Finnish Americans

Finnish Americans
Amerikansuomalaiset (Finnish)
Amerikafinländare (Swedish)
Finland United States
Total population
653,222 (2019 U.S. Census Bureau est.)[1]
0.20% of the U.S. population
Regions with significant populations
Midwest288,178
West184,724
South103,306
Northeast77,014
 Minnesota100,545
 Michigan94,259
 Washington53,599
 California48,518
 Wisconsin39,698
Languages
American English · Finnish · Fingelska · Swedish
Religion
Lutheranism
Related ethnic groups
Finns · Finnish Canadians · Estonian Americans · Sami Americans · Scandinavian Americans · Findians
A map showing concentrations of Finnish American ethnicity in the United States.

Finnish Americans (Finnish: amerikansuomalaiset,[a] pronounced [ˈɑmerikɑnˌsuo̯mɑlɑi̯set]) comprise Americans with ancestral roots in Finland, or Finnish people who immigrated to and reside in the United States. The Finnish-American population is around 650,000.[1] Many Finnish people historically immigrated to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the Iron Range of northern Minnesota to work in the mining industry; much of the population in these regions is of Finnish descent.

  1. ^ a b "Table B04006 – People Reporting Ancestry – 2019 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on October 24, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  2. ^ "amerikansuomalainen". New Dictionary of Modern Finnish (in Finnish). Institute for the Languages of Finland. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2020. Pohjois-Amerikassa asuva suomalainen


Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).