New York's Largest Ethnic Groups

New York has always been a magnet for immigrants. Throughout the 1800's and early 1900's ships brought millions of immigrants to New York's ports. Many stayed in the New York and New Jersey areas. Many continued their journey to the Midwest. Often overlooked is the immigrant heritage in upstate New York, especially seen in the large Italian and Polish communities there. 

Italian is New York's largest ethnicity, at over 13% of the population. New York was also a popular destination for Puerto Ricans in the 20th century. Puerto Ricans are New York's 6th largest ethnicity and the state's largest Hispanic ethnic group.

Rank	Ethnicity	2010 New York Population	As a Percent of Total New York Population
	Total Population	19,392,283	100.00%
1	Italian	2,633,293	13.58%
2	Irish	2,509,092	12.94%
3	German	2,140,879	11.04%
4	African-American*	1,758,316	9.07%
5	English	1,096,163	5.65%
6	Puerto Rican	1,085,307	5.60%
7	Polish	977,847	5.04%
8	American	731,709	3.77%
9	Dominican (Dominican Republic)	725,123	3.74%
10	Chinese, except Taiwanese	583,989	3.01%
11	Mexican	475,987	2.45%
12	French, except Basque	475,969	2.45%
13	Russian	457,047	2.36%
14	Asian Indian	321,513	1.66%
15	Jamaican	305,285	1.57%
16	Dutch	261,829	1.35%
17	Ecuadorian	258,579	1.33%
18	Scottish	215,898	1.11%
19	Haitian	190,718	0.98%
20	European	174,364	0.90%
21	Greek	158,467	0.82%
22	Hungarian	157,863	0.81%
23	Salvadoran	155,834	0.80%
24	Colombian	145,195	0.75%
25	Korean	139,357	0.72%
26	African	132,490	0.68%
27	Ukrainian	132,438	0.68%
28	Guyanese	131,544	0.68%
29	West Indian	131,414	0.68%
30	Swedish	131,183	0.68%
31	French Canadian	121,691	0.63%
32	Filipino	110,000	0.57%
33	Trinidadian and Tobagonian	95,319	0.49%
34	Eastern European	93,425	0.48%
35	Welsh	85,773	0.44%
36	Austrian	84,174	0.43%
37	Honduran	83,130	0.43%
38	Norwegian	79,815	0.41%
39	Peruvian	78,066	0.40%
40	Scotch-Irish	75,137	0.39%
41	Pakistani	71,173	0.37%
42	Cuban	69,134	0.36%
43	Guatemalan	68,811	0.35%
44	British	57,978	0.30%
45	Albanian	56,649	0.29%
46	Romanian	56,217	0.29%
47	Canadian	53,402	0.28%
48	Czech	51,242	0.26%
49	Portuguese	51,027	0.26%
50	British West Indian	50,376	0.26%

Source: US Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey

1 year estimates, tables: B02001, C02005, B02006, C02007, B03001, B03002, B04006

* African-American is derived as respondents selecting Black as racial group after removing African, West Indian, and Hispanic ethnicities.