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Croatian Americans
Croatian Americans or Croat Americans (Croatian: Američki Hrvati) are Americans who have full or partial Croatian or Croat ancestry. It is the largest Croatian diaspora in the world, with 1.2 million Croatians and their descendants living in the United States as of 2016. The figure includes all people affiliated with U.S. who claim Croatian ancestry, both those born in the country and naturalized citizens, as well as those with dual citizenship who affiliate themselves with both countries or cultures. Croatian Americans significantly influence Croatia–United States relations.
Croatian Americans identify with other European American ethnic groups, especially Slavic Americans and are predominantly of Roman Catholic faith. Regions with large Croatian American population include metropolitan areas of Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, New York City, Los Angeles, and Pittsburgh, the seat of Croatian Fraternal Union, fraternal benefit society of the Croatian diaspora. In 2012, there were 414,714 American citizens of Croat or Croatian descent living in the United States as per revised 2010 U.S. census.
According to the 2007 U.S. Community Survey, there were 420,763 Americans of full or partial Croatian descent. According to the 1990 United States census, there were over 544,270 Croatian Americans who identified themselves as being of Croatian descent or being born in Croatia. As of 2012, there were 414,714 American citizens. It is estimated by the Croatia's State Office for the Croats Abroad that there are around 1,200,000 Croats and their descendants living in the United States today.
In the 2006–2010 American Community Survey, the states with the largest Croatian American populations are:
Croatian-born population in the U.S. from 2010 to 2017 according to the American FactFinder numbered:
The first major immigration of Croats was recorded in 1715. At the time, approximately twelve hundred Croatian Protestants, whose ancestors had left the Archduchy of Austria after unsuccessful peasant revolts in 1573 and anti-Reformation edict of 1598, arrived in the American colony of Georgia. They settled in the valley of Savannah River. Those settlers introduced silk-worm cultivation in Georgia. The community prospered for 150 years, until it was demolished during the Civil War.
In 1683, a Croat Jesuit, named Ivan Ratkaj (Juan Ratkay) established a mission in northwest New Spain. In 1746, another Jesuit, Ferdinand Konšak (Consago Gonzales), drew the first dependable map of Baja California. Beginning in 1783, Joseph Kundek, a Croat missionary, helped to develop several midwestern towns, including Ferdinand and Jasper, both in Dubois County, Indiana. In the 1830s, various groups in the Austrian Empire sent financial aid to America to support missionary activities.
Many early Croat immigrants settled in New Orleans, and were employed as traders, artisans and fishermen. By the 1860s, there were around six hundred Croat families in New Orleans. Several families settled permanently in Alabama. During the Civil War, some three thousand Croats resided in the South, mostly in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. Hundreds of them volunteered for the Confederate Army and Navy. After the defeat of the Confederacy in 1865, many Croats who had served in the Confederate military moved to the West.
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Croatian Americans
Croatian Americans or Croat Americans (Croatian: Američki Hrvati) are Americans who have full or partial Croatian or Croat ancestry. It is the largest Croatian diaspora in the world, with 1.2 million Croatians and their descendants living in the United States as of 2016. The figure includes all people affiliated with U.S. who claim Croatian ancestry, both those born in the country and naturalized citizens, as well as those with dual citizenship who affiliate themselves with both countries or cultures. Croatian Americans significantly influence Croatia–United States relations.
Croatian Americans identify with other European American ethnic groups, especially Slavic Americans and are predominantly of Roman Catholic faith. Regions with large Croatian American population include metropolitan areas of Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, New York City, Los Angeles, and Pittsburgh, the seat of Croatian Fraternal Union, fraternal benefit society of the Croatian diaspora. In 2012, there were 414,714 American citizens of Croat or Croatian descent living in the United States as per revised 2010 U.S. census.
According to the 2007 U.S. Community Survey, there were 420,763 Americans of full or partial Croatian descent. According to the 1990 United States census, there were over 544,270 Croatian Americans who identified themselves as being of Croatian descent or being born in Croatia. As of 2012, there were 414,714 American citizens. It is estimated by the Croatia's State Office for the Croats Abroad that there are around 1,200,000 Croats and their descendants living in the United States today.
In the 2006–2010 American Community Survey, the states with the largest Croatian American populations are:
Croatian-born population in the U.S. from 2010 to 2017 according to the American FactFinder numbered:
The first major immigration of Croats was recorded in 1715. At the time, approximately twelve hundred Croatian Protestants, whose ancestors had left the Archduchy of Austria after unsuccessful peasant revolts in 1573 and anti-Reformation edict of 1598, arrived in the American colony of Georgia. They settled in the valley of Savannah River. Those settlers introduced silk-worm cultivation in Georgia. The community prospered for 150 years, until it was demolished during the Civil War.
In 1683, a Croat Jesuit, named Ivan Ratkaj (Juan Ratkay) established a mission in northwest New Spain. In 1746, another Jesuit, Ferdinand Konšak (Consago Gonzales), drew the first dependable map of Baja California. Beginning in 1783, Joseph Kundek, a Croat missionary, helped to develop several midwestern towns, including Ferdinand and Jasper, both in Dubois County, Indiana. In the 1830s, various groups in the Austrian Empire sent financial aid to America to support missionary activities.
Many early Croat immigrants settled in New Orleans, and were employed as traders, artisans and fishermen. By the 1860s, there were around six hundred Croat families in New Orleans. Several families settled permanently in Alabama. During the Civil War, some three thousand Croats resided in the South, mostly in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. Hundreds of them volunteered for the Confederate Army and Navy. After the defeat of the Confederacy in 1865, many Croats who had served in the Confederate military moved to the West.
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