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, Judaism
Related ethnic groups
Other Slovaks • Slovak Jews • 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

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