Yugoslav Americans

Yugoslav Americans
Jugoslavenski Amerikanci
Југословенски Американци
Jugoslovanski Američani
Total population
210,395 (2021)
Languages
American English, Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene
Albanian (to a lesser extent)
Religion
Christianity (majority), Islam (minority)
Related ethnic groups
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; 276,360 in 2016) and nearly a 36% decrease from the 2000 Census when there were over 328,000.

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
Croatian Americans 398,101
Yugoslav Americans 210,395
Serbian Americans 193,844
Slovene Americans 162,172
Bosnian Americans 125,793
Macedonian Americans 66,070
Montenegrin Americans Unknown
Kosovar Americans Unknown

See also