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*Southern Florida developed Bahamian enclaves in certain cities including '''Lemon City, Coconut Grove, and Cutler'''. | *Southern Florida developed Bahamian enclaves in certain cities including '''Lemon City, Coconut Grove, and Cutler'''. | ||
*Between 1900 and 1920, between ten and twelve thousand Bahamians moved to Florida, mostly to do agricultural labor, often on a '''seasonal basis'''. *Starting in 1943, Bahamanian workers came to Florida under the '''British West Indian (BWI) Temporary Labor Program'''. | *Between 1900 and 1920, between ten and twelve thousand Bahamians moved to Florida, mostly to do agricultural labor, often on a '''seasonal basis'''. *Starting in 1943, Bahamanian workers came to Florida under the '''British West Indian (BWI) Temporary Labor Program'''. | ||
*The majority of Bahamian Americans, about 21,000 in total, live in and around '''Miami''', with the Bahamian community centered in the '''Coconut Grove''' neighborhood in Miami. There is also a growing Bahamian American population in the '''Atlanta and Oklahoma City''' areas. | |||
*A large population can be found in the '''New York City''' area, with the population particularly centered in '''Harlem'''. <ref>"Bahamian Amereicans", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahamian_Americans, accessed 14 July 2021.</ref> | |||
==For Further Reading== | ==For Further Reading== | ||