Vincentian Americans

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Vincentian Americans
Total population
  • 13,547 (Vincentian ancestry, 2000 US Census) [1]
  • 21,552 (Vincentian-born, 2007–2011) [2]
Regions with significant populations
New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, [3] Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Missouri, Iowa, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas
Languages
English (American English, Vincentian English), Vincentian Creole
Religion
Christianity

Vincentian Americans are Americans of full or partial Vincentian origin or ancestry. According to the 2000 United States census, 13,547 people in the United States reported Vincentian ancestry. [4]

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History

There is a significant Vincentian diaspora in Brooklyn. Vincentians have lived in the New York area since the 1900s. Some Vincentians went to the United States after working on the Panama Canal. There was approximately 50,00 Vincentians living in New York City in 1980. By 1996, the number Vincentian population increased, including large numbers of illegal Vincentian immigrants and long-term visitors from St. Vincent. [5]

In New York, the Brooklyn-based Council of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Organizations, U.S.A., Inc. (COSAGO) acts as an umbrella body for Vincentian associations. With the Consulate General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, COSAGO organizes events in Brooklyn churches. [6]

Demographics

The 2000 United States census recorded 13,547 people reporting Vincentian ancestry nationwide. [4] The 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5-year estimates reported 21,552 Vincentian-born residents in the United States. [7]

Within the United States, Vincentian Americans are distributed across a number of states. Vincentian communities are present in New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas. [8] New York City hosts the single largest concentration of Vincentian-born residents in the country. According to the New York City Department of City Planning's analysis of the 2011–2015 ACS 5-year estimates, 13,591 foreign-born residents of the city were born in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Of these, approximately 1,761 lived in Queens and 24 in Staten Island, with additional Vincentian-born populations in the other boroughs. [9]

Language

Vincentian Americans typically speak English, including American English and Vincentian varieties of English, and may also use Vincentian Creole, an English-lexifier Creole associated with Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. [10]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
  2. ↑ "PLACE OF BIRTH FOR THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, Universe: Foreign-born population excluding population born at sea, 2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  3. ↑ Ph.D, Reed Ueda (September 21, 2017). America's Changing Neighborhoods: An Exploration of Diversity through Places [3 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. ISBN   9781440828652 – via Google Books.
  4. 1 2 "Table 1. First, Second, and Total Responses to the Ancestry Question by Detailed Ancestry Code: 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  5. ↑ Journeys to the Spiritual Lands: The Natural History of a West Indian Religion.
  6. ↑ King, Nelson A. (22 October 2025). "Envoy urges celebration of SVG's new identity". Caribbean Life. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "PLACE OF BIRTH FOR THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 2007–2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  8. ↑ Ueda, Reed (2017). America's Changing Neighborhoods: An Exploration of Diversity through Places. ABC-CLIO. ISBN   9781440828652.
  9. ↑ "Place of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in New York City and Boroughs, 2011–2015" (PDF). New York City Department of City Planning. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  10. ↑ "Vincentian Creole". eWAVE. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  11. ↑ "Adonal Foyle". NBA.com. National Basketball Association. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
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