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Article: ARMENIAN POPULATION UP VALLEY, GLENDALE AND BURBANK SHOW BIG PERCENTAGE HIKES.(News)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- September 8, 2002
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Byline: Nicholas Grudin Staff Writer
GLENDALE - This city's Armenian population has surged by 65 percent since 1990, with more than one in four of Glendale's residents now claiming Armenian descent, figures from the U.S. Census Bureau show.
Glendale, which has the highest concentration of Armenians outside Armenia, is now home to 51,854 to them, up from 31,402 in 1990.
``It shows,'' said Arthur Melkonyan, who came to Glendale 11 years ago and operates a Maryland Avenue coffee shop serving Armenian and American fare. ``There are so many more Armenian stores around - in a lot of the stores you can just speak Armenian and get by fine.''
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