Bosnian Americans
American whose ancestry can be traced to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnian Americans are Americans whose ancestry can be traced to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Most of the Bosnian Americans (especially those of Bosniak or mixed ethnic heritage) immigrated to the United States during and after the Bosnian War which lasted from 1992–95.
Total population | |
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200,000+ (est.) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, New York, Georgia, Florida, Iowa, Indiana, Texas, Tennessee, California, Connecticut, Utah, Arizona, Minnesota, Kentucky, Pennsylvania | |
Languages | |
American English · Bosnian | |
Religion | |
Sunni Islam, Eastern Orthodox and Catholicism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Serbian Americans, Croatian Americans, other South Slavic Americans |