Slovak Americans
Appearance
Total population | |
---|---|
797,764[1] 0.27% of the US population | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania | |
Languages | |
English, Slovak | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholicism, Greek Catholicism Lutheranism, Judaism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Czech Americans, Polish Americans, Other Slavic Americans |
Slovak Americans are Americans of Slovak descent. In the 1990 Census, Slovak Americans made up the third-largest portion of Slavic ethnic groups. There are currently about 790,000 people of Slovak descent living in the United States.[2][3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ↑ "Ancestry: 2000 : Census 2000 Brief" (PDF). Census.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2004. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ↑ June Granatir Alexander, "Slovak Americans." in Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, edited by Thomas Riggs, (3rd ed., vol. 4, Gale, 2014), pp. 209-221. online