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The Ukrainian Diaspora in Los Angeles is the population of Ukrainian immigrants and Ukrainian Americans that resides in Los Angeles. The Ukrainian population of Los Angeles is the fourth largest Ukrainian population in a United States metropolitan area, behind New York City, Philadelphia, and Chicago, respectively.

Immigration Patterns and Movements
There have been four major waves of immigration from Ukraine to the United States. The first wave of immigration occurred between 1890 and 1914 and was primarily composed of economic migrants seeking employment. The second wave occurred in between World War I and World War II. During World War II, a third wave occurred, which contained more political refugees than the first two waves of immigration. The current wave of immigration, known as the “fourth wave,” is economically driven with emigrants moving to find better living conditions and higher wages. While immigrants from the three previous waves tended to settle in Ukrainian communities in New York or Chicago, members of the fourth wave are increasingly settling in California, “choosing cities with more lucrative job opportunities.” The number of Ukrainians in California increased by 73.7%, from 54,141 to 94,044 people, from 1990 to 2006 while the number of Ukrainians decreased by -2.0% in New Jersey and only increased by 20.4% in New York. Now, 16.9% of all Ukrainian-Americans live in the Pacific Coast area, which is a 67.7% growth in share from 10.1% of the total population in 1990. The population of Ukrainian-Americans in the greater Los Angeles area increased by 23.6% from 21,398 people in 1990 to 26,456 people in 2006.

Demographics
The 2010 United States Census reported 26,222 persons declaring themselves to be of partial or full Ukrainian ancestry living in the Los Angeles county area. Of this population, 15,872 were reported as being born in the U.S. while 10,350 were born in foreign countries. Of the foreign born, 27.8% emigrated between 1953 and 1987, and 68.9% emigrated between 1988 and 2010. The median age of the Ukrainian population in Los Angeles is 42 years old. 31.7% of the population is between 45 and 65 years old, and 22.5% of the population is older than 65. Roughly half of the population is male and half is female.

Language
The two Eastern European languages primarily spoken by Ukrainians in Los Angeles are Russian and Ukrainian. As of 2010, 26.2% of Ukrainians in Los Angeles speak Russian at home and 6.4% speak Ukrainian. In the state of California, 26.0% of Ukrainians speak Russian and 18.5% speak Ukrainian at home.

Religion
Ukrainian-Americans in Los Angeles of the Christian faith are primarily either a member of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church or the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. In Los Angeles, there are two Ukrainian Orthodox churches, the Saint Andrew First Called Ukrainian Orthodox Church, and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Saint Vladimir (Volodymyr). There is also a Ukrainian Catholic Church, the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church.

Political Engagement
An anti-war rally called Rally Against Russian Invasion in Ukraine took place on Sunday, September 21, 2014 at the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles, Ca. September 21st is the International Day of Peace, and marches for peace are held all over the world. The anti-war rally in Los Angeles consisted of a couple hundred Ukrainian-Americans, and they protested against Russia’s involvement in the conflict in Eastern Ukraine.

Diaspora Organizations
The California Association to Aid Ukraine (CAAU) is an all-voluntary, non-profit organization based in southern California that channels local support and fundraising for the people of Ukraine. The CAAU has partnered with the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles to send medical equipment to Ukraine. They also pay to bring Ukrainian doctors to Los Angeles for training at Cedars-Sinai.

The Ukrainian Culture Center is located at 4315 Melrose Ave in the West Hollywood area of Los Angeles. The center hosts weekly children’s Ukrainian school and Ukrainian folk dancing for adults, as well as a Ukrainian Independence celebration and Holodomor remembrance event every year.

The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA), the representative organization for the Ukrainian diaspora in the United States, has a branch in Los Angeles. The UCCA is an organization that "supports cultural, educational, and humanitarian activities that emphasize the Ukrainian American heritage and provide support for Ukraine's newly developing democracy."