Kittian and Nevisian Americans

Kittitian and Nevisian Americans
Total population
	7,846 alone or in any combination; 6,038 alone
Regions with significant populations
	Massachusetts ; Connecticut ; New York ; Pennsylvania ; New Jersey ; Delaware ; Maryland ; Virginia ; North Carolina ; Georgia ; Florida ; Minnesota ; Texas ; Washington ; Colorado ; California ;
Languages
	English
Religion
	Christianity

Last updated January 20, 2026

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

References

↑ "Detailed Races and Ethnicities in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2020 Census". census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau.
↑ "U.S. Immigrant Population by State and County". migrationpolicy.org. 2014-02-04. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
↑ 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.
↑ "Bertram Baker Legacy in Bedford-Stuyvesant". Out Time Press. 2011-07-21. Archived from the original on 2022-02-19. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
↑ "About Us – Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands". United States Virgin Islands. Retrieved 2022-03-09.

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[1] "Detailed Races and Ethnicities in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2020 Census". census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau.

[2] "U.S. Immigrant Population by State and County". migrationpolicy.org. 2014-02-04. Retrieved 2025-01-02.

[nytimes-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.

[utp-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.

[note_n11-6] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Part of the National Council of Churches

[note_n0-7] 1 2 Not in communion with the rest of the Catholic Church

[note_n6-8] Those are traditions and denominations that trace their history back to the Protestant Reformation or otherwise heavily borrow from the practices and beliefs of the Protestant Reformers.

[note_n3-9] This denomination is the result of a merger between Lutheran, German Reformed, Congregational and Restorationist churches.

[note_n1-10] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 Part of the National Association of Evangelicals

[note_n4-11] 1 2 3 4 This refers to the denomination's heritage and not necessarily to the language in which the services are conducted in.

[note_n5-12] This is a reformed synod within the United Church of Christ that is distinct in heritage, doctrine and practice from the rest of the denomination.

[note_n2-13] 1 2 Outside the Anglican Communion

[note_n8-14] 1 2 3 4 5 6 This is more of a movement then an institutionalized denomination.

[note_n10-15] Denominations that don't fit in the subsets mentioned above.

[note_n7-16] Those are traditions and denominations that trace their origin back to the Great Awakenings and/or are joined together by a common belief that Christianity should be restored along the lines of what is known about the apostolic early church.

[note_n9-17] The Holiness movement is an interdenominational movement that spreads over multiple traditions (Methodist, Quakers, Anabaptist, Baptist, etc.). However, here are mentioned only those denominations that are part of Restorationism as well as the Holiness movement, but are not part of any other Protestant tradition.

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v t e Caribbean Americans
Anglo-Caribbean	Antiguan and Barbudan Bahamian Barbadian Belizean Garifuna Bermudian Dominican (Dominica) Grenadian Guyanese Jamaican Kittian and Nevisian Saint Lucian Trinidadian and Tobagonian Vincentian
Americo-Caribbean	Puerto Rican Virgin Islands
Franco-Caribbean	Haitian Guadeloupean Martiniquan
Hispano-Caribbean	Cuban Dominican (Dominican Republic) Panamanian Puerto Rican
Dutch Caribbean	Dutch West Indians Surinamese
Ethnic groups	Indo-Caribbean Americans

Kittian and Nevisian Americans

Contents

Demographics

Notable people

See also

References

Total population
7,846 alone or in any combination 6,038 alone^[1]
Regions with significant populations
Massachusetts Connecticut New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina Georgia Florida Minnesota Texas Washington Colorado California
Languages
English
Religion
Christianity