LIST OF ITALIAN-AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOODS

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Many Italian-Americans can be found in states such as New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Michigan, Florida, California, Illinois, and Massachusetts. An estimate of 20 million Americans are of Italian or Sicilian descent. New York City has by far the most Italian-Americans in one area though and is stil a common destination for Italians coming over to start a new life in America.
There are also communities of Italian Americans in places like Baltimore, Maryland; Boston, Massachusetts; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; St. Louis, Missouri; Kansas City, Missouri; and New Orleans, Louisiana, which was the first site of immigration of Italians and Sicilians into America, before Italy was a unified nation-state, and before Ellis Island in New York Harbor was the prominent destination for Italian immigrants.
In sharp contrast, the Southern US (exceptions being the Atlantic coast of Florida, New Orleans, Louisiana, and a fast-growing community in Atlanta) has little to no percentage of Italian Americans residing in its area.
In Kansas City, Missouri, the areas known as "''North of the River''" (and the former areas of "''The North End''" and "''Northeast Kansas City''") have flourished with Italian American families, mostly of Sicilian heritage, working on anywhere from 1st to 3rd generation.
California, specifically Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Long Beach, and Fresno has seen or been seeing a high influx of new residents, but the state has Italian-American residents since the 1850s.
Since the 1950s, Italian Americans are moving to the cheaper, slower paced and rapidly growing Western US. They include Arizona, Colorado, Nevada (esp. Las Vegas), Oregon, Texas and Washington.
Most Italian-American organizations and demographic experts say that they leave to escape the stress of high real estate prices, cold weather and traffic, among others, in the congested and fast paced Northeast and East Coast in general.
By far the states with the highest number of Italian American communities are New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, which have long been known for their large Italian American populations. But the title may go to Florida and California, mostly in retirement communities for an aging ethnic community.
But, Italian Americans live in all 50 states (including Alaska and Hawaii and US territories. Washington DC, the nation's capital has thousands of Italian-American residents.
Italian immigration into nearby Canada and Mexico has some family and community ties with Italian-Americans, but most of those immigrants came after World War II, and that Italian-American families had "Americanized" by the 1950s or possessed less cultural bond with Italy.

Contents

Arizona

California

Southern California

Northern California

Colorado

Connecticut

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Louisiana

Massachusetts

Maryland

Michigan

Missouri

Nebraska

Nevada

New Jersey

New York

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Texas

Washington State

Wisconsin

References

Arizona

★ Maricopa County, Arizona

★ Phoenix, Arizona

California

Southern California

★ Little Italy in San Diego, California

★ Long Beach, California

★ Los Angeles County

★ South Bay region, such as Redondo Beach, California

★ Santa Monica, California

★ San Pedro, Los Angeles, California

★ Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, California

★ San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles

★ Beverly Hills, California

★ Ventura County, California

★ Santa Barbara, California

★ Orange County, California

★ San Diego, California

★ "Little Tuscany" of Palm Springs, California

★ Palm Desert, California

★ Bakersfield, California

★ Fresno, California

★ San Luis Obispo County, California

★ Santa Barbara County, California

Northern California

★ North Beach, San Francisco, California

★ Alameda County, California

★ Contra Costa County, California

★ Marin County, California

★ Napa County, California

★ Sonoma County, California

★ San Jose, California

★ Santa Clara County, California

★ Santa Cruz, California

★ Monterey County, California

★ San Benito County, California

★ Mendocino County, California

★ San Mateo County, California

★ Solano County, California

★ Sacramento, California

★ San Joaquin County, California

★ Stanislaus County, California

Colorado

★ Denver in "Little Italy" in the Cherry Creek section

Connecticut

★ Bridgeport, Connecticut

★ Bethel, Connecticut

★ Danbury, Connecticut

★ East Haven, Connecticut

★ North Haven, Connecticut

★ Hartford, Connecticut

★ Middletown, Connecticut

★ New Haven, Connecticut, home of Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, Sally's Apizza, and a vast number of other purveyors of Apizza.
An estimated 60 percent of New Haven residents are of Italian descent, the highest percentage in the U.S.

★ Waterbury, Connecticut, home of the late Italian real estate tycoon Angelina Galante DeRienzo

★ Prospect, Connecticut

★ West Haven, Connecticut

★ Wethersfield, Connecticut

Florida

★ Coral Gables, Florida

★ Daytona Beach, Florida

★ Delray Beach, Florida

★ Fort Lauderdale, Florida

★ Melbourne, Florida

★ Miami, Florida

★ Miami Beach, Florida

★ Miami-Dade County, Florida

★ Monroe County, Florida

★ Orange County, Florida

★ Orlando, Florida

★ Palm Beach County, Florida

★ Palm Beach, Florida

★ Pompano Beach, Florida

★ Port St. Lucie, Florida

★ South Beach (Miami Beach, Florida)

★ St. Petersburg, Florida

★ Tampa, Florida

★ Vero Beach, Florida

★ West Palm Beach, Florida

★ Key West, Florida

Georgia

★ Atlanta metropolitian area, home to thousands of Italian-Americans relocated mostly from the Northeastern states.

Illinois

★ Addison, Illinois

★ Armour Square, Chicago, Illinois

★ Chicago, Illinois

★ Cicero, Illinois

★ Elmwood Park, Illinois

★ Franklin Park, Illinois

★ Grand Avenue, Chicago, Illinois

★ Little Italy in Chicago, Illinois

★ Melrose Park, Illinois

★ Montclare, Chicago, Illinois

★ Riverton, Illinois

★ Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois

Indiana

★ Gary, Indiana metropolitian area.

Louisiana

★ New Orleans, Louisiana

★ Kenner, Louisiana

★ Independence, Louisiana

★ Marrero, Louisiana

Massachusetts

★ Boston, Massachusetts

★ Brockton, Massachusetts

★ East Boston in Boston, Massachusetts

★ East Cambridge in Cambridge, Massachusetts

★ Gloucester, Massachusetts

★ Newton (Nonantum), Massachusetts

★ The North End in Boston, Massachusetts

★ Revere, Massachusetts

★ Saugus, Massachusetts 39.6% Italian, top 10 in the U.S

★ Somerville, Massachusetts

★ Springfield (South-End), Massachusetts

Maryland

★ Highlandtown in Baltimore, Maryland

★ Little Italy in Baltimore, Maryland

★ Locust Point in Baltimore, Maryland

★ Bel Air, Maryland

★ College Park, Maryland

★ Edgewood, Maryland

★ Elkridge, Maryland

★ Essex, Maryland

★ Fallston, Maryland

★ Joppatowne, Maryland

★ Laurel, Maryland

★ Middle River, Maryland

★ Parkville, Maryland

★ Perry Hall, Maryland

★ Towson, Maryland

Michigan

★ Detroit, Michigan

Missouri

★ The Hill, Saint Louis, Missouri -- three famous baseball figures, Yogi Berra, Harry Caray and Joe Garagiola grew up here.

★ Kansas City, Missouri

★ Columbia, Missouri

Nebraska

★ Little Italy in Omaha, Nebraska

Nevada

★ Las Vegas, Nevada

New Jersey

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):^[1]

★ Hammonton, New Jersey 45.9% (second highest in the United States, behind Johnston, Rhode Island)

★ Totowa, New Jersey 37.7 (ninth highest in the U.S.)

★ Fairfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey 37.2 (11th highest)

★ South Hackensack, New Jersey 36.3 (14th highest)

★ Nutley, New Jersey 36.0 (16th highest)

★ East Hanover, New Jersey 35.6 (19th highest)

★ West Paterson, New Jersey 34.3

★ Lyndhurst, New Jersey 33.8

★ Buena, New Jersey 33.5

★ Roseland, New Jersey 32.0

★ Carlstadt, New Jersey 31.2

★ Wood-Ridge, New Jersey 30.9

★ Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey 30.8

★ West Long Branch, New Jersey 30.5

★ Netcong, New Jersey 30.1

★ Gibbstown, New Jersey 30.1

★ Newfield, New Jersey 29.8

★ Saddle Brook, New Jersey 29.8

★ Cedar Grove, New Jersey 29.7

★ Lodi, New Jersey 29.4

★ Greenwich Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey 29.3

★ Raritan, New Jersey 29.2

★ West Caldwell, New Jersey 29.1

★ Glendora, New Jersey 28.7

★ Belleville, New Jersey 28.7

★ Little Falls, New Jersey 28.6

★ Moonachie, New Jersey 28.5

★ Kenilworth, New Jersey 28.0

★ Oceanport, New Jersey 27.7

★ Lavallette, New Jersey 27.7

★ North Haledon, New Jersey 27.6

★ Longport, New Jersey 27.3

★ Folsom, New Jersey 27.3

★ Turnersville, New Jersey 27.3

★ Port Reading, New Jersey 26.9

★ Verona, New Jersey 26.9

★ Hawthorne, New Jersey 26.5

★ Rochelle Park, New Jersey 26.1

★ Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey 25.9

★ Forked River, New Jersey 25.9

★ North Brunswick, New Jersey 25.8

★ Berkeley, New Jersey 25.7

★ Blackwood, New Jersey 25.5

★ Hazlet, New Jersey 25.4

★ Belford, New Jersey 25.3

★ Mount Ephraim, New Jersey 25.3

★ Clark, New Jersey 25.2

★ Riverdale, New Jersey 25.1

★ East Rutherford, New Jersey 25.1
Other large Italian-American communities

★ Newark, New Jersey

★ Paterson, New Jersey

★ Camden, New Jersey

★ Trenton, New Jersey

★ Atlantic City, New Jersey

New York

New York State has the largest population of Italian Americans with 3.1 million people claiming Italian ancestry. New York City and the New York Metropolitan Area also boasts the highest percentage of Italian Americans of any large city or metro area in the United States. About one-fifth of NY city or 1.5 million are of Italian descent.
'New York City'

★ The Bronx, New York

★ Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, New York

★ Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, New York

★ South Bronx, New York

★ Brooklyn, New York

★ Middle Village, Queens, New York

★ Whitestone, Queens, New York

★ Arthur Avenue, Bronx, New York (aka Little Italy of the Bronx)

★ Ozone Park, Queens, New York (Little Italy of Queens)

★ Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York

★ Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York

★ Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York (95% Italian)

★ Ridgewood, Queens, New York

★ Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York

★ Queens, New York

★ Queensbridge, Queens, New York

★ Mulberry Street (Little Italy), Manhattan, New York

★ New Dorp, Staten Island, New York

★ Canarsie, Brooklyn, New York

★ Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York

★ East New York, Brooklyn, New York

★ Morris Park, Bronx, New York

★ Pelham Bay, Bronx, New York

★ Little Neck, Queens, New York

★ Westerleigh, Staten Island, New York

★ Rosedale, Queens, New York

★ Far Rockaway, Queens, New York

★ Belle Harbor, Queens, New York

★ Woodhaven, Queens, New York

★ Glendale, Queens, New York

★ Bulls Head, Staten Island, New York

★ Eltingville, Staten Island, New York

★ St. George, Staten Island, New York

★ Bayside, Queens, New York

★ Todt Hill, Staten Island, New York

★ Floral Park, Queens, New York

★ Rego Park, Queens, New York

★ Throgs Neck, Bronx, New York

★ Staten Island : The borough is the most heavily populated percentage-wise Italian American county in the United States, with 44.55% of its 430,000 residents claiming Italian ancestry in 2000. Around 200,000 residents claim Italian heritage. It is 3rd in Italian population behind Suffolk County, New York and Nassau County, New York, on Long Island.

★ Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York

★ Howard Beach, Queens, New York

★ Tottenville, Staten Island, New York

★ Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York has the highest percentage of people claiming Italian ancestry in the country after Bensonhurst. Bensonhurst and Bay Ridge neighbor each other in south Brooklyn and the area is well known to Italian Americans there. Many movies such as Saturday Night Fever, Goodfellas and Godfather were shot in these neighborhoods and these places are home to many former mobsters including John Gotti, Sam Gravano, and Al Capone thus making the place to become known as a mafia haven even though almost all of the Italian-Americans are not in the cosa nostra and have absolutely no connection with the mafia whatsoever.
'Long Island'

★ Long Island, New York (Over 28% of Long Island residents claim Italian Ancestry.)

★ Selden, New York

★ Franklin Square, New York

★ Valley Stream, New York

★ Westbury, New York

★ Bethpage, New York

★ Baldwin, New York

★ Bellmore, New York

★ Merrick, New York

★ Seaford, New York

★ Lindenhurst, New York

★ Oceanside, New York

★ Floral Park, New York

★ Wantagh, New York

★ Glen Cove, New York

★ Huntington, New York

★ Melville, New York

★ Smithtown, New York

★ Port Jefferson, New York

★ Stony Brook, New York

★ Shirley, New York

★ Sayville, New York

★ Riverhead, New York

★ Suffolk County, New York

★ Mastic Beach, New York

★ Lynbrook, New York

★ Bridgehampton, New York

★ Greenport, New York

★ West Islip, New York

★ Long Beach, New York

★ Hicksville, New York

★ Levittown, New York

★ East Northport, New York

★ Mineola, New York

★ Cedarhurst, New York

★ Elmont, New York

★ Woodmere, New York

★ Oyster Bay, New York

★ Garden City, New York

★ Massapequa, New York (40% Italian)

★ Massapequa Park, New York (41% Italian)

★ North Massapequa, New York (Population is 50% Italian American)

★ West Babylon, New York

★ Five Towns, New York

★ North Babylon, New York

★ Hewlett, New York

★ Amityville, New York

★ Copiague, New York

★ Ronkonkoma, New York

★ South Farmingdale, New York

★ Patchogue, New York

★ Rockville Centre, New York
'Upstate New York'

★ Rockland County, New York

★ Schenectady, New York

★ Mahopac, New York

★ Niagara Falls, New York

★ Yorktown, New York

★ Utica, NY

★ Eastchester, New York

★ Harrison, New York

★ Mount Vernon, New York

★ Yonkers, New York

★ Syracuse, New York

★ New City, New York

★ Harriman, New York

★ Monroe, New York

★ Orange County

★ White Plains, New York

★ Westchester County

★ Putnam County

★ New Rochelle, New York

★ Buffalo, New York

★ Rochester, New York

★ Canandaigua, New York

★ Rocky Point, New York

★ Albany, New York, the South End neighborhood

★ Troy, New York, Senator Hillary Clinton has proposed a Little Italy section in the city.

Ohio

★ Little Italy in Cleveland, Ohio

★ Brier Hill in Youngstown, Ohio

★ Lowellville, Ohio, 48.0% Italian

★ Highland Heights, Ohio, 31.3% Italian

★ Mayfield Heights, Ohio, 26.1% Italian

★ Mayfield Village, Ohio, 25.1% Italian

★ Lyndhurst, Ohio, 23.9% Italian

★ Steubenville, Ohio, 19% Italian

★ South Euclid, Ohio, 15.4% Italian

★ Huron, Ohio, 13.1% Italian

★ Richmond Heights, Ohio, 11.6% Italian

★ Maple Heights, Ohio, 10.0% Italian

★ Bellevue, Ohio, 9.6% Italian

★ Euclid, Ohio, 9.6% Italian

★ Sandusky, Ohio, 7.5% Italian

★ Vermilion, Ohio, 7.4% Italian

★ Akron, Ohio, 6.8% Italian

★ Bedford Heights, Ohio, 5.8% Italian

★ Norwalk, Ohio, 5.8% Italian

Oregon

★ Little Italy Portland in Portland, Oregon

Pennsylvania

★ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: City is home to the 2nd largest Italian-American population in the U.S. according to the 2000 census.

★ South Philadelphia

★ Fishtown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

★ Sections of Northeast Philadelphia

★ Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

★ Ambler, Pennsylvania

★ Ambridge, Pennsylvania

★ Bloomfield, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

★ Braddock, Pennsylvania

★ Bridgeville, Pennsylvania

★ Canonsburg, Pennsylvania also birth place of famous Italian-American Singer Perry Como

★ Clairton, Pennsylvania

★ Coatesville, Pennsylvania

★ Coraopolis, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

★ Downingtown, Pennsylvania

★ Dunmore, Pennsylvania

★ Ellwood City, Pennsylvania

★ Farrell, Pennsylvania

★ Harmony, Pennsylvania

★ Hershey, Pennsylvania

★ Homewood, Pennsylvania

★ Hopewell, Pennsylvania

★ Jessup, Pennsylvania

★ Kennedy Township, Pennsylvania

★ Koppel, Pennsylvania

★ Midland, Pennsylvania

★ Morningside, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

★ New Castle, Pennsylvania (Mahoningtown)

★ New Galilee, Pennsylvania

★ Rankin, Pennsylvania

★ Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania

★ South Hills, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

★ Stowe Township, Pennsylvania

★ Uptown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

★ Washington, Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

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

★ Federal Hill, Providence, Rhode Island

★ Cranston, Rhode Island (34.5% Italian American) (

★ Johnston, Rhode Island (53.6% Italian American)

★ North Providence, Rhode Island (43% Italian American)

★ Westerly, Rhode Island (34.2% Italian American)

★ Warwick, Rhode Island (22.8%)

★ Bristol, Rhode Island (21.2%)

Texas

The state has 100,000 of Italian descent, most concentrated in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and Austin, Texas metropolitian areas. Many are from the Northeastern U.S., but Italians have emigrated to Texas dating back to the 1850s.

Washington State

★ Seattle/Tacoma metropolitian area.

Wisconsin

★ Milwaukee, Wisconsin

References

1. Italian Communities, accessed November 11, 2006