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Latin America

Grenada is home to 7 documented ethnic groups in Latin America — led by Afro-Grenadian (~82%), Mixed Grenadian (~13%), Indo-Grenadian (~3%), Other Grenada (~1%). This page blends their phenotype and demographic data into one weighted reference: skin tone, facial features, hair texture and build, drawn from published census and ancestry sources.

Demographic Composition

Composition weights are derived from self-identification in published census and demographic surveys. Each row links to the source ethnic-group atlas page.

Ethnic groupWeightSource
Afro-GrenadianAfro-Grenadian82.3%Central Statistical Office Grenada 2011 Census, self-identified Black/African (~82.3%)
Mixed GrenadianMixed Grenadian13.0%Central Statistical Office 2011 Census, self-identified mixed (~13.0%); a relatively high mixed share for Caribbean states reflecting longstanding admixture
Indo-GrenadianIndo-Grenadian2.9%Central Statistical Office 2011 Census, self-identified East Indian (~2.9%); descendants of post-1857 Indian indentured-labor migration to Grenada (smaller-scale than Trinidad or Guyana but historically present)
Other GrenadaOther Grenada0.8%Central Statistical Office 2011 Census residual
Indo-Caribbean ImmigrantIndo-Caribbean Immigrant0.4%Central Statistical Office 2011 Census; small additional Indo-Caribbean immigrant community
White GrenadianWhite Grenadian0.4%Central Statistical Office 2011 Census, self-identified white (~0.4%); descendants of British and French colonial-era settlers plus contemporary expat communities
Lebanese-Syrian CaribbeanLebanese-Syrian Caribbean0.2%Central Statistical Office 2011 Census, self-identified Lebanese/Syrian (~0.2%)

Grenada Phenotype Profile

Grenada has a strongly Afro-descended demographic profile (~82% Afro-Grenadian per the 2011 census), with substantial mixed (~13%), Indo-Grenadian (~2.9%), and smaller white-Grenadian (~0.4%), Lebanese-Syrian (~0.2%), and other (~1.2%) communities. Skin tone across the population spans Fitzpatrick III-VI with V the modal range nationally. Hair texture is predominantly Andre Walker 4A-4C across the broader Afro-Grenadian population, with straight to wavy textures concentrated in Indo-Grenadian and white-Grenadian populations. Eye color is predominantly brown to dark brown nationally.

A descriptive view, not a claim about individuals

This page shows a weighted aggregate of phenotype observations across the Grenada population, based on demographic composition from published census and ancestry sources. Phenotypes within any country are far more varied than the aggregate suggests; this is a descriptive reference, not a deterministic claim about any individual. For source-level detail on individual ethnic groups, see the constituent atlas pages linked below.

Methodology Notes

Composition weights are derived from Grenada's 2011 Central Statistical Office Population and Housing Census, the most recent comprehensive census. Caveats: (1) the post-2004 Hurricane Ivan demographic disruption produced some out-migration; (2) the country's demographic profile has been substantially shaped by the historical 1979-1983 New Jewel Movement / Maurice Bishop political-revolutionary period and subsequent US-led military intervention.

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Primary Sources

  1. 1.Central Statistical Office Grenada. Grenada Population and Housing Census 2011: National Report. St. George's: CSO; 2014.
  2. 2.Brizan G. Grenada: Island of Conflict. London: Zed Books; 1984.
  3. 3.Steele BA. Grenada: A History of Its People. Oxford: Macmillan Caribbean; 2003.
  4. 4.Smith MG. The Plural Society in the British West Indies. Berkeley: University of California Press; 1965.
  5. 5.Singh K. Race and Class Struggles in a Colonial State: Trinidad 1917-1945 (with broader Indo-Caribbean context). Calgary: University of Calgary Press; 1994.

Other countries in Latin America

Aggregate phenotype references for neighbouring Latin America nations, weighted by demographic composition.