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Slavic Americans are
Americans Americans are the citizens and nationals of the United States of America.; ; Although direct citizens and nationals make up the majority of Americans, many dual citizens, expatriates, and permanent residents could also legally claim Ame ...
of Slavic descent.


East Slavic Americans

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Belarusian Americans Belarusian Americans ( be, Беларускія амэрыканцы, ) are Americans who are of total or partial Belarusian ancestry. History There is an assumption that the first Belarusian settlers in the United States, who settled there a ...
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Russian Americans Russian Americans ( rus, русские американцы, r=russkiye amerikantsy, p= ˈruskʲɪje ɐmʲɪrʲɪˈkant͡sɨ) are Americans of full or partial Russian ancestry. The term can apply to recent Russian immigrants to the United Stat ...
* Rusyn Americans * Ukrainian Americans


South Slavic Americans

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Bosnian Americans Bosnian Americans are Americans whose ancestry can be traced to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The vast majority of Bosnian Americans immigrated to the United States during and after the Bosnian War which lasted from 1992–95. Nevertheless, many Bosnia ...
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Bulgarian Americans Bulgarian Americans ( bg, Американски българи) are Americans of Bulgarian descent. For the 2000 United States Census, 55,489 Americans indicated Bulgarian as their first ancestry, while 92,841 persons declared to have Bulgaria ...
* Croatian Americans *
Macedonian Americans Macedonian Americans ( mk, Македонски Американци, Makedonski Amerikanci) are Americans of ethnic Macedonian heritage. History Review Macedonian national feelings had shifted throughout the 20th century. According to the ''H ...
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Montenegrin Americans Montenegrin Americans are Americans who are of Montenegrin origin. The figure includes all people affiliated with United States who claim Montenegrin ancestry, both those born in the country and naturalized citizens, as well as those with dual c ...
* Serbian Americans *
Slovene Americans Slovene Americans or Slovenian Americans are Americans of full or partial Slovene or Slovenian ancestry. Slovenes mostly immigrated to America during the Slovene mass emigration period from the 1880s to World War I. History The first Slov ...
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Yugoslav 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; a steep and steady decrease from previous ...


West Slavic Americans

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Czech Americans Czech Americans ( cz, Čechoameričané), known in the 19th and early 20th century as Bohemian Americans, are citizens of the United States whose ancestry is wholly or partly originate from the Czech lands, a term which refers to the majority o ...
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Kashubian Americans Kashubian Americans are Americans of Kashubian descent. History The two earliest Kashubian American settlements in the United States were centered around Winona, Minnesota, and Portage County, Wisconsin. The Winona settlement included the Min ...
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Polish Americans Polish Americans ( pl, Polonia amerykańska) are Americans who either have total or partial Polish ancestry, or are citizens of the Republic of Poland. There are an estimated 9.15 million self-identified Polish Americans, representing about 2.83 ...
* Silesian Americans *
Slovak Americans Slovak Americans are Americans of Slovak descent. In the 1990 Census, Slovak Americans made up the third-largest portion of Slavic ethnic groups. There are currently about 790,000 people of Slovak descent living in the United States. Histor ...
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Sorbian Americans Sorbian Americans or Wendish Americans are Americans of Sorb/ Wend descent. The largest community of Sorbs in the United States is in Texas, with a population of around 588 Sorbs/Wends. Notable people *Arthur Fehr *John Kilian * Mato Kósyk ...


Communities with large Slavic population ranked by percentage


Bulgarian

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Bowdon, Georgia Bowdon is a city in Carroll County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 2,161. History The community was incorporated on January 1, 1859, and was named after Alabama congressman Franklin Welsh Bowdon. A ...
2.7% *
Rosemont, Illinois Rosemont is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Located immediately northwest of Chicago, as of the 2010 census it had a population of 4,202. The village was incorporated in 1956, though it had been settled long before that. Whi ...
3.7% * Point Reyes Station, California 2.3% * Crozet, Virginia 2.1% * Schiller Park, Illinois 1.8%


Croatian

* Bessemer, Pennsylvania 9.5% *
Ellsworth, Pennsylvania Ellsworth is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 947 at the 2020 census. The coal town was founded by James Ellsworth, who bought the land in 1890s, developed the Monongahela Railway, and sold the m ...
7.1% *
Empire, Louisiana Empire is a census-designated place (CDP) in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 993 at the 2010 census, and 905 in 2020. Seafood production Empire, along with Venice, is the third largest seafood port in the Unit ...
6.8% * Versailles, Pennsylvania 6.7% *
Braddock Hills, Pennsylvania Braddock Hills is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. Braddock Hills is located approximately east of downtown Pittsburgh. The population of Braddock Hills was 1,730 at the 20 ...
5.8%


Czech

* Conway, North Dakota 55.2% * Munden, Kansas 46.8% *
West, Texas West is a city in McLennan County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 2,531. It is named after Thomas West, the first postmaster of the city. The city is located in the north-central part of Texas, approximate ...
40.9% * Oak Creek Township, Nebraska 38.2% *
Wilber, Nebraska Wilber is a city in Saline County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,855 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Saline County. Wilber is the official " Czech Capital of the USA" and hosts an annual Czech festival in August. Wil ...
37.3%


Russian

* Nikolaevsk, Alaska 67.5% *
Pikesville, Maryland Pikesville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. Pikesville is just northwest of the Baltimore city limits. It is the northwestern suburb closest to Baltimore. The population was 30,764 at the 2010 cens ...
19.30% *
Roslyn Estates, New York Roslyn Estates is a village in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the Greater Roslyn area, which is anchored by the Incorporated Village of Ros ...
18.60% * Hewlett Harbor, New York 18.40%


Polish

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Pulawski Township, Michigan Pulawski Township is a civil township of Presque Isle County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 372 at the 2000 census, 61.3% (253) of which reported Polish ancestry, a higher percentage than any other location in the United St ...
65.7% * Posen Township, Michigan 65.4% ** Posen, Michigan 56.1% *
Sharon, Wisconsin Sharon is a village in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,586 at the 2020 census. The village is adjacent to the Town of Sharon. History The village is named after Sharon Springs, New York. Geography Sharon is ...
53.7% * Bevent, Wisconsin 52.7% * Sloan, New York 46.8%


Serbian

* Export, Pennsylvania 6.2% *
Midland, Pennsylvania Midland is a borough located along the Ohio River in western Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the borough population was 2,430. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Founded in 1906, it was initiall ...
5.8% *
Industry, Pennsylvania Industry is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River. As of the 2020 census, the borough population was 1,833. History The borough was organized as the Township of Industry in 1856 from an electoral district named Indust ...
4.5% * Ohioville, Pennsylvania 3.7% *
Wilmerding, Pennsylvania Wilmerding is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,190 at the 2010 census. It is located southeast of Pittsburgh. At the start of the twentieth century, it had extensive foundries and machine shops of ...
3.7%


Ukrainian

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Delta Junction, Alaska Delta Junction ( uk, Делта-Джанкшен, Delta Dzhankshen) is a city in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 958, up from 840 in 2000. The 2018 estimate was down to 931. ...
16.40% * Cass Township, Pennsylvania 14.30% *
Belfield, North Dakota Belfield is a city in Stark County, North Dakota, United States and only 15 minutes from Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Belfield's population was 996 at the 2020 census. Belfield was founded in 1883, and has seen many boom and busts in this o ...
13.60% * Gulich Township, Pennsylvania 12.70% *
Gilberton, Pennsylvania Gilberton is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States, four miles (7 km) west by south of Mahanoy City. Its population was 583 at the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 769 tabulated in 2010. Extensive deposits ...
12.40% *
Wilton, North Dakota Wilton is a city in Burleigh County, North Dakota, Burleigh and McLean County, North Dakota, McLean counties in North Dakota, United States. It is part of the "Bismarck, North Dakota, Bismarck, North Dakota, ND Metropolitan Statistical Area" or "B ...
10.30%


Education and income


References


Further reading

* Bicha, Karel D. "Hunkies: Stereotyping the Slavic Immigrants, 1890-1920." ''Journal of American Ethnic History'' 2.1 (1982): 16-38
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* Elliott, Robin G. "The Eastern European Immigrant in American Literature: The View of the Host Culture, 1900-1930." ''Polish American Studies'' (1985): 25-45
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* Jones, J. Sydney. "Polish Americans." ''Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America'', edited by Thomas Riggs, (3rd ed., vol. 3, Gale, 2014), pp. 477-492
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* Kralj, Dejan. "Balkan minds: Transnational nationalism & the transformation of South Slavic immigrant identity in Chicago, 1890–1941" (PhD Dissertation, Loyola University Chicago, 2012.
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* Steidl, Annemarie et al. ''From a Multiethnic Empire to a Nation of Nations: Austro-Hungarian Migrants in the US, 1870–1940'' (Innsbruck: Studien Verlag, 2017). 354 pp. * Thernstrom, Stephan; Orlov, Ann; Handlin, Oscar, eds. ''Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups'', Harvard University Press, , (1980), the standard reference, covering all major groups and most minor group
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External links


Slavic American National ConventionSlavic-American Chamber of Commerce
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