Slovene Americans
About 167,503 US residents are of Slovene ancestry, 0.1% of the population · down 7.1% since 2020. Data from the 2024 American Community Survey.
Largest Slovene populations
Highest Slovene share
How the group compares
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.
Where Slovene Americans earn the most
| Massachusetts | $148,594 | 79.7% | 2.7% | 67.3% | 2,193 |
| Maryland | $138,942 | 72.4% | 8.2% | 87.6% | 2,384 |
| Virginia | $121,594 | 64.4% | 4.4% | 76.6% | 2,651 |
| California | $113,955 | 66.7% | 4.3% | 67.8% | 10,861 |
| Georgia | $111,378 | 59.6% | 1.7% | 75.4% | 1,747 |
| Missouri | $105,200 | 61.3% | 4.0% | 77.6% | 1,478 |
| Washington | $101,576 | 63.1% | 3.4% | 66.6% | 3,558 |
| Indiana | $100,793 | 56.4% | 9.2% | 72.3% | 3,420 |
| Tennessee | $100,742 | 45.6% | 3.9% | 75.0% | 1,605 |
| New York | $94,668 | 71.2% | 3.7% | 55.9% | 5,486 |
| Colorado | $91,683 | 53.1% | 2.5% | 85.2% | 6,512 |
| New Jersey | $90,625 | 65.8% | 3.8% | 64.1% | 1,584 |
| Michigan | $90,068 | 57.9% | 4.7% | 85.7% | 4,490 |
| Illinois | $90,017 | 52.2% | 4.8% | 82.0% | 13,030 |
| Texas | $88,622 | 65.8% | 4.6% | 74.4% | 6,109 |
| Oklahoma | $87,656 | 77.7% | 4.1% | 80.6% | 500 |
| North Carolina | $83,795 | 58.8% | 6.1% | 86.0% | 2,674 |
| Kentucky | $82,750 | 62.3% | 19.5% | 66.5% | 825 |
| Florida | $80,686 | 50.3% | 15.0% | 82.1% | 7,584 |
| Minnesota | $80,315 | 50.7% | 3.4% | 89.8% | 9,080 |
| Arizona | $79,940 | 51.2% | 4.7% | 74.0% | 3,517 |
| Utah | $79,850 | 77.1% | 3.6% | 70.0% | 975 |
| Ohio | $78,952 | 42.4% | 5.5% | 82.5% | 49,461 |
| Pennsylvania | $78,783 | 47.5% | 2.8% | 80.7% | 14,449 |
| South Carolina | $78,469 | 59.6% | 5.0% | 68.3% | 1,188 |
| Montana | $76,417 | 63.9% | 0.0% | 78.6% | 856 |
| Wisconsin | $75,930 | 46.8% | 6.1% | 80.7% | 8,654 |
| Connecticut | $74,769 | 65.3% | 2.1% | 84.4% | 1,199 |
| Kansas | $66,304 | 48.9% | 8.0% | 75.4% | 899 |
| Oregon | $61,250 | 56.7% | 8.9% | 70.9% | 1,760 |
| Nevada | $56,453 | 35.3% | 5.0% | 69.8% | 995 |
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.
Slovene Americans across metro areas
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $162,955 | 84.8% | 1.1% | 60.3% | 1,730 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $158,429 | 77.3% | 2.7% | 80.2% | 3,191 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $129,917 | 83.6% | 10.5% | 68.2% | 1,047 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $127,175 | 71.5% | 3.0% | 69.5% | 731 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA | $124,211 | 75.4% | 3.8% | 53.1% | 2,575 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $123,889 | 65.5% | 2.0% | 72.7% | 3,364 |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | $123,682 | 46.6% | 8.7% | 92.7% | 860 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | $120,333 | 61.7% | 1.5% | 84.2% | 2,812 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $119,375 | 59.2% | 21.3% | 91.6% | 853 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | $117,500 | 57.1% | 2.3% | 78.8% | 1,750 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $115,385 | 64.7% | 1.3% | 59.1% | 2,136 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $108,036 | 79.9% | 1.0% | 82.3% | 1,461 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA | $107,367 | 66.9% | 2.4% | 87.4% | 1,210 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $105,809 | 72.4% | 1.2% | 73.0% | 1,654 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | $105,083 | 64.3% | 2.5% | 82.3% | 1,012 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $104,837 | 65.0% | 2.7% | 72.0% | 1,693 |
| Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX | $103,692 | 69.4% | 0.9% | 66.4% | 1,300 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | $97,208 | 52.5% | 5.2% | 81.8% | 11,687 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $96,667 | 66.3% | 1.2% | 87.6% | 4,395 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | $95,917 | 72.0% | 5.0% | 46.1% | 4,086 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL | $93,510 | 55.8% | 2.3% | 94.2% | 1,071 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $90,231 | 52.9% | 2.2% | 83.0% | 2,367 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $86,765 | 51.7% | 0.0% | 90.1% | 746 |
| Columbus, OH | $86,200 | 82.3% | 3.6% | 49.5% | 2,496 |
| Akron, OH | $85,482 | 52.1% | 4.9% | 80.2% | 4,653 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $83,553 | 50.7% | 4.5% | 76.1% | 4,081 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $82,353 | 41.4% | 3.0% | 70.8% | 1,036 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $79,078 | 56.2% | 3.4% | 71.0% | 1,375 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $78,558 | 44.7% | 2.3% | 81.1% | 7,914 |
| Cleveland-Elyria, OH | $77,490 | 38.3% | 5.4% | 85.0% | 35,003 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | $74,625 | 52.1% | 3.4% | 77.4% | 874 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | $74,406 | 61.7% | 3.8% | 74.1% | 1,366 |
| Ottawa, IL | $73,333 | 27.3% | 1.2% | 97.1% | 848 |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | $72,542 | 40.0% | 6.0% | 85.3% | 1,042 |
| Pueblo, CO | $70,991 | 36.8% | 4.0% | 92.8% | 1,484 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $69,688 | 47.3% | 2.2% | 97.0% | 973 |
| Madison, WI | $68,333 | 76.7% | 8.8% | 87.4% | 534 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $67,826 | 54.4% | 5.3% | 75.4% | 2,615 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $63,654 | 33.8% | 26.6% | 60.8% | 1,858 |
| Ashtabula, OH | $62,146 | 14.3% | 8.8% | 76.0% | 1,182 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | $61,603 | 30.7% | 6.3% | 91.4% | 3,542 |
| St. Cloud, MN | $58,333 | 46.6% | 0.7% | 76.4% | 425 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | $56,715 | 34.2% | 2.6% | 76.9% | 772 |
| Sheboygan, WI | $46,493 | 40.0% | 6.4% | 81.3% | 704 |
| Johnstown, PA | $42,250 | 25.3% | 9.5% | 87.7% | 543 |
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.
Slovene Americans across cities
| Denver | $166,432 | 60.0% | 2.2% | 70.0% | 913 |
| Seattle | $128,281 | 77.1% | 1.4% | 39.1% | 946 |
| Los Angeles | $125,568 | 70.8% | 2.6% | 63.1% | 1,037 |
| Westlake | $117,763 | 60.0% | 4.5% | 79.2% | 584 |
| Indianapolis city (balance) | $113,684 | 54.2% | 5.4% | 74.6% | 680 |
| Chicago | $113,580 | 88.6% | 3.8% | 65.3% | 1,578 |
| Kirtland | $100,729 | 44.8% | 13.3% | 100.0% | 653 |
| Lakewood | $96,875 | 61.6% | 4.4% | 76.9% | 641 |
| Joliet | $86,406 | 27.7% | 3.9% | 96.7% | 1,126 |
| Brunswick | $86,125 | 42.4% | 1.8% | 97.1% | 618 |
| Mentor | $86,033 | 31.2% | 3.5% | 96.5% | 2,760 |
| Strongsville | $84,659 | 46.3% | 2.2% | 97.3% | 584 |
| New York | $84,167 | 76.6% | 6.4% | 30.0% | 1,917 |
| Columbus | $82,689 | 90.5% | 6.3% | 32.1% | 1,257 |
| Milwaukee | $78,864 | 55.0% | 10.6% | 68.4% | 945 |
| Willoughby | $74,375 | 25.2% | 5.1% | 90.2% | 1,720 |
| Pittsburgh | $74,250 | 69.0% | 1.5% | 63.9% | 685 |
| Eastlake | $72,647 | 7.0% | 11.1% | 87.2% | 976 |
| Wickliffe | $71,356 | 22.2% | 4.8% | 74.8% | 1,204 |
| Pueblo | $60,577 | 35.9% | 3.8% | 89.7% | 1,059 |
| Parma | $60,078 | 22.8% | 6.4% | 69.8% | 906 |
| Willowick | $54,353 | 22.7% | 5.6% | 91.1% | 983 |
| Cleveland | $49,482 | 32.5% | 11.8% | 60.5% | 2,633 |
| Euclid | $43,864 | 31.5% | 13.7% | 80.2% | 1,443 |
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.
Frequently asked
About 167,503 US residents are of Slovene ancestry, roughly 0.1% of the population, according to the 2024 American Community Survey.
Cleveland, OH has the largest Slovene population of any US city, with about 2,414 residents of Slovene ancestry.
Ohio leads all states with about 45,193 residents of Slovene ancestry.
Slovene Americans have a median household income of about $95,273, per the 2024 ACS 1-year Selected Population Profile.
Other ancestry groups
DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR DETAILED-ORIGIN TABLES (B03001 / B02015 / B02019 / B04006) · PROFILE: ACS 1-YEAR S0201 · UPDATED 2024