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*'''Czech Americans''' known in the 19th and early 20th century as '''Bohemian Americans''', are citizens of the United States whose ancestry is wholly or partly in the Czech Republic. | *'''Czech Americans''' known in the 19th and early 20th century as '''Bohemian Americans''', are citizens of the United States whose ancestry is wholly or partly in the Czech Republic. | ||
*'''Germans from the Czech lands''' who emigrated to the United States are usually identified as '''German American''', or, more specifically, as '''Americans of German Bohemian descent'''. According to the 2000 US census, there are 1,262,527 Americans of full or partial Czech descent, in addition to 441,403 persons who list their ancestry as Czechoslovak. <ref>"Czech Americans", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Americans, accessed 13 July 2021.</ref> | *'''Germans from the Czech lands''' who emigrated to the United States are usually identified as '''German American''', or, more specifically, as '''Americans of German Bohemian descent'''. According to the 2000 US census, there are 1,262,527 Americans of full or partial Czech descent, in addition to 441,403 persons who list their ancestry as Czechoslovak. <ref>"Czech Americans", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Americans, accessed 13 July 2021.</ref> | ||
*Immigrants from '''Bohemia''' generally immigrated through New York or other Eastern ports and initially settled in the Midwest, where the climate and farming was similar to their homeland. | |||
*Immigrants from '''Moravia''' often immigrated through Galveston, Texas instead of Eastern ports and many settled in Texas. | |||
===Canada=== | ===Canada=== | ||
Czech Canadians were frequently called '''Bohemian Canadians''' until the late 19th century. According to the 2006 Canadian census, there were 98,090 Canadians of full or partial Czech descent.<ref>"Czech Canadians", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Canadians, accessed 13 July 2021.</ref> | Czech Canadians were frequently called '''Bohemian Canadians''' until the late 19th century. According to the 2006 Canadian census, there were 98,090 Canadians of full or partial Czech descent.<ref>"Czech Canadians", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Canadians, accessed 13 July 2021.</ref> | ||