Slovak Americans

Slovak Americans
Slovenskí Američania
Total population
790,000
0.24% of the US population
Regions with significant populations
Pennsylvania (Greater Pittsburgh, Coal Region), Ohio (Greater Cleveland), New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Indiana, California
Languages
English (American English) · Slovak
Religion
Roman Catholicism, Greek Catholicism
Lutheranism
Related ethnic groups
Other Slovaks • Czech Americans • Polish Americans • Kashubian Americans • Texan Silesians • Sorbian 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.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Ancestry: 2000 : Census 2000 Brief" (PDF). Census.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2004. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  2. ^ 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