Foreign Born Population in your city

A good guide to how racially and ethnically diverse a city is, is to see the percentage of foreign born population within the city. It's pretty impressive for NY. Note, these numbers are not for overall ethnic populations, just those born in those countries who now are NYC residents:


NEW YOK CITY FOREIGN BORN POPULATION (2000)
(Not including those born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island Areas, and born abroad to American parents)

Total: 2,871,032 35.85% of all New York residents

A. The Top Fifteen by Country of Origin

1. Dominican Republic 369,186 4.61%

2. China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan 207,914 2.60%

3. Jamaica 178,922 2.23%

4. Guyana 130,647 1.63%

5. Mexico 122,550 1.53%

6. Ecuador 114,944 1.44%

7. Haiti 95,580 1.19%

8. Colombia 84,404 1.05%

9. Russia 81,408 1.02%

10. Italy 72,481 0.91%

11. Korea 70,990 0.89%

12. Ukraine 69,727 0.87%

13. India 68,263 0.85%

14. Poland 65,999 0.82%

15. Philippines 49,644 0.62%


B. By Region

1. Caribbean 856,229 10.65%
Dominican Republic 369,186 4.61%
Jamaica 178,922 2.23%
Trinidad and Tobago and other Caribbean 159,446 1.99%
Haiti 95,580 1.19%
Barbados 27,065 0.34%
Cuba 26,030 0.33%

2. East Asia 439,463 5.49%
China, including Hong Kong and Taiwan 261,551 3.27%
China 207,914 2.60%
Hong Kong 31,895 0.40%
Taiwan 21,742 0.27%

Southeast Asia 86,706 1.08%
Philippines 49,644 0.62%
Vietnam 14,707 0.18%
Malaysia 7618 0.10%
Thailand 4148 0.05%
Cambodia 2219 0.03%
Indonesia 2727 0.03%
Laos 418 0.01%
Other South Eastern Asia 5225 0.07%

Korea 70,990 0.89%
Japan 19,415 0.24%
Other Eastern Asia 801 0.01%

3. South America 410,048 5.12%
Guyana 130,647 1.63%
Ecuador 114,944 1.44%
Colombia 84,404 1.05%
Peru 27,278 0.34%
Brazil 14,241 0.18%
Argentina 11,677 0.15%
Venezuela 8181 0.10%
Chile 6780 0.08%
Bolivia 3875 0.05%
Other South America 8021 0.10%

4. Eastern Europe 329,721 4.12%
Russia 81,408 1.02%
Ukraine 69,727 0.87%
Poland 65,999 0.82%
Yugoslavia 19,535 0.24%
Romania 19,280 0.24%
Belarus 11,187 0.14%
Hungary 11,144 0.14%
Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) 8628 0.11%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2020 0.03%
Other Eastern Europe 40793 0.51%

5. Mexico and Central America 245,142 3.06%
Mexico 122,550 1.53%

Other Central America: 122,592 1.53%
Honduras 32,358 0.40%
El Salvador 26,802 0.33%
Panama 23,118 0.29%
Guatemala 17,936 0.22%
Nicaragua 8284 0.10%
Costa Rica 5819 0.07%
Misc. Other Central America 8275 0.10%

6. Western Europe 227,504 2.83%
Mediterranean 114,469 1.43%
Italy 72,481 0.91%
Greece 29,805 0.37%
Spain 7836 0.10%
Portugal 2718 0.03%
Other Southern Europe 1629 0.02%

Northern Europe 112,586 1.40%
United Kingdom 28,996 0.36%
Germany 27,708 0.35%
Ireland 22,604 0.28%
France 12,386 0.15%
Austria 6700 0.08%
Scandinavia 6128 0.08%
Netherlands 2455 0.03%
Other Northern Europe 5609 0.07%

7. Indian Subcontinent 150,293 1.88%
India 68,263 0.85%
Bangladesh 42,865 0.54%
Pakistan 39,165 0.49%

8. Mideast and Central Asia 118,082 1.48%
Israel 21,288 0.27%
Egypt 15,231 0.19%
Other Northern Africa 8605 0.11%
Turkey 9026 0.11%
Iran 7112 0.09%
Lebanon 5154 0.06%
Syria 5191 0.06%
Afghanistan 4833 0.06%
Armenia 1507 0.02%
Jordan 1407 0.02%
Iraq 1272 0.02%
Other Western and South Central Asia 37,456 0.47%

9. Sub-Saharan Africa 59,421 0.75%
Nigeria 15,689 0.20%
Ghana 14,915 0.19%
Sierra Leone 1599 0.02%
Other Western Africa 15,682 0.20%
Ethiopia 1792 0.02%
Other Eastern Africa 3373 0.04%
Middle Africa 1659 0.02%
Southern Africa: 2498 0.03%
South Africa 2214 0.03%

10. North America 18,105 0.23%
Canada 17,318 0.22%
Other Northern America 748 0.01%
Born at sea 39 0.00%

11. Australia and Oceania 4982 0.06%
Australia 3860 0.05%
Other Australian and New Zealand Subregion 804 0.01%
Melanesia 124 0.00%
Micronesia 36 0.00%
Polynesia 146 0.00%
Oceania, n.e.c. 12 0.00%>