History of Lithuanians in Baltimore
The history of Lithuanians in Baltimore dates back to the mid-19th century. Thousands of Lithuanians immigrated to Baltimore between the 1880s and 1920s. The Lithuanian American community was mainly centered in what is now the Hollins–Roundhouse Historic District. Baltimore's Lithuanian community has founded several institutions to preserve the Lithuanian heritage of the city, including a Roman Catholic parish, a cultural festival, a dance hall, and a yeshiva. Demographics In 1920, 2,554 foreign-born White people in Baltimore spoke either the Lithuanian language or the Latvian language. In 1940, 2,839 immigrants from Lithuania lived in Baltimore. These immigrants comprised 4.7% of the city's foreign-born white population. In the 1960 United States Census, Lithuanian-Americans comprised 44% of the foreign-born population in South Baltimore's tract 22–2. By 1991, there were an estimated 20,000 Lithuanians living in the Baltimore area. The Lithuanian community in the Baltimore metropolitan area numbered 11,024 as of 2000, making up 0.4% of the area's population. In the same year Baltimore city's Lithuanian population was 1,519, 0.2% of the city's population. In 2013, an estimated 1,092 Lithuanian-Americans resided in Baltimore city, 0.2% of the population. As of September 2014, immigrants from Lithuania were the 102nd largest foreign-born population in Baltimore. History