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List of Italian-American neighborhoods

There are localized concentrations ofItalian Americansin many metropolitan areas of the United States, especially in the industrial cities of theNortheastandMidwest,as well as certain cities inCalifornia.Today, the state ofNew Yorkhas the largest population of Italian-Americans, whileRhode IslandandConnecticuthave the highest overall percentages in relation to their respective populations.

In contrast, most of the rest of the country (exceptions beingSouth FloridaandNew Orleans) have fewer Italian-American concentrations.

According to a recent United Census Bureau estimate, 17.8 million Americans are ofItaliandescent.[1]Communities of Italian Americans were established in many major industrial cities of the early 20th century, such asBaltimore(particularlyLittle Italy, Baltimore),Boston(particularly in theNorth EndandEast Boston) along with numerous nearby cities and towns,Philadelphiaproper (particularlySouth Philadelphia) and thePhiladelphia metro area(particularly neighborhoods inDelco,Atlantic City,Little Italy, Wilmington;andVineland),Pittsburgh(particularlyBloomfield),Northeastern Pennsylvaniacities,Lehigh Valleycities,Detroit,Providence(particularlyFederal Hill),St. Louis(particularlyThe Hill),Chicago,Kansas City,Milwaukee,Youngstown,Erie,Cleveland,Buffalo,Newark,andNew York City,which boasts the largest Italian-American population, which live in several concentrated communities in theNew York metropolitan area,including the five boroughs,Long Island,Westchester County,Fairfield CountyandNorth Jersey.New Orleans,Louisianawas the first site of immigration of Italians into America in the 19th century, beforeItalywas a unified nation-state. This was beforeNew York Harborand Baltimore became the preferred destinations for Italian immigrants.

Alabama

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  • Daphne– Prior to the 1978 annexation of the Lake Forest subdivision, Daphne was a heavily Italian community, and pre-1978 Daphne territory remains Italian, with street names such as Guarisco. TheArchdiocese of Mobileconsiders Christ the King Parish in Daphne an Italian-American parish.

Arizona

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Arkansas

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California

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Northern California

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  • Cotati– Italian community in the area's grape-growing industry.[3]
  • Excelsior District,San Francisco– Italian-American Social Club is on Russia St., and Calabria Brothers Deli is around the corner on Mission Street.[4]
  • Fresnoand some Italian descendants in portions of theSan Joaquin Valley(i.e.Kern Countywith its grape industry).[5]
  • Gilroy– Italian community in the area's grape-growing industry.[6]
  • "Italian Colony",Oakland.[7]
  • Marin County(Albert Park, San Rafael).[8]
  • Napa– Little Italy is the East Napa historic neighborhoods of First-Juarez-Third Streets and Alta Heights. TheNapa Valleywine industry owes its heritage to Italian vintners.[9]
  • North Beach,San Francisco– baseball legendJoe DiMaggiogrew up here. The Italian Heritage Parade (formerly the Columbus Day Parade) is the oldest in the U.S. and one of the largest. North Beach is also the home of City Lights Books, which helped to give birth to the Beats literary movement.[10]
  • Sacramentometro area – descendants of the 1849 California Gold Rush.[9]In December 2021, 49th to 59th streets and J Street to Folsom Boulevard ofEast Sacramentowas designated as "Little Italy". The neighborhood historically had many Italian immigrants in the early 1900s, with businesses about, with lesser in number today.[11]
  • San Jose– San Jose's old Italian neighborhoods are Goose Town, North San Jose and the River Street/San Pedro Neighborhood. Each of these neighborhoods consisted of an Italian Church built by the Italian American community. The River Street Neighborhood is currently being revitalized and is now referred to asLittle Italy San Jose.This neighborhood is located adjacent to the SAP Center and is anchored by a Gateway Arch and Italian Cultural Center & Museum and has several authentic Italian businesses.[12]
  • Santa Cruz County– CA coastal county.[13]
  • Sonoma County–theItalian SwissColony coop founded in the 1880s by Andrea Sbarbaro fromSwitzerland.
  • Spaghetti Hill,Monterey– birthplace of former Secretary of DefenseLeon Panetta.TheSalinas Valleyalso has many Italian descendants.[9]
  • South San Francisco– sizable Italian community.[14]
  • Stockton– descendants of the 1849 California Gold Rush.[15]
  • Temescal, Oaklandwas thriving with Italian immigrants since the 1960s.[7]

Southern California

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Colorado

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  • Denver– "Little Italy" has its roots in the Highlands neighborhood of North Denver. Italian miners, railroad workers and farmers developed Colorado in the late 19th century, and northern Italians are well represented. And South Denver along with Cherry Creek has a number of Italian-Americans.
  • Pueblo– Hundreds of Sicilians, particularly, settled in Pueblo at the turn of the 20th century. They have influenced the culture of the city powerfully.
  • Trinidad– retirement community in the Sunbelt region of the US typically have many elderly Italian-Americans from the east coast.

Connecticut

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19.3% of Connecticut's population claims Italian ancestry, making it the second most Italian state in the U.S. after Rhode Island.

Delaware

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Florida

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Illinois

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Indiana

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Louisiana

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Maine

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Maryland

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Massachusetts

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Michigan

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Minnesota

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Mississippi

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Missouri

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Nebraska

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Nevada

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New Hampshire

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New Jersey

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New Jersey municipalities with over 25% of the population identifying themselves as of Italian ancestry (in those municipalities where at least 1,000 residents identified their ancestry):[40]

Other places in New Jersey

Paterson used to have the largest Italian percentage of any NJ city.

New York

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The state ofNew Yorkhas the largest population of Italian Americans, at 3.1 million people. The majority ofItalian Americans in New York Cityoriginated from southern parts of Italy.

New York City

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New York City is home to the largest Italian-American population in North America and third largest Italian population outside of Italy, according to the 2000 census. See alsoItalians in New York Cityfor more info.

Arthur Avenue in the Bronx

Long Island

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Long Islandhas a large Italian-American population.[44]

Westchester County

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Yorktown in Westchester County has the annual feast of San Gennaro.[45]

Rockland County

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Upstate New York

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North Carolina

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Ohio

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Oklahoma

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Oregon

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  • Portlandonce had a "Little Italy" neighborhood.

Pennsylvania

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Rhode Island

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19% ofRhode Islandresidents are Italian American, the greatest percentage of any state. 199,180 of Rhode Island's population of 1,048,319 claim Italian ancestry.

Texas

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Utah

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Washington

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  • SeattleOnce had an Italian enclave that was referred to as “Garlic Gulch”
  • Tacoma

West Virginia

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Approximately 11% of the combined population of "Mountaineer Country", collectively the north central West Virginia cities of Clarksburg, Fairmont and Morgantown, claim Italian ancestry, mostly from Italian immigrants recruited to work in mining and glass manufacturing.[59]

Wisconsin

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  • Greenbush neighborhood ofMadison– historically heavily Italian, but older Italians are dying off and younger ones have moved to the suburbs
  • Historic Third Ward, Milwaukee
  • Cableand other small towns in northern Wisconsin
  • Racine
  • Kenoshahas the largest Italian community in the state.

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Further reading

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  • Gabaccia, Donna R. "Inventing “Little Italy”Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era6.1 (2007): 7-41.
  • Gabaccia, Donna R. "Global geography of ‘Little Italy’: Italian neighbourhoods in comparative perspective."Modern Italy11.1 (2006): 9-24.online
  • Garroni, Maria Susanna. "Interpreting Little Italies: Ethnicity as an Accident of Geography" in William J. Connell, and Stanislao Pugliese, eds.,The Routledge History of Italian Americans(2018) pp. 163–178.
  • Tirabass, Maddalena. "The Little Italies of the early 1900s: From the Reports of Amy Bernardy" in William J. Connell, and Stanislao Pugliese, eds.,The Routledge History of Italian Americans(2018) pp. 152–162.
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