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*Austrian emigration patterns have been difficult to determine. '''There was no official country known as Austria until 1918'''. Prior to that time the sprawling '''Habsburg Empire''', an amalgam of a dozen nationalities, encompassed the idea of Austria. | *Austrian emigration patterns have been difficult to determine. '''There was no official country known as Austria until 1918'''. Prior to that time the sprawling '''Habsburg Empire''', an amalgam of a dozen nationalities, encompassed the idea of Austria. | ||
*Between 1860 and 1974 Austria provided 4.3 million emigrants to the United States. These included ethnic '''German, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Slovene, Romanian, Italian, Croatian and Serbian peoples'''. During many of these years '''Latin America''' also received many Austrian emigrants. <ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Austria,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-1999.</ref> | *Between 1860 and 1974 Austria provided 4.3 million emigrants to the United States. These included ethnic '''German, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Slovene, Romanian, Italian, Croatian and Serbian peoples'''. During many of these years '''Latin America''' also received many Austrian emigrants. <ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Austria,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-1999.</ref> | ||
====Austrian Americans==== | |||
*According to the 2000 U.S. census, there were 735,128 Americans of '''full or partial Austrian descent''', accounting for 0.3% of the population. The states with the largest Austrian American populations are '''New York (93,083), California (84,959), Pennsylvania (58,002) (most of them in the Lehigh Valley), Florida (54,214), New Jersey (45,154), and Ohio (27,017).''' This may be an undercount, as many German Americans, Czech Americans, Polish Americans, Slovak Americans, and Ukrainian Americans, and other Americans with Central European ancestry can trace their roots from the Habsburg territories of Austria, the Austrian Empire, or Cisleithania. | *According to the 2000 U.S. census, there were 735,128 Americans of '''full or partial Austrian descent''', accounting for 0.3% of the population. The states with the largest Austrian American populations are '''New York (93,083), California (84,959), Pennsylvania (58,002) (most of them in the Lehigh Valley), Florida (54,214), New Jersey (45,154), and Ohio (27,017).''' This may be an undercount, as many German Americans, Czech Americans, Polish Americans, Slovak Americans, and Ukrainian Americans, and other Americans with Central European ancestry can trace their roots from the Habsburg territories of Austria, the Austrian Empire, or Cisleithania. | ||
*The Austrian migration to the USA probably started in 1734, when a group of 50 families from the city of Salzburg, Austria, migrated to the newly founded '''Georgia'''. Having a Protestant background, they migrated because of Catholic repression in their country. | *The Austrian migration to the USA probably started in 1734, when a group of 50 families from the city of Salzburg, Austria, migrated to the newly founded '''Georgia'''. Having a Protestant background, they migrated because of Catholic repression in their country. | ||