Slavic Americans
 Population of Slavic Americans by state, province or territory | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 18–18.5 million 6% of the total U.S. population | |
| Languages | |
| English · Belarusian · Bosnian · Bulgarian · Croatian · Czech · Macedonian · Montenegrin · Polish · Russian · Serbian · Slovak · Slovenian · Ukrainian · Other Slavic languages | |
| Religion | |
| Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Sunni Islam, Judaism, with Protestant and Mormon minorities | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Baltic Americans |
Slavic Americans are Americans of Slavic descent.
East Slavic Americans[]
South Slavic Americans[]
Bosnian Americans
Bulgarian Americans
Croatian Americans
Macedonian Americans
Montenegrin Americans
Serbian Americans
Slovene Americans
Yugoslav Americans
West Slavic Americans[]
Czech Americans
Kashubian Americans
Polish Americans
Silesian Americans
Slovak Americans
Sorbian Americans
Communities with large Slavic population ranked by percentage[]
Bulgarian [1][]
- Bowdon, Georgia 2.7%
- Rosemont, Illinois 3.7%
- Point Reyes Station, California 2.3%
- Crozet, Virginia 2.1%
- Schiller Park, Illinois 1.8%
Croatian [2][]
- Bessemer, Pennsylvania 9.5%
- Ellsworth, Pennsylvania 7.1%
- Empire, Louisiana 6.8%
- Versailles, Pennsylvania 6.7%
- Braddock Hills, Pennsylvania 5.8%
Czech [3] [4][]
- Conway, North Dakota 55.2%
- Munden, Kansas 46.8%
- West, Texas 40.9%
- Oak Creek Township, Nebraska 38.2%
- Wilber, Nebraska 37.3%
Russian [5] [6][]
- Nikolaevsk, Alaska 67.5%
- Pikesville, Maryland 19.30%
- Roslyn Estates, New York 18.60%
- Hewlett Harbor, New York 18.40%
Polish [7] [8] [9] [10][]
- Pulawski Township, Michigan 65.7%
- Posen Township, Michigan 65.4%
- Posen, Michigan 56.1%
- Sharon, Wisconsin 53.7%
- Bevent, Wisconsin 52.7%
- Sloan, New York 46.8%
Serbian [11][]
- Export, Pennsylvania 6.2%
- Midland, Pennsylvania 5.8%
- Industry, Pennsylvania 4.5%
- Ohioville, Pennsylvania 3.7%
- Wilmerding, Pennsylvania 3.7%
Ukrainian [12][]
- Delta Junction, Alaska 16.40%
- Cass Township, Pennsylvania 14.30%
- Belfield, North Dakota 13.60%
- Gulich Township, Pennsylvania 12.70%
- Gilberton, Pennsylvania 12.40%
- Wilton, North Dakota 10.30%
Education and income[]
| Ethnicity | Per capita income | Household Income | College degrees (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian | $39,334 | $75,693 | 60.8 |
| Croatian | $47,292 | $81,199 | 48.6 |
| Czech | $43,021 | $71,663 | 45.4 |
| Polish | $42,674 | $73,452 | 42.5 |
| Russian | $54,690 | $80,554 | 60.4 |
| Serbian | $43,284 | $79,135 | 46.0 |
| Slovak | $46,323 | $73,093 | 44.8 |
| Slovene | $48,781 | $79,358 | 50.8 |
| Ukrainian | $46,014 | $75,674 | 52.2 |
| Yugoslav | $35,586 | $65,930 | 29.0 |
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-05-25. Retrieved 2016-05-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-06-27. Retrieved 2016-05-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-06-25. Retrieved 2016-05-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ American FactFinder Community Facts Conway, North Dakota 2000 Census Ancestry http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml [1]
- ^ http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Russian.html[dead link]
- ^ http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml# [2] American fact finder, Nikolaevsk, Alaska, Census 2000-Selected Social Characteristics (Household and Family Type, Disability, Citizenship, Ancestry, Language, ...)
- ^ American FactFinder Community Facts Pulawski Township, Michigan 2000 Census Ancestry http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml [3]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-02. Retrieved 2016-05-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ American FactFinder Community Facts Posen Township, Michigan 2000 Census Ancestry http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml [4]
- ^ American FactFinder Community Facts Posen, Michigan 2000 Census Ancestry http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml [5]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-06-25. Retrieved 2016-05-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-23. Retrieved 2016-05-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
Further reading[]
- Bicha, Karel D. "Hunkies: Stereotyping the Slavic Immigrants, 1890-1920." Journal of American Ethnic History 2.1 (1982): 16-38. online
- Elliott, Robin G. "The Eastern European Immigrant in American Literature: The View of the Host Culture, 1900-1930." Polish American Studies (1985): 25-45. online
- Jones, J. Sydney. "Polish Americans." Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, edited by Thomas Riggs, (3rd ed., vol. 3, Gale, 2014), pp. 477-492. online
- Kralj, Dejan. "Balkan minds: Transnational nationalism & the transformation of South Slavic immigrant identity in Chicago, 1890–1941" (PhD Dissertation, Loyola University Chicago, 2012.) online
- 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, ISBN 0674375122, (1980), the standard reference, covering all major groups and most minor groups online
External links[]
Categories:
- American people of Slavic descent
- Eastern Europeans in the United States
- Slavic-American society