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] |
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Croatian Americans | |
Yugoslav Americans | |
Serbian Americans | |
Slovene Americans | |
[5] | |
Macedonian Americans | |
Montenegrin Americans | Unknown |
Kosovar Americans | Unknown |