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Croatian diaspora
The Croatian diaspora (Croatian: Hrvatsko iseljeništvo or Hrvatsko rasuće) consists of ethnic Croat people, their descendants, and Croatian citizens living outside of Croatia. An excess of four million people are part of the Croatian diaspora. The nationality laws of Croatia affords citizenship by birth, ancestry, and naturalization, growing the Croatian citizen population living abroad.
Estimates on its size are only approximate because of incomplete statistical records and naturalization, but upper-level estimates suggest that the Croatian diaspora numbers between a third and a half of the total number of Croats. Within neighboring Southeast Europe, the largest community are with the Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the constituent nations of that country, amounting to about 545,000. Outside of these two regions, broader Europe is home to around one million Croatians, with 1.7 million living overseas.
The largest diaspora community is in the United States at 1.2 million Croatian Americans, which significantly influence Croatia–United States relations. In Western Europe, the largest group is found in Germany with a reported 228,000 Croatian Germans as of 2006[update], with some estimates including naturalized citizens as high as 500,000. There are significant numbers of the diaspora in the Indo-Pacific, mainly in Australia (165,000) and New Zealand (up to 100,000).
The United States has the largest Croatian diaspora outside of Croatia. Croatians in Detroit first appeared around 1890, settling usually in the region of Russel. In Illinois the Croatians started concentrating mostly around Chicago. Although it was created a bit later, the Croatian settlement in Chicago became one of the most important ones in the United States. The settlement especially started developing after World War I and Chicago became the center of all Croatian cultural and political activities. It is calculated that there were roughly 50,000 Croats in Chicago in the 1990s, while there were altogether 100,000 Croats living in 54 additional Croatian settlements in Illinois. There is a significant Croat population also in Indianapolis that settled during the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. According to the 2005 U.S. Community Survey, there were 401,208 Americans of full or partial Croatian descent.
Pittsburgh has a sizeable Croatian population. The headquarters of the Croatian Fraternal Union (CFU) - the oldest and largest Croatian organization in the United States - is located in the eastern suburb of Monroeville, PA, established in the 1880s. The CFU publishes a weekly newspaper, The Zajednicar Weekly, in both English and Croatian. Most of the Croatians in Pittsburgh originally settled in the early 1900s on the city's North Side. A neighborhood centered on East Ohio Street along the Allegheny River between Millvale and the North Shore was named Mala Jaska after an area in Croatia (northwest of Zagreb).
The broader Croatian American community participate in a variety of bilateral organizations seeking to strengthen the relationship between the U.S. and Croatia. The National Federation of Croatian Americans (NFCACF) was established in 1993 to advance the diaspora within the U.S. while the Association of Croatian American Professionals (ACAP) seeks to enhance joint economic synergy and public policy. Many regional societies and clubs exist in Washington, D.C., New York, California, and the Midwest.
The relationship between Croatia's diasporic population and the native Croat of Bosnia and Herzegovina is complex. The Croat community in this region are native to Bosnia and Herzegovina, mostly speaking Croatian and identifying as Catholic. The geographical limits of land occupied by the Croat people and citizens of various Croatian states has changed significantly throughout history. The status of the Croat community within Bosnia and Herzegovina as a "diaspora" as opposed to a simple ethnic dispersion of Croats is debated in modern ethnographic research. Croatian nationality law affords citizenship to anyone living in Bosnia and Herzegovina of Croat descent, allowing for duel citizenship as well. This consequently has grown Croatian citizenry living abroad and led to large scale immigration to Croatia and the broader European Union.
The border between the two countries have changed drastically leading to ambiguity around the diasporic nature of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Croatia is considered a nation state while the community in Bosnia and Herzegovina is considered a constituent nation of that country. They are frequently referred to as Bosnian Croats, but since the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina the number of Herzegovinian Croats exceeds the number in Bosnia. The Croats maintain an unofficial capital in Mostar, with the city being home to the largest Croatian population.
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Croatian diaspora
The Croatian diaspora (Croatian: Hrvatsko iseljeništvo or Hrvatsko rasuće) consists of ethnic Croat people, their descendants, and Croatian citizens living outside of Croatia. An excess of four million people are part of the Croatian diaspora. The nationality laws of Croatia affords citizenship by birth, ancestry, and naturalization, growing the Croatian citizen population living abroad.
Estimates on its size are only approximate because of incomplete statistical records and naturalization, but upper-level estimates suggest that the Croatian diaspora numbers between a third and a half of the total number of Croats. Within neighboring Southeast Europe, the largest community are with the Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the constituent nations of that country, amounting to about 545,000. Outside of these two regions, broader Europe is home to around one million Croatians, with 1.7 million living overseas.
The largest diaspora community is in the United States at 1.2 million Croatian Americans, which significantly influence Croatia–United States relations. In Western Europe, the largest group is found in Germany with a reported 228,000 Croatian Germans as of 2006[update], with some estimates including naturalized citizens as high as 500,000. There are significant numbers of the diaspora in the Indo-Pacific, mainly in Australia (165,000) and New Zealand (up to 100,000).
The United States has the largest Croatian diaspora outside of Croatia. Croatians in Detroit first appeared around 1890, settling usually in the region of Russel. In Illinois the Croatians started concentrating mostly around Chicago. Although it was created a bit later, the Croatian settlement in Chicago became one of the most important ones in the United States. The settlement especially started developing after World War I and Chicago became the center of all Croatian cultural and political activities. It is calculated that there were roughly 50,000 Croats in Chicago in the 1990s, while there were altogether 100,000 Croats living in 54 additional Croatian settlements in Illinois. There is a significant Croat population also in Indianapolis that settled during the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. According to the 2005 U.S. Community Survey, there were 401,208 Americans of full or partial Croatian descent.
Pittsburgh has a sizeable Croatian population. The headquarters of the Croatian Fraternal Union (CFU) - the oldest and largest Croatian organization in the United States - is located in the eastern suburb of Monroeville, PA, established in the 1880s. The CFU publishes a weekly newspaper, The Zajednicar Weekly, in both English and Croatian. Most of the Croatians in Pittsburgh originally settled in the early 1900s on the city's North Side. A neighborhood centered on East Ohio Street along the Allegheny River between Millvale and the North Shore was named Mala Jaska after an area in Croatia (northwest of Zagreb).
The broader Croatian American community participate in a variety of bilateral organizations seeking to strengthen the relationship between the U.S. and Croatia. The National Federation of Croatian Americans (NFCACF) was established in 1993 to advance the diaspora within the U.S. while the Association of Croatian American Professionals (ACAP) seeks to enhance joint economic synergy and public policy. Many regional societies and clubs exist in Washington, D.C., New York, California, and the Midwest.
The relationship between Croatia's diasporic population and the native Croat of Bosnia and Herzegovina is complex. The Croat community in this region are native to Bosnia and Herzegovina, mostly speaking Croatian and identifying as Catholic. The geographical limits of land occupied by the Croat people and citizens of various Croatian states has changed significantly throughout history. The status of the Croat community within Bosnia and Herzegovina as a "diaspora" as opposed to a simple ethnic dispersion of Croats is debated in modern ethnographic research. Croatian nationality law affords citizenship to anyone living in Bosnia and Herzegovina of Croat descent, allowing for duel citizenship as well. This consequently has grown Croatian citizenry living abroad and led to large scale immigration to Croatia and the broader European Union.
The border between the two countries have changed drastically leading to ambiguity around the diasporic nature of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Croatia is considered a nation state while the community in Bosnia and Herzegovina is considered a constituent nation of that country. They are frequently referred to as Bosnian Croats, but since the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina the number of Herzegovinian Croats exceeds the number in Bosnia. The Croats maintain an unofficial capital in Mostar, with the city being home to the largest Croatian population.