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]
Total population | |
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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 |
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[1] |
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Croatian Americans | 398,101 |
Yugoslav Americans | 210,395 |
Serbian Americans | 193,844 |
Slovene Americans | 162,172 |
Bosnian Americans | 125,793[5] |
Macedonian Americans | 66,070[3] |
Montenegrin Americans | Unknown |
Kosovar Americans[a] | Unknown |