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====Balkan American==== [[Greek American]]s have had a fairly sizable presence in Bergen for several decades, and according to 2000 census data, the Greek community numbered 13,247 county-wide.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=05000US34003&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US34%7C05000US34003&_street=&_county=bergen+county&_cityTown=bergen+county&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=536&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050®=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050%3A536&_keyword=&_industry= Census 2000 Demographic Profile Highlights β Selected Population Group: Greek] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206171816/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=05000US34003&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US34%7C05000US34003&_street=&_county=bergen+county&_cityTown=bergen+county&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=536&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050®=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050%3A536&_keyword=&_industry= |date=December 6, 2007 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed April 9, 2007.</ref> Greek restaurants are abundant in Bergen County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/food-and-dining-news/restaurant-reviews/last-word-in-classic-greek-1.1152234|title=Restaurant review: Syros Taverna in Englewood|author=Elisa Ung|work=northjersey.com|date=December 12, 2014|access-date=December 13, 2014}}</ref> The largest concentrations of Greeks by percentage in the county are in [[Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey|Englewood Cliffs]] (7.2%), [[Alpine, New Jersey|Alpine]] (5.2%), [[Fort Lee, New Jersey|Fort Lee]] (3.7%), and [[Palisades Park, New Jersey|Palisades Park]] (3.5%).<ref>[http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Greek.html Greek Ancestry by City.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220022932/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Greek.html |date=February 20, 2007 }}, [[EPodunk]]. Accessed April 6, 2007.</ref> [[Macedonian American]]s and [[Albanian American]]s have arrived relatively recently in New Jersey<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/yearbook-immigration-statistics-2012-legal-permanent-residents|title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2012 Supplemental Table 1|publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security|access-date=July 2, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/publications/LPR11.shtm|title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2011 Supplemental Table 1|publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security|access-date=July 2, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/publications/LPR10.shtm|title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2010 Supplemental Table 1|publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security|access-date=July 2, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/publications/LPR09.shtm|title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2009 Supplemental Table 1|publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security|access-date=July 2, 2013}}</ref> but have quickly established Bergen County enclaves, roughly in tandem, in Garfield, Elmwood Park, and Fair Lawn.
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