Icelandic Americans - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Íslenskir Bandaríkjamenn | |
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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 |
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.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "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.