ANCESTRY
Croatian Americans
About 402,767 US residents are of Croatian ancestry, 0.1% of the population · up 0.6% since 2020. Data from the 2024 American Community Survey.
BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE
Largest Croatian populations
BY CONCENTRATION
Highest Croatian share
NATIONAL PROFILE · 2024 ACS 1-YEAR
How the group compares
Median household income
$99,483
US overall: $82,259
Bachelor's degree or higher
54.9%
US overall: 35.6%
Poverty rate
6.0%
US overall: 12.5%
Homeownership
73.7%
US overall: 65.0%
Median age
48.5
US overall: 38.9
Median home value
$396,300
US overall: $376,019
From the Census Bureau's Selected Population Profile (S0201), which publishes socioeconomic data for detailed groups at the national level. US-overall figures shown for comparison.
BY STATE · 2017-2021 ACS 5-YEAR · CLICK A COLUMN TO SORT
Where Croatian Americans earn the most
| District of Columbia | $178,750 | 96.6% | 5.2% | 56.4% | 700 |
| Maryland | $137,279 | 72.6% | 3.0% | 81.1% | 4,038 |
| Virginia | $134,891 | 73.0% | 2.5% | 75.0% | 5,846 |
| Connecticut | $132,083 | 69.7% | 1.1% | 73.3% | 3,501 |
| Massachusetts | $123,056 | 79.8% | 3.2% | 71.1% | 4,147 |
| Alaska | $120,433 | 57.6% | 5.0% | 79.7% | 868 |
| New Jersey | $117,588 | 52.7% | 1.2% | 74.3% | 13,151 |
| Colorado | $116,004 | 62.7% | 5.6% | 76.1% | 6,928 |
| California | $114,042 | 57.9% | 5.4% | 68.0% | 46,925 |
| Hawaii | $112,000 | 60.1% | 2.5% | 65.8% | 757 |
| New York | $104,625 | 50.2% | 6.4% | 67.6% | 24,370 |
| Washington | $100,160 | 53.4% | 2.8% | 74.5% | 14,082 |
| North Carolina | $96,929 | 62.1% | 8.3% | 70.0% | 5,203 |
| Texas | $95,394 | 60.7% | 7.0% | 70.6% | 11,372 |
| Illinois | $95,246 | 48.7% | 4.4% | 81.6% | 37,695 |
| South Carolina | $94,907 | 58.1% | 1.6% | 79.9% | 2,867 |
| Louisiana | $93,785 | 50.9% | 4.8% | 78.7% | 2,349 |
| Oregon | $93,446 | 59.3% | 5.6% | 67.5% | 6,193 |
| Indiana | $91,369 | 40.7% | 5.4% | 83.0% | 10,744 |
| Nebraska | $90,739 | 57.5% | 6.7% | 78.5% | 1,889 |
| Arizona | $90,298 | 48.6% | 6.2% | 80.3% | 9,314 |
| Missouri | $89,549 | 42.8% | 3.0% | 79.8% | 9,646 |
| Georgia | $87,813 | 54.0% | 6.1% | 79.3% | 4,174 |
| Alabama | $86,136 | 56.7% | 4.3% | 58.1% | 1,217 |
| New Mexico | $85,739 | 63.5% | 10.6% | 86.9% | 1,136 |
| Nevada | $84,973 | 38.2% | 6.9% | 72.5% | 4,443 |
| Minnesota | $82,755 | 52.2% | 7.1% | 76.0% | 9,354 |
| Kentucky | $81,944 | 56.5% | 7.8% | 62.9% | 2,152 |
| Montana | $80,870 | 64.4% | 3.9% | 80.6% | 2,357 |
| Michigan | $77,995 | 46.1% | 6.5% | 82.4% | 17,993 |
| Ohio | $75,587 | 40.2% | 5.6% | 80.2% | 36,315 |
| Tennessee | $74,005 | 50.5% | 6.8% | 56.1% | 3,131 |
| Utah | $73,947 | 45.2% | 10.0% | 71.4% | 3,433 |
| Florida | $73,228 | 45.8% | 6.9% | 74.7% | 17,371 |
| West Virginia | $71,930 | 43.5% | 4.3% | 82.2% | 2,181 |
| Oklahoma | $71,806 | 53.6% | 8.8% | 74.9% | 1,334 |
| Iowa | $70,086 | 39.6% | 8.6% | 81.5% | 3,436 |
| Pennsylvania | $69,845 | 42.6% | 6.2% | 79.1% | 44,578 |
| Wisconsin | $69,829 | 41.8% | 6.7% | 70.4% | 14,978 |
| Kansas | $66,696 | 48.2% | 10.3% | 68.6% | 5,014 |
| Idaho | $64,587 | 43.5% | 9.1% | 69.0% | 1,720 |
| Mississippi | $49,255 | 29.6% | 6.0% | 77.8% | 1,209 |
| Delaware | – | 54.9% | 4.4% | 88.7% | 563 |
Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables, which pool five years of survey responses to cover smaller communities the annual survey cannot. The Census publishes a state only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller states are absent by design.
BY METRO AREA · 2017-2021 ACS 5-YEAR · CLICK A COLUMN TO SORT
Croatian Americans across metro areas
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $170,227 | 57.2% | 3.7% | 71.7% | 3,556 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $157,560 | 80.8% | 2.0% | 72.8% | 5,924 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | $153,125 | 72.3% | 0.9% | 63.9% | 1,727 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | $151,500 | 64.5% | 14.2% | 92.6% | 901 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $146,339 | 55.1% | 6.7% | 82.5% | 793 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $128,594 | 76.2% | 3.2% | 69.2% | 3,305 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $128,406 | 40.8% | 2.3% | 74.7% | 3,714 |
| Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT | $128,214 | 57.0% | 1.4% | 79.7% | 765 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | $123,977 | 67.5% | 5.5% | 74.9% | 4,180 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA | $123,803 | 66.2% | 6.3% | 64.4% | 7,826 |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $122,000 | 45.7% | 4.4% | 77.3% | 1,558 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY | $120,455 | 57.1% | 3.2% | 74.7% | 428 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | $117,730 | 52.6% | 4.4% | 68.5% | 29,344 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $115,772 | 43.8% | 1.0% | 90.8% | 2,171 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $115,757 | 56.1% | 5.3% | 60.9% | 15,834 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $114,028 | 65.1% | 6.7% | 69.0% | 3,537 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | $109,500 | 67.0% | 1.6% | 82.1% | 1,030 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | $109,236 | 71.6% | 0.8% | 76.8% | 1,615 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $108,807 | 69.8% | 3.7% | 81.7% | 1,792 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | $108,490 | 35.5% | 5.7% | 80.7% | 765 |
| Madison, WI | $106,080 | 68.0% | 7.7% | 63.4% | 1,156 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $104,911 | 62.2% | 2.7% | 73.4% | 5,089 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $104,375 | 61.0% | 8.0% | 71.5% | 5,614 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | $102,585 | 55.8% | 4.3% | 82.7% | 1,635 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $102,467 | 59.5% | 4.2% | 74.3% | 5,086 |
| Jacksonville, FL | $102,200 | 55.4% | 7.8% | 77.1% | 1,185 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $102,107 | 59.3% | 2.8% | 67.9% | 8,451 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $100,972 | 65.3% | 6.7% | 78.7% | 691 |
| Akron, OH | $100,792 | 45.9% | 4.9% | 78.5% | 3,434 |
| Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX | $100,529 | 73.2% | 0.6% | 51.4% | 1,411 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | $99,844 | 47.3% | 4.2% | 82.8% | 37,523 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $99,778 | 57.2% | 2.8% | 74.0% | 1,205 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | $99,770 | 66.1% | 3.8% | 75.3% | 1,144 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $97,443 | 51.1% | 5.3% | 81.0% | 6,390 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $96,641 | 58.0% | 2.7% | 90.8% | 956 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | $96,325 | 53.6% | 8.7% | 76.6% | 3,783 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $96,250 | 52.4% | 4.6% | 74.2% | 3,692 |
| Columbus, OH | $96,007 | 64.9% | 1.7% | 74.0% | 3,333 |
| Peoria, IL | $95,833 | 48.8% | 5.4% | 86.8% | 1,005 |
| Sheboygan, WI | $92,763 | 19.9% | 4.7% | 79.2% | 556 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | $91,677 | 59.4% | 6.4% | 79.1% | 1,179 |
| Reno, NV | $91,667 | 42.1% | 9.1% | 75.7% | 909 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | $90,149 | 45.6% | 3.5% | 85.2% | 7,806 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | $88,214 | 39.5% | 4.3% | 70.2% | 3,083 |
| Rochester, NY | $87,965 | 49.4% | 0.0% | 90.7% | 773 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA | $86,715 | 54.6% | 3.9% | 76.2% | 3,170 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | $85,048 | 42.8% | 14.3% | 68.6% | 1,613 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $84,375 | 71.4% | 11.1% | 69.7% | 1,644 |
| Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI | $84,219 | 69.9% | 2.6% | 70.5% | 1,124 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $84,115 | 48.3% | 6.7% | 85.4% | 7,860 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $84,087 | 74.0% | 8.1% | 67.4% | 3,582 |
| York-Hanover, PA | $80,167 | 50.9% | 2.9% | 85.2% | 796 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $78,879 | 44.5% | 3.9% | 65.1% | 831 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL | $78,519 | 46.5% | 9.1% | 66.9% | 3,611 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | $77,730 | 37.8% | 6.4% | 75.4% | 1,102 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | $76,979 | 83.8% | 1.0% | 78.9% | 627 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | $76,884 | 40.7% | 6.9% | 71.7% | 6,124 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $76,136 | 55.3% | 2.8% | 48.8% | 1,383 |
| North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL | $76,010 | 38.9% | 3.6% | 98.0% | 1,345 |
| Escanaba, MI | $75,675 | 18.2% | 6.4% | 93.6% | 841 |
| Cleveland-Elyria, OH | $75,591 | 36.2% | 4.1% | 81.8% | 17,864 |
| Tucson, AZ | $74,301 | 46.7% | 8.8% | 74.9% | 1,448 |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | $74,125 | 33.7% | 10.3% | 74.0% | 1,807 |
| Green Bay, WI | $72,885 | 51.6% | 9.9% | 59.9% | 705 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | $72,083 | 53.9% | 12.7% | 77.6% | 967 |
| Dayton-Kettering, OH | $72,011 | 65.9% | 5.0% | 81.6% | 815 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $71,188 | 46.1% | 10.2% | 73.9% | 1,318 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $70,439 | 44.6% | 5.1% | 68.5% | 6,415 |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | $69,583 | 43.5% | 6.3% | 78.8% | 312 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $67,057 | 40.9% | 6.1% | 79.6% | 29,302 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | $66,667 | 30.5% | 1.4% | 96.0% | 622 |
| New Castle, PA | $66,250 | 24.7% | 4.5% | 80.0% | 1,069 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | $65,417 | 40.4% | 3.6% | 86.1% | 2,130 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $64,688 | 39.2% | 8.2% | 77.8% | 2,238 |
| Boise City, ID | $63,881 | 31.4% | 9.6% | 61.8% | 998 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $63,799 | 45.6% | 5.2% | 70.0% | 1,667 |
| Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $59,732 | 44.5% | 3.2% | 81.2% | 961 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $56,950 | 44.8% | 5.7% | 69.7% | 3,716 |
| Racine, WI | $54,235 | 26.2% | 0.0% | 80.8% | 718 |
| Houghton, MI | $51,875 | 29.3% | 8.7% | 87.6% | 657 |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | $50,515 | 25.9% | 11.3% | 82.0% | 5,864 |
| Flint, MI | $43,462 | 37.5% | 8.6% | 85.6% | 617 |
| Johnstown, PA | $39,241 | 45.0% | 2.4% | 88.3% | 1,147 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | – | 32.5% | 2.5% | 86.9% | 647 |
Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables, which pool five years of survey responses to cover smaller communities the annual survey cannot. The Census publishes a metro area only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller metro areas are absent by design.
BY CITY · 2017-2021 ACS 5-YEAR · CLICK A COLUMN TO SORT
Croatian Americans across cities
| Scottsdale | $187,250 | 62.4% | 3.1% | 94.6% | 671 |
| San Francisco | $183,056 | 64.0% | 2.7% | 43.3% | 1,653 |
| Washington | $178,750 | 96.6% | 5.2% | 56.4% | 700 |
| San Jose | $178,646 | 61.3% | 2.4% | 67.9% | 1,726 |
| Naperville | $173,239 | 62.4% | 0.3% | 84.0% | 670 |
| Henderson | $142,344 | 43.4% | 0.0% | 55.0% | 774 |
| Seattle | $131,458 | 81.0% | 3.9% | 60.7% | 2,436 |
| New Orleans | $123,207 | 75.9% | 4.0% | 67.4% | 372 |
| Denver | $110,556 | 67.3% | 13.4% | 51.0% | 1,033 |
| St. Louis | $108,795 | 64.8% | 9.6% | 64.2% | 894 |
| New York | $106,587 | 55.6% | 6.1% | 48.3% | 9,891 |
| Austin | $100,481 | 77.7% | 0.0% | 51.6% | 904 |
| Chicago | $99,570 | 60.8% | 8.3% | 65.7% | 7,538 |
| Parma | $95,893 | 25.7% | 8.3% | 99.0% | 641 |
| Los Angeles | $95,347 | 53.7% | 6.4% | 60.4% | 6,246 |
| Phoenix | $90,428 | 59.2% | 5.7% | 70.7% | 2,254 |
| Tacoma | $89,008 | 47.9% | 6.7% | 82.0% | 591 |
| Portland | $88,224 | 73.1% | 5.8% | 69.8% | 2,021 |
| Sacramento | $86,858 | 56.4% | 6.3% | 81.3% | 1,118 |
| Eastlake | $81,542 | 34.3% | 0.9% | 81.4% | 903 |
| Las Vegas | $81,429 | 36.1% | 5.8% | 55.9% | 604 |
| Columbus | $80,811 | 62.1% | 2.7% | 55.9% | 1,438 |
| Joliet | $77,857 | 26.6% | 2.6% | 90.6% | 1,170 |
| San Diego | $76,974 | 79.5% | 16.7% | 52.1% | 1,503 |
| Kansas City | $76,667 | 47.9% | 2.8% | 51.1% | 991 |
| Omaha | $76,250 | 62.2% | 2.8% | 75.5% | 968 |
| Willoughby | $75,139 | 27.5% | 8.1% | 75.9% | 786 |
| Anacortes | $70,417 | 47.0% | 3.6% | 55.4% | 165 |
| Philadelphia | $67,375 | 68.6% | 11.4% | 50.2% | 983 |
| Pittsburgh | $67,315 | 45.7% | 11.1% | 52.9% | 2,184 |
| Mentor | $66,875 | 29.0% | 2.2% | 84.3% | 1,395 |
| Houston | $60,028 | 54.1% | 17.4% | 73.0% | 1,123 |
| Milwaukee | $58,696 | 42.9% | 5.7% | 59.6% | 1,379 |
| Tucson | $52,348 | 48.4% | 12.9% | 50.6% | 813 |
| Kansas City | $51,210 | 20.8% | 8.4% | 85.3% | 845 |
| Duluth | $50,417 | 39.0% | 13.8% | 73.1% | 461 |
| Cleveland | $40,045 | 37.5% | 15.7% | 59.6% | 1,494 |
| Minneapolis | – | 68.9% | 18.1% | 52.9% | 724 |
Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables, which pool five years of survey responses to cover smaller communities the annual survey cannot. The Census publishes a citie only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller cities are absent by design.
ABOUT THIS GROUP
Frequently asked
How many people of Croatian ancestry live in the United States?
About 402,767 US residents are of Croatian ancestry, roughly 0.1% of the population, according to the 2024 American Community Survey.
Which US city has the largest Croatian population?
New York, NY has the largest Croatian population of any US city, with about 9,297 residents of Croatian ancestry.
Which state has the most residents of Croatian ancestry?
California leads all states with about 46,442 residents of Croatian ancestry.
What is the median household income of Croatian Americans?
Croatian Americans have a median household income of about $99,483, per the 2024 ACS 1-year Selected Population Profile.
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DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR DETAILED-ORIGIN TABLES (B03001 / B02015 / B02019 / B04006) · PROFILE: ACS 1-YEAR S0201 · UPDATED 2024