New York City, New York — Nationalities & Ancestry
Nationalities & Ancestry
Breakdown of the population of New York City, New York by nationality. Data represents only those respondents who voluntarily listed an ancestry on their response form. Sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Nationalities & Ancestry
| # | Ancestry | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Puerto Rican | 766549 | 9.43% |
| 2. | Italian | 618992 | 7.61% |
| 3. | Dominican (Dominican Republic) | 586920 | 7.22% |
| 4. | Chinese , Except Taiwanese | 474644 | 5.84% |
| 5. | Irish | 411493 | 5.06% |
| 6. | Mexican | 300938 | 3.70% |
| 7. | German | 267285 | 3.29% |
| 8. | Russian | 240438 | 2.96% |
| 9. | Polish | 218025 | 2.68% |
| 10. | Asian Indian | 214482 | 2.64% |
| 11. | Jamaican | 212849 | 2.62% |
| 12. | Ecuadorian | 183780 | 2.26% |
| 13. | English | 148752 | 1.83% |
| 14. | Haitian | 126060 | 1.55% |
| 15. | Guyanese | 107158 | 1.32% |
| 16. | Colombian | 96186 | 1.18% |
| 17. | Korean | 94524 | 1.16% |
| 18. | Trinidadian And Tobagonian | 77006 | 0.95% |
| 19. | Greek | 74942 | 0.92% |
| 20. | Filipino | 71396 | 0.88% |
| 21. | European | 67878 | 0.84% |
| 22. | French (Except Basque) | 67259 | 0.83% |
| 23. | Hungarian | 56050 | 0.69% |
| 24. | Ukrainian | 48364 | 0.59% |
| 25. | Eastern European | 46641 | 0.57% |
| 26. | Honduran | 45706 | 0.56% |
| 27. | British West Indian | 45081 | 0.55% |
| 28. | Salvadoran | 43105 | 0.53% |
| 29. | Cuban | 41165 | 0.51% |
| 30. | Bangladeshi | 40607 | 0.50% |
| 31. | Peruvian | 40073 | 0.49% |
| 32. | Pakistani | 38948 | 0.48% |
| 33. | Scottish | 38094 | 0.47% |
| 34. | Albanian | 32493 | 0.40% |
| 35. | Austrian | 29592 | 0.36% |
| 36. | Romanian | 29487 | 0.36% |
| 37. | Guatemalan | 28234 | 0.35% |
| 38. | Japanese | 26790 | 0.33% |
| 39. | Scotch-Irish | 26768 | 0.33% |
| 40. | Panamanian | 25494 | 0.31% |
| 41. | Barbadian | 23072 | 0.28% |
| 42. | Israeli | 22444 | 0.28% |
| 43. | Dutch | 22399 | 0.28% |
| 44. | Norwegian | 22174 | 0.27% |
| 45. | British | 21350 | 0.26% |
| 46. | Swedish | 20913 | 0.26% |
| 47. | Ghanaian | 20641 | 0.25% |
| 48. | Nigerian | 20327 | 0.25% |
| 49. | Egyptian | 19056 | 0.23% |
| 50. | Spaniard | 18304 | 0.23% |
| 51. | Vietnamese | 16746 | 0.21% |
| 52. | Argentinean | 14667 | 0.18% |
| 53. | Turkish | 13858 | 0.17% |
| 54. | Brazilian | 13031 | 0.16% |
| 55. | Portuguese | 12997 | 0.16% |
| 56. | Spanish | 12555 | 0.15% |
| 57. | Lithuanian | 12516 | 0.15% |
| 58. | Czech | 12381 | 0.15% |
| 59. | Lebanese | 11833 | 0.15% |
| 60. | French Canadian | 11729 | 0.14% |
| 61. | Yugoslavian | 11596 | 0.14% |
| 62. | Welsh | 11412 | 0.14% |
| 63. | Canadian | 11080 | 0.14% |
| 64. | Iranian | 11075 | 0.14% |
| 65. | Croatian | 11070 | 0.14% |
| 66. | Venezuelan | 10720 | 0.13% |
| 67. | Nicaraguan | 10485 | 0.13% |
| 68. | Armenian | 9718 | 0.12% |
| 69. | Moroccan | 9093 | 0.11% |
| 70. | Syrian | 8662 | 0.11% |
| 71. | Swiss | 8428 | 0.10% |
| 72. | Chilean | 8124 | 0.10% |
| 73. | Danish | 7251 | 0.09% |
| 74. | Taiwanese | 6961 | 0.09% |
| 75. | Slovak | 6909 | 0.08% |
| 76. | Afghan | 6739 | 0.08% |
| 77. | Costa Rican | 6556 | 0.08% |
| 78. | Belizean | 5871 | 0.07% |
| 79. | Thai | 5249 | 0.06% |
| 80. | Bulgarian | 5129 | 0.06% |
| 81. | Macedonian | 5059 | 0.06% |
| 82. | Serbian | 4979 | 0.06% |
| 83. | Czechoslovakian | 4890 | 0.06% |
| 84. | Bolivian | 4859 | 0.06% |
| 85. | Belgian | 4720 | 0.06% |
| 86. | Australian | 4047 | 0.05% |
| 87. | Indonesian | 4046 | 0.05% |
| 88. | Iroquois | 3746 | 0.05% |
| 89. | Finnish | 3702 | 0.05% |
| 90. | Palestinian | 3663 | 0.05% |
| 91. | Scandinavian | 3598 | 0.04% |
| 92. | Ethiopian | 3488 | 0.04% |
| 93. | Sri Lankan | 3451 | 0.04% |
| 94. | Northern European | 3210 | 0.04% |
| 95. | Maltese | 3150 | 0.04% |
| 96. | Latvian | 3081 | 0.04% |
| 97. | Paraguayan | 2984 | 0.04% |
| 98. | Uruguayan | 2877 | 0.04% |
| 99. | Cambodian | 2644 | 0.03% |
| 100. | Senegalese | 2556 | 0.03% |
| 101. | Slavic | 2365 | 0.03% |
| 102. | U.S. Virgin Islander | 2304 | 0.03% |
| 103. | South African | 2234 | 0.03% |
| 104. | Liberian | 1883 | 0.02% |
| 105. | Cherokee | 1752 | 0.02% |
| 106. | Jordanian | 1595 | 0.02% |
| 107. | Slovene | 1560 | 0.02% |
| 108. | Sierra Leonean | 1521 | 0.02% |
| 109. | Malaysian | 1482 | 0.02% |
| 110. | Bahamian | 1437 | 0.02% |
| 111. | Native Hawaiian | 1431 | 0.02% |
| 112. | Dutch West Indian | 1312 | 0.02% |
| 113. | Sudanese | 1182 | 0.01% |
| 114. | Micronesian | 1035 | 0.01% |
| 115. | Estonian | 1019 | 0.01% |
| 116. | Iraqi | 995 | 0.01% |
| 117. | Cypriot | 986 | 0.01% |
| 118. | Basque | 778 | 0.01% |
| 119. | New Zealander | 653 | 0.01% |
| 120. | Somalian | 620 | 0.01% |
| 121. | Spanish American | 588 | 0.01% |
| 122. | Zimbabwean | 574 | 0.01% |
| 123. | Icelander | 573 | 0.01% |
| 124. | Celtic | 572 | 0.01% |
| 125. | Bermudan | 540 | 0.01% |
| 126. | Delaware | 520 | 0.01% |
| 127. | Soviet Union | 515 | 0.01% |
| 128. | Pennsylvania German | 507 | 0.01% |
| 129. | Cape Verdean | 457 | 0.01% |
| 130. | Blackfeet | 440 | 0.01% |
| 131. | Kenyan | 394 | 0.00% |
| 132. | Laotian | 383 | 0.00% |
| 133. | Samoan | 378 | 0.00% |
| 134. | Cajun | 320 | 0.00% |
| 135. | Carpatho Rusyn | 256 | 0.00% |
| 136. | Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac | 239 | 0.00% |
| 137. | Ugandan | 226 | 0.00% |
| 138. | Apache | 222 | 0.00% |
| 139. | Alsatian | 221 | 0.00% |
| 140. | German Russian | 191 | 0.00% |
| 141. | Luxemburger | 183 | 0.00% |
| 142. | Sioux | 166 | 0.00% |
| 143. | Seminole | 162 | 0.00% |
| 144. | Pueblo | 130 | 0.00% |
| 145. | Navajo | 127 | 0.00% |
| 146. | Choctaw | 96 | 0.00% |
| 147. | Inupiat | 85 | 0.00% |
| 148. | Chippewa | 64 | 0.00% |
| 149. | Comanche | 56 | 0.00% |
| 150. | Cree | 53 | 0.00% |
| 151. | Houma | 48 | 0.00% |
| 152. | Shoshone | 30 | 0.00% |
| 153. | Alaskan Athabascan | 28 | 0.00% |
| 154. | Tongan | 26 | 0.00% |
| 155. | Creek | 24 | 0.00% |
| 156. | Crow | 21 | 0.00% |
| 157. | Lumbee | 19 | 0.00% |
| 158. | Cheyenne | 13 | 0.00% |
| 159. | Potawatomi | 12 | 0.00% |
| 160. | Hmong | 12 | 0.00% |
| 161. | Kiowa | 10 | 0.00% |
| 162. | Tlingit-Haida | 9 | 0.00% |
| 163. | Yuman | 7 | 0.00% |