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Lithuanian Americans
Amerikos lietuviai
Total population
c. 652,790 (2014)
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Religion
Majority Roman Catholic
Related ethnic groups
Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus and Vice President Dick Cheney in Vilnius, Lithuania
Valdas Adamkus was a Lithuanian American working in the EPA before being elected President of Lithuania. Adamkus (right) is pictured with U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney during the 2006 Vilnius Conference.

Lithuanian Americans refers to American citizens and residents who are Lithuanian and were born in Lithuania, or are of Lithuanian descent. New Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has the largest percentage of Lithuanian Americans (20.8%) in the United States. Lithuanian Americans form by far the largest group within the Lithuanian diaspora.


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