New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY


The New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area, is by far the largest populous Metro Area in the United States.

Total Population: 19,768,458

Census Data

  • Foreign Born - 3,791,179
  • Language Spoken at Home - 11,533,510

[Source: American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Foreign Born and Language Spoken at Home]

Quick Facts

  • Ride the Subway in NY to catch a vision for NY's people group diversity! New York City Subway has 842 miles of subway track to serve 5.4 million every weekday.

  • Home to over 1 million Asian and 600,000 European foreign born people.

  • New York City alone has 3 large “Chinatowns” (Manhattan’s Chinatown, Sunset Park in Brooklyn and Downtown Flushing, Queens) with as many as 7 smaller ones in Metro New York.

  • Home to the largest South Asian Indian population in the Western Hemisphere.

  • Home to the largest total Asian population in the United States.

  • Home to the largest Jewish and Israeli populations outide of the nation of Israel.

  • Home to the largest Arab, Palestinian population in the United States, with its Little Ramallah in Paterson, New Jersey.

  • Largest population of Puerto Rican outside their home country.

  • New York City alone is 36% Foreign Born.

Read about ... New York City Ethnic Enclaves

Learn about the ... Unreached PGs of the New York Metro Area


Profile

Two Key Words describe the Metro - DENSITY and DIVERSITY of the Population. The New York Metro Area is, without a doubt, one of the most ethno-linguistically and culturally diverse cities in the world.

It's almost impossible to walk down the street without seeing the vibrant interweaving of other cultures and hearing people speak languages other than English. To be in the New York Metro Area is to be in an area of countless tongues. The languages of the world are deeply ingrained in every corner of the Metro Area, and with them, their distinctive cultures.


People Group Profiles

Displaying 26-50 of 163 results.
PG Name Country Of Birth Affinity Bloc Primary Religion Baseline Population Total
SlovakSlovakiaEurasian PeoplesChristianity - Orthodox3,000
KrioSierra LeoneSub-Saharan AfricanEthnic Religions - Ethno-Religion3,600
Fulbe FutaSenegalSub-Saharan AfricanIslam - Sunni5,000
Fouta TooroSenegalSub-Saharan AfricanIslam7,500
WolofSenegalSub-Saharan AfricanIslam - Sunni20,000
RussianRussiaEurasian PeoplesChristianity - Orthodox100,000
KarachayRussiaEurasian PeoplesIslam - Sunni850
Jew, Gorsky-KavkaziRussiaJewsEthnic Religions - Judaism10,000
Jew, RussianRussiaJewsEthnic Religions - Judaism400,000
RomanianRomaniaEurasian PeoplesChristianity - Orthodox17,750
Jew, SatmarRomaniaJewsEthnic Religions - Judaism75,000
Puerto RicanPuerto RicoLatin-Caribbean AmericansChristianity - Roman Catholic725,000
PolePolandEurasian PeoplesChristianity - Roman Catholic76,122
Jew, BobovPolandJewsEthnic Religions - Judaism50,000
Jew, GerrerPolandJewsEthnic Religions - Judaism5,000
Filipino, TagalogPhilippinesMalay PeoplesChristianity - Roman Catholic68,720
PeruvianPeruLatin-Caribbean AmericansChristianity - Roman Catholic49,303
ParaguayanParaguayLatin-Caribbean AmericansChristianity - Roman Catholic7,492
PanamanianPanamaLatin-Caribbean AmericansChristianity21,163
UrduPakistanSouth Asian PeoplesIslam105,236
Hausa Muslim (Nigerien)NigerSub-Saharan AfricanIslam - Sunni3,000
NicaraguanNicaraguaLatin-Caribbean AmericansChristianity - Roman Catholic17,987
MiskitoNicaraguaLatin-Caribbean AmericansEthnic Religions200
DutchNetherlandsEurasian PeoplesNon-Religious3,600
NamibianNamibiaSub-Saharan AfricanEthnic Religions1,450


Ethnic Links

Walking Around (New York City's Ethnic Neighborhoods) - a guide and list for those who enjoy exploring the worlds and different ethnic groups that are within New York.

New York Ethnic Neighborhoods - New York Times map of the various ethnic groups within NYC.