Yugoslav Americans Explained

Group:Yugoslav Americans
Jugoslavenski Amerikanci
Југословенски Американци
Jugoslovanski Američani
Pop:210,395 (2021)
Langs:American English, Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene
Albanian (to a lesser extent)
Religions:Christianity (majority), Islam (minority)
Related: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; a steep and steady decrease from previous censuses (233,325 in 2019;[1] 276,360 in 2016[2]) and nearly a 36% decrease from the 2000 Census when there were over 328,000.[3]

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 group Number[4]
Croatian Americans
Yugoslav Americans
Serbian Americans
Slovene Americans
[5]
Macedonian Americans
Montenegrin Americans Unknown
Kosovar AmericansUnknown

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  1. Web site: 2019 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates . https://web.archive.org/web/20220408113537/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=people%20reporting%20ancestry&t=Ancestry&tid=ACSDT1Y2019.B04006 . American Community Survey 2019 . United States Census Bureau . 8 April 2022 . 19 November 2022.
  2. Web site: 2016 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates. Factfinder.census.gov. 18 September 2017. https://archive.today/20200213004630/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_5YR/B04006#. 13 February 2020. dead.
  3. Web site: 2013 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates . https://web.archive.org/web/20190118081918/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_1YR_B04003&prodType=table%20Results%20%C2%A0%20American%20Fact%20Finder%20%28US%20Census%20Bureau%29 . dead . 18 January 2019 . American Community Survey 2013 . United States Census Bureau . 16 June 2016 .
  4. Web site: 2021 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates . https://web.archive.org/web/20220408113537/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=people%20reporting%20ancestry&t=Ancestry&tid=ACSDT1Y2021.B04006 . American Community Survey 2021 . . 8 April 2022 . 19 November 2022.
  5. Karamehic-Oates. Adna. 2020. Borders and Integration: Becoming a Bosnian-American. Washington University Global Studies Law Review.