White Bahamians
European Bahamians or Bahamians of European Descent are Bahamians whose ancestry is from the continent of Europe. Most are from the British Puritans and American Loyalists who arrived in 1649 and 1783.[source?] There were lots of White Bahamians in the 18th century, but now they are less than 10% of the Bahamian population.[4]
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 46,920[1] (2010) 9.3% of the Bahamas population[2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Spanish Wells, Dunmore Town, Eleuthera, Abaco Islands, Long Island, New Providence[source?] | |
| Languages | |
| Bahamian English • Bahamian Creole | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity • Judaism[source?] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| English, Irish, Scottish[3] |
References
change- ↑ What Is The Ethnic Composition Of The Bahamas?
- ↑ The Commonwealth of the Bahamas (August 2012). "2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). pp. 10 and 82.
In 1722 when the first official census of the Bahamas was taken, 74% of the population was European or native British and 26% was African or mixed. Three centuries later, and according to the 99% response rate obtained from the race question on the 2010 Census questionnaire, 90.6% of the population identified themselves as being Afro-Bahamian, about five percent (4.7%) Euro-Bahamian and two percent (2%) of a mixed race (African and European) and (1%) other races and (1%) not stated.
- ↑ "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov.
- ↑ Foster, Charles C. 1991. Conchtown USA, with Folk songs & tales collected by Veonica Huss. Boca Raton, Florida: Florida Atlantic University Press. ISBN 0-8130-1042-X
