Many important issues in the Republic of Croatia depend on the perception of the public, including the issues of national minorities. The aim of the research is to determine the perception of the Croatian public about the Roma minority in the MeĎimurje county. According to the census from 2011, a third of all Croatian Roma lives in this area. The study has been conducted by creating online surveys on a voluntary basis. The author΄s questionnaire has been developed for research purposes and set to significantly facebook groups of tens of thousands of members of the Croatian. An interesting fact is that 500 people approached the questionnaire within 24 hours, and this is proof of the great interest in the topics of Roma national minority. The obtained results indicate that there is a gap in the relations between Croats and Roma in MeĎimurje county. However, they also indicate that this gap is bridgeable using mutual understanding and acceptance of cultural differences and with acceptance of basic cultural norms and Croatian law. Furthermore, the research results point to the absence of discrimination on ethnic grounds. With their specific cultural elements Roma build and maintain the ethnic border towards Croats, and complicate and reduce the ability of their own integration. The greatest obstacle significant integration of Roma is a spatial segregation at the local level. Although the results suggest that the majority of respondents believe that the relations between the two groups will not improve, they are ready for cohabitation and common action in order to improve relations.