Race and ethnicity in New York City

According to the 2020 U.S. Census, there were a total of 8,804,190 residents in New York City. A total of 2,719,856 residents identified as Non-Hispanic White (30.9% of the population), followed by 2,490,350 people of Hispanic origin (28.3%), 1,776,891 Black residents (20.2%) and 1,373,502 people of Asian origin (15.6%). A total of 143,632 residents identified with a different race (1.6%), while 299,959 identified with two or more races (3.4%).^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Between 2010 and 2020, the city's Non-Hispanic White population declined in Queens, the Bronx, and then Staten Island, but increased in Brooklyn and Manhattan. The Black population declined in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan, while increasing in the Bronx and Staten Island. The Hispanic population increased in the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island, while declining in Manhattan. The Asian population increased in all five boroughs.^[7]

According to the 2019-20 demographic data from Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs, 3,030,397 city residents had been born outside of the United States. Non-Hispanic White and Black immigrants each made up 19% of this population, Hispanics made up 31%, and Asians 28%. Since the mid -20th century, the largest immigrant group has been Hispanic, but since the 2010s, Asian newcomers have been growing faster than any other group, having nearly caught up to the Hispanic immigrant population.^[8]

The largest ethnic groups as of the 2021 American Community Survey were African Americans, Dominicans, Puerto Ricans and Chinese.^[9]

The New York City metropolitan area is home to the largest population of Dominican ancestry in the United States, and as of 2023 Dominicans were the largest Hispanic group in the city, as well as the largest self-identified ethnic group in Manhattan. New York City is also home to the largest Jewish community outside Israel.^[10] It is additionally home to nearly a quarter of all Indian Americans and 15% of all Korean Americans;^[11][12] the largest African-American community of any city in the country; and including six Chinatowns in the city proper,^[13] comprised as of 2008 a population of 659,596 overseas Chinese,^[14] the largest outside of Asia. New York City, according to the 2010 Census, had become home to more than one million Asian Americans, greater than the combined totals of San Francisco and Los Angeles.^[15] New York contains the highest total Asian population of any U.S. city proper.^[16] 6.0% of New York City residents were of Chinese ethnicity, about two-fifths of whom lived in Queens. Koreans made up 1.2% of the city's population, and Japanese 0.3%. Filipinos were the largest southeast Asian ethnic group (0.8%), followed by Vietnamese (0.2%). Indians were the largest South Asian group, comprising 2.4% of the city's population, while Pakistanis were 0.4% and Bangladeshis 0.8%, respectively.^[17]

The Puerto Rican population of New York City is the largest outside Puerto Rico.^[18] The New York City metropolitan area is also home to the largest Italian population in North America and the third largest Italian population outside of Italy. Italians emigrated to the city in large numbers in the early 20th century, establishing several "Little Italies". The Irish also have a notable presence, along with Germans.