Icelandic Americans
Americans of Icelandic descent or Iceland-born people who reside in the United States
Icelandic Americans are Americans of Icelandic descent or Iceland-born people who reside in the United States. Icelandic immigrants came to the United States primarily in the period 1873–1905[2] and after World War II.
Íslenskir Bandaríkjamenn | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 42,716[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Throughout much of the Western United States and Midwestern United States as well in parts of the Pacific Northwest | |
| Languages | |
| English, Icelandic | |
| Religion | |
| Protestantism (Lutheranism) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Icelandic Canadians, Faroese Americans, Norwegian Americans, Scandinavian Americans, Icelanders |
References
change- ↑ "Census 2000 ACS Ancestry" Archived 2011-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Kjartansson, Helgi Skúli (1977-01-01). "The Onset of Emigration from Iceland". American Studies in Scandinavia. 10 (2): 87–93. doi:10.22439/asca.v9i1.1596.
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