Author: Oleh Wolowyna

The results of the U.S. presidential election in November will have a vital influence on Ukraine’s future. The opposition by some U.S. politicians to provide desperately needed additional military aid to Ukraine will have serious consequences. Recent experience has shown the limitations of convincing ideologically motivated politicians to change their minds. One solution to this...

NEW YORK – The Office of Immigration Statistics of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, responsible for collecting statistics on immigrants admitted to the U.S., provide three categories of immigrants: legal permanent residents, refugees/asylees and nonimmigrants or temporary visitors. An analysis of data provided by that office offers new insights on the Fourth Wave of...

NEW YORK – The Center for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research of Ukrainians in the U.S. (the Center) at the Shevchenko Scientific Society in New York is the only institution that provides comprehensive, quantitative data on Ukrainians in the U.S. The data is from official U.S. sources and is updated regularly. The Center has constructed an...

The most recent available number of persons of Ukrainian ancestry in the United States is 1,127,934. That number comes from data collected in 2018. But there is now a possibility of updating this estimate to a more current date. This can be done by first checking if the results from the 2020 census can be...

The annexation of Crimea and the invasion of eastern Ukraine by Russia in 2014 produced many consequences. One of them was the displacement of a large number of persons within the territory of Ukraine. This displacement created a severe internal refugee problem. The exact number of displaced persons is unknown, but estimates are in the...

Ukraine is constantly in the news these days, and many of us are being interviewed by television, radio and print journalists. One question that comes up often during these interviews is how many persons of Ukrainian ancestry live in a given state or city, and how many of them are recent immigrants from Ukraine. The...