Yugoslav Americans

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Yugoslav Americans
Jugoslavenski Amerikanci
Југословенски Американци
Jugoslovanski Američani
Total population
210,395 (2021) [1]
Languages
American English, Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene
Albanian (to a lesser extent)
Religion
Christianity (majority), Islam (minority)
Related ethnic groups
Yugoslav Canadians, European Americans

Yugoslav Americans are Americans of full or partial Yugoslav ancestry. In the 2021 Community Surveys, there were 210,395 people who indicated Yugoslav or Yugoslav American as their ethnic origin; [1] a steep and steady decrease from previous censuses (233,325 in 2019; [2] 276,360 in 2016 [3] ) and nearly a 36% decrease from the 2000 Census when there were over 328,000. [4]

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The total number of Americans whose origins lie in former Yugoslavia is unknown due to conflicting definitions and identifications; in descending order these were as per 2021 American Community Survey:

Ethnic groupNumber [1]
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatian Americans 398,101
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslav Americans210,395
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbian Americans 193,844
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovene Americans 162,172
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnian Americans 125,793 [5]
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonian Americans 66,070 [1]
Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegrin Americans Unknown
Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovar Americans [a] Unknown

See also

Notes

  1. Kosovar Americans are likely to identify as simply Albanian Americans instead, as the majority of Kosovar Americans are ethnic Albanians.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "2021 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". American Community Survey 2021. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  2. "2019 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". American Community Survey 2019. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  3. "2016 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". Factfinder.census.gov. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  4. "2013 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". American Community Survey 2013. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 18 January 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  5. Karamehic-Oates, Adna (2020). "Borders and Integration: Becoming a Bosnian-American". Washington University Global Studies Law Review.