Kittian and Nevisian Americans

Kittitian and Nevisian Americans

Total population
6,368[1]
Regions with significant populations
Connecticut, New York · Florida · California
Languages
English
Religion
Christianity

Kittitian and Nevisian Americans are Americans of Saint Kitts and Nevis ancestry, or Americans that were born in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Demographics

The counties with the largest Kittitian and Nevisian population is Kings County, New York and Queens County, New York.[2]

Notable people

Bertram L. Baker, former member of the New York State Assembly[3]

Rupert Crosse, actor; first African American to be nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award

Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam leader

Alexander Hamilton, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury

Constance Baker Motley, civil rights activist, judge, and politician

Diane Patrick, lawyer and former First Lady of Massachusetts[4]

Tregenza Roach, Lieutenant Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands[5]

Neil Strauss, author of The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists

Susan L. Taylor, former editor-in-chief of Essence

Bill Thompson, New York City politician

Cicely Tyson, actress who was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame

Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist, science communicator, and director of the Hayden Planetarium

John Gorrie, credited inventor of mechanical refrigeration

See also

• Saint Kitts and Nevis–United States relations

References

1. "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2013-11-03.
2. "U.S. Immigrant Population by State and County". migrationpolicy.org. 2014-02-04. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
3. Howell, Ron (2018-11-02). "How Alexander Hamilton Inspired Bertram Baker, Brooklyn's First Black Elected Official". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2006-09-18. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
4. "Bertram Baker Legacy in Bedford-Stuyvesant". Out Time Press. 2011-07-21. Archived from the original on 2022-02-19. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
5. "About Us – Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands". United States Virgin Islands. Retrieved 2022-03-09.