Southside, Louisville

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Southside is a neighborhood in

(formerly Naval Ordnance), Southside Drive and Kenwood Drive to the south.

The neighborhood has been settled by a wide array of immigrant groups, mostly refugees. Those from Vietnam dominated throughout most of the 1990s, but have since been succeeded by those from Cuba.

37.6% were born in other countries to parents also born in other countries (first among all neighborhoods in the pre-merger city,) making up 1,976 of the total population of 5,260. The top lands of national origin according to the online Statistical Atlas amongst the foreign-born:

Cuba - 19.1% 377

Burma - 12.7% 251

Vietnam - 8.6% 169

Mexico - 7.0% 139

Iraq - 5.3% 104

Nepal - 4.5% 90

Bosnia and Herzegovina - 3.5% 70

Haiti - 3.2% 63

Iran - 2.0% 40

Ethiopia - 2.0% 39

1. "Southside". The Encyclopedia of Louisville (1 ed.). 2001.

• https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102702/https://insiderlouisville.com/communities/americana-community-helps-immigrant-refugee-populations/
• https://statisticalatlas.com/neighborhood/Kentucky/Louisville/Southside/National-Origin

• The Americana Apartment complex sits in the heart of the area designated as the Southside Neighborhood. See "Our History"
• Street map of Southside
• Images of Southside (Louisville, Ky.) in the University of Louisville Libraries Digital Collections

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