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Slovene Ancestry in United States

Slovene Americans are Americans who have full or partial Slovene or Slovenian ancestry. People of Slovene ancestry form minority groups in several countries in North and South America. The United States has the largest Slovene population in the Americas, According to the United States Census 2020, there were 180,253 (0.06% of the U.S. population) people of Slovene descent in the U.S. Slovene.

Top US States by Slovene Ancestry

Population wise Ohio (50,293) has the largest number of people with Slovene Ancestry followed by Pennsylvania (15,042), Illinois (13,292), California (10,628), and Minnesota (9,378).

List of States by Slovene Ancestry Population

#StatesPopulation
1Ohio50,293
2Pennsylvania15,042
3Illinois13,292
4California10,628
5Minnesota9,378
6Wisconsin8,831
7Florida7,766
8Colorado6,854
9Texas5,561
10New York5,509
11Michigan4,707
12Arizona3,706
13Washington3,642
14Indiana3,520
15Virginia2,978
16North Carolina2,474
17Maryland2,283
18Massachusetts2,138
19Georgia1,831
20New Jersey1,751
21Oregon1,688
22Tennessee1,269
23Kansas1,261
24Missouri1,261
25Connecticut1,195
26South Carolina1,096
27Nevada1,002
28Utah900
29Kentucky806
30Montana800
31Iowa721
32Idaho603
33West Virginia503
34Oklahoma499
35Wyoming400
36North Dakota399
37Alabama381
38New Mexico379
39Arkansas333
40Louisiana323
41Hawaii291
42Maine260
43Vermont239
44Nebraska235
45District of Columbia233
46South Dakota214
47Alaska194
48New Hampshire192
49Mississippi182
50Delaware175
51Rhode Island35

Source: US Census estimates 2020

Top U.S. Cities by Slovene population

Cleveland Metro area with 29,719 people of Slovene ancestry, has the largest population of Slovene Americans. It’s followed by Chicago (8,920) and the Pittsburgh metro area (7,039).

Top Metro Areas by Slovene Population

#Metro AreaPopulation
1Cleveland-Elyria, OH 29,719
2Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 8,920
3Pittsburgh, PA7,039
4Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI 4,275
5Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 4,141
6Columbus, OH 4,077
7New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 3,240
8San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA 3,002
9Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 2,976
10Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ 2,920

Source: US Census Estimates

Slovene Ancestry in Americas

People of Slovene ancestry form minority groups in several countries in North and South America. Besides the United States, it also forms an important minority Group in Canada and Argentina. Let’s have a look at Americans Countries having significant Slovene ancestry

Slovenian Canadians are Canadians who have full or partial Slovenian ancestry. Slovenian Canadians account for about  0.12% of the total population of Canada. According to the Canadian Census 2020, there were 40,470 people of Slovenian ancestry in Canada. Ontario, with 26,485 people of 3,885 ancestries, has the largest population of Slovenian Canadians in Canada followed by British Columbia (5,555) and Alberta (3,885)

Slovenian Argentines are Argentines who have full or partial Slovenian ancestry or Slovenes residing in Argentina. As per the estimates, Slovenian Argentines number 30,000 people in Argentina.

They are concentrated mainly in Buenos Aires and Greater Buenos Aires, San Carlos de Bariloche, and Mendoza, with some smaller communities settled in Rosario, San Miguel de Tucumán and Paraná.

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