Italian American

An Italian American is an American of Italian descent either born in America or someone who has immigrated.

Italian-American communities

Places that you would never suspect have communities of Italian Americans, such as Omaha, Nebraska and New Orleans, which is the first site of immigration of Italians and Sicilians into America, before Italy was even a complete nation unto itself. While the American South has traditionally had very few Italian immigrants, exceptions are noted in the industrial cities of Chattanooga, Tennessee and Birmingham, Alabama.

Related Topics:
Italy - American South - Chattanooga, Tennessee - Birmingham, Alabama

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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 from Sicilian heritage, working on anywhere from 3rd to 5th generation. Kansas City was even notorious for its own crime-group, known as "The Black Hand", Mafia or The Mob, but not Cosa Nostra. Smaller "outfits" in cities other than New York and Chicago, like Kansas City, are virtually extinct or seemingly dying.

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The following is a list of areas known for their concentrations Italian Americans. It is not an exhaustive list.

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California

• North Beach, San Francisco, California
• Little Italy in San Diego, California

Connecticut

• Greater New Haven, Connecticut

Illinois

• Melrose Park, Illinois
• Little Italy in Chicago, Illinois
• Armour Square, Chicago, Illinois

Massachusetts

• the North End in Boston, Massachusetts
• Medford, Massachusetts
• Revere, Massachusetts
• East Boston in Boston, Massachusetts
• East Cambridge in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Maryland

• Little Italy in Baltimore, Maryland

New York

• Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York
• Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, New York
• Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, New York
• Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, New York
• Mulberry Street, Manhattan (New York's Little Italy)
• Pleasant Avenue, East Harlem, Manhattan, New York
• Arthur Avenue, Bronx, New York (aka Little Italy of The Bronx]]
• Morris Park, Bronx, New York
• Pelham Bay, Bronx, New York
• Throgs Neck, Bronx, New York
• Astoria, Queens, New York
• Ozone Park, Queens, New York
• Whitestone, Queens, New York
• Seventh Avenue, Newark, formerly known to as "the First Ward."
• Little Italy in Syracuse, New York
• East Utica in Utica, NY
• Staten Island : The borough is the most heavily Italian American county in the United States, with 44.55% of its residents claiming Italian ancestry in 2000.

New Jersey

• Silver Lake section, Belleville, New Jersey

Pennsylvania

• South Philadelphia in Philadelphia
• Bloomfield, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Uptown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• South Hills, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

• Federal Hill, Providence, Rhode Island (see the movie of "FEDERAL HILL" at the IMDB.com websitehttp://imdb.com/title/tt0109785/)
• Rhode Island (which claims to have the most Italian-American residents of any state)

Ohio

• Little Italy in Cleveland, Ohio

A list of people who have referred to themselves ethnically as "Italian," or have an Italian parent can be seen at the list of Italian Americans.

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