Croatian Americans

Croatian Americans
Američki Hrvati
Total population
414,714[1]1.2 million+ (est.)[2]
Regions with significant populations
Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, California, North Carolina, Pacific Northwest, New York, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Florida, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Colorado and Minnesota
Languages
American English and Croatian
Religion
Predominantly Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Slavic Americans, Croatian Canadians, European Americans, Czech Americans, Polish Americans, Serbian Americans, Italian Americans, Slovak Americans, Lithuanian Americans, Slovene Americans, Hungarian Americans

Croatian Americans or Croat Americans[a] (Croatian: Američki Hrvati) are Americans who have full or partial Croatian ancestry. In 2012, there were 414,714 American citizens[1] of Croat or Croatian descent living in the United States as per revised 2010 United States Census. The figure includes all people affiliated with United States who claim Croatian ancestry, both those born in the country and naturalized citizens, as well as those with dual citizenship who affiliate themselves with both countries or cultures.

Croatian Americans identify with other European American ethnic groups, especially Slavic Americans and are predominantly of Roman Catholic faith. Regions with significant Croatian American population include metropolitan areas of Chicago, Cleveland, New York City, Southern California and especially Pittsburgh, the seat of Croatian Fraternal Union, fraternal benefit society of the Croatian diaspora.[3][4] Croatia's State Office for the Croats Abroad estimated that there are up to 1.2 million Croats and their descendants living in the United States.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Table B04006 - PEOPLE REPORTING ANCESTRY. - 2019 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". US Census Bureau.
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