Cornish Americans facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Cornish Americans
Kernowyon yn Amerika

Total population
2 million
Regions with significant populations
California,  Minnesota,  Michigan,  Pennsylvania and  Wisconsin Particularly in the cities of Butte, Duluth, Hibbing, Marquette, Mineral Point, Sault Ste. Marie/Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Languages
English (American English dialects) Cornish
Related ethnic groups
Cornish, English Americans, Welsh Americans, Breton Americans, Manx Americans, Scottish Americans, Scotch-Irish Americans, Irish Americans

Cornish Americans (Cornish: Kernowyon yn Amerika) are Americans who describe themselves as having Cornish ancestry, an ethnic group of Brittonic Celts native to Cornwall and the Scilly Isles in the United Kingdom.

Images for kids

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  A "Cousin Jack's" pasty shop in Grass Valley, California

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  Natasha Trethewey, United States Poet Laureate

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  President Truman, possibly a Cornish Tremaine

See also

In Spanish: Inmigración córnica en los Estados Unidos para niños