njtosd wrote:The data that

[Eugene]

[quote=njtosd]The data that you point to about Russians is from the mid 90s, shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Do you think it continues, now that it’s easier for average Russians to emigrate?[/quote]

It’s from the 2000 census, after the big immigration wave of the 1990’s.

http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=01000US&_geoContext=01000US&_street=&_county=&_cityTown=&_state=&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=554&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1010&reg=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1010%3A554&_keyword=&_industry=

Notice that only 16% of “people of Russian ancestry” in that table are foreign born. Most are probably the descendants of people who came here before WWII. Levels of immigration since 2000 aren’t significant enough to change the overall picture.