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Latin America

Saint Kitts and Nevis is home to 7 documented ethnic groups in Latin America — led by Afro-Kittian Nevisian (~92%), Mixed Kittian Nevisian (~3%), Indo-Caribbean Immigrant (~2%), White Kittian Nevisian (~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-Kittian NevisianAfro-Kittian Nevisian92.0%Department of Statistics Saint Kitts and Nevis 2011 Census, self-identified Black/African (~92.0%)
Mixed Kittian NevisianMixed Kittian Nevisian3.0%Department of Statistics 2011 Census, self-identified mixed (~3.0%)
Indo-Caribbean ImmigrantIndo-Caribbean Immigrant1.5%Department of Statistics 2011 Census, self-identified East Indian (~1.5%)
White Kittian NevisianWhite Kittian Nevisian1.4%Department of Statistics 2011 Census, self-identified white (~1.4%); descendants of British colonial-era settlers (Saint Kitts was the first English colony in the Caribbean, founded 1623) plus contemporary expat and citizenship-by-investment communities
Afro-Caribbean ImmigrantAfro-Caribbean Immigrant1.0%Department of Statistics 2011 Census, recent Afro-Caribbean immigrant population from Dominica, Saint Vincent, Guyana
Other Kittian NevisianOther Kittian Nevisian1.0%Department of Statistics 2011 Census, residual including hispanic and other
Lebanese-Syrian CaribbeanLebanese-Syrian Caribbean0.1%Department of Statistics 2011 Census, small Lebanese-Syrian community

Saint Kitts and Nevis Phenotype Profile

Saint Kitts and Nevis has a strongly Afro-descended demographic profile (~92%), with smaller mixed (~3%), East Indian (~1.5%), white (~1.4%), and other (~2%) communities. The country is among the smallest in population terms in the Caribbean (~55,000) but has historic significance as the first English colony in the Caribbean (Saint Kitts, founded 1623). Skin tone across the population spans Fitzpatrick III-VI with V-VI the modal range nationally. Hair texture is overwhelmingly Andre Walker 4A-4C. Eye color is predominantly brown.

A descriptive view, not a claim about individuals

This page shows a weighted aggregate of phenotype observations across the Saint Kitts and Nevis 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis's 2011 Department of Statistics Population and Housing Census. Caveats: (1) the country's small population produces high statistical uncertainty for small ethnic-group shares; (2) the citizenship-by-investment program (operated since 1984, the world's oldest such program) has produced demographic inflow not fully captured in 2011 data.

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Primary Sources

  1. 1.Department of Statistics Saint Kitts and Nevis. Population and Housing Census 2011. Basseterre: Department of Statistics; 2014.
  2. 2.Hubbard VK. Swords, Ships, and Sugar: A History of Nevis to 1900. Corvallis: Premiere Editions International; 2002.
  3. 3.Higham JA. Saint Kitts: A Documentary History of the Earliest Years 1623-1666. London: Macmillan Caribbean; 1992.
  4. 4.Olwig KF. Global Culture, Island Identity: Continuity and Change in the Afro-Caribbean Community of Nevis. Chur: Harwood; 1993.
  5. 5.Mintz S. Caribbean Transformations. Chicago: Aldine; 1974 (with broader Eastern Caribbean context).

Other countries in Latin America

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