34 thousand Albanians have been selected to live and work in the United States of America.

The other form of departure is through immigrant visas, mainly family reunification, employment or adoption. From 2014 to the end of last year, the United States Embassy interviewed and gave the "green light" to over 43,000 Albanians to live and work across the Atlantic.

Meanwhile, 126,000 Albanians have been able to obtain non-immigrant visas for tourism, business or various training purposes.

Now, immigration visas, including the American lottery, have been suspended for Albania and 74 other countries for an indefinite period. The vast majority of countries whose visa and lottery programs were suspended are part of the list that the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, published on January 4. It resulted in 41.3 percent of Albanian families in the US being treated with social assistance. In the Western Balkans, the list was headed by Kosovo with 46 percent of families.

The only country in the region that has not had any type of visa suspension is Serbia, which was also missing from the January 4 list published by Trump. / A2CNN


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