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Bosniak immigrants were of the Islamic faith so they were the early leaders in the establishment of Chicago's Islamic community. In 1906, they established the Dzemijetul Hajrije (The Benevolent Society) of Illinois to preserve the community's religious and national traditions, as well as to provide assistance for funerals and illnesses.
Bosnian Americans Bosanski Amerikanci; Total population; 125,793 (2010) (0.04% of the US population) Regions with significant populations; New York City Metropolitan Area; Greater St. Louis, Missouri; Chicagoland, Utica, New York, Des Moines, Iowa area; Salt Lake County, Utah; San Jose and Silicon Valley, California, Metro Detroit, Bowling Green, Kentucky, Phoenix area
The city of Chicago, Illinois, is tied with St. Louis for the largest Bosnian-American population and the largest number of Bosnians outside of Europe. According to 2018-2022 Census estimates, Illinois is the most common state of residence for Bosnian immigrants, with 10,800 (approximately 1 in every 10 Bosnian immigrants to the US) in the ...
This is a list of notable Bosniak Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. Art Endi E ...
Indira (born 1973), mother is a Bosniak; Kemal Monteno (1948–2015) La Lana (born 1984), mother is a Bosniak; Lepa Brena (born 1960) Maya Sar (born 1981) Marija Šerifović (born 1984), has Bosniak ancestry through her father; Mirza Šoljanin (born 1985) Nino Pršeš; Peter Nalitch (born 1981), Russian singer whose grandfather was a Bosniak ...
St. Louis Bosnian Chamber of Commerce, April 2013. The first wave of Bosnians arrived in the 1990s as refugees of the Bosnian War. [1] According to the refugee organization International Institute of St. Louis, the metropolitan area had about 70,000 people of Bosnian origin circa the late 1990s and early 2000s, the highest recorded number as of date.
Luka Garza. Amar Alibegović, basketball player; Esmir Bajraktarevic, soccer player; Nina Bates, retired figure skater; Mirsad Bektic, retired mixed martial artist; J ...
American people of Bosniak descent (13 P) Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to the United States (41 P) Pages in category "American people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent"