New York city, NY Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 7, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 8.74M New York city, NY population, 4.39M had Other Groups ancestry (50.24%), 1.49M had Unclassified ancestry (17.06%), and 579.10K had West Indian (except Hispanic groups) ancestry (6.63%).

The chart below shows the top 10 ancestry groups, and the table below shows both the number and percentages for all ancestry groups.

You can also see similar information for other New York cities and places, New York counties, and for New York.

New York city, NY Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
Other Groups
Unclassified
West Indian (except Hispanic groups)
Italian
Irish
American
German
Jamaican
Polish
Subsaharan African
New York city, NY Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
Other Groups 4389316 50.24
Unclassified 1490618 17.06
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 579096 6.63
Italian 529952 6.07
Irish 386020 4.42
American 333230 3.81
German 252477 2.89
Jamaican 223954 2.56
Polish 201624 2.31
Subsaharan African 200508 2.30
Russian 196019 2.24
English 162187 1.86
Guyanese 127351 1.46
Haitian 118100 1.35
African 99359 1.14
West Indian 88351 1.01
European 80606 0.92
Eastern European 74496 0.85
Trinidadian and Tobagonian 71731 0.82
French (except Basque) 68494 0.78
Ukrainian 66818 0.77
Greek 65121 0.75
Hungarian 53033 0.61
British West Indian 51084 0.59
Scottish 41356 0.47
Albania 39471 0.45
Nigerian 34005 0.39
Romanian 30259 0.35
British 28034 0.32
Egyptian 27252 0.31
Swedish 25096 0.29
Ghanaian 24479 0.28
Norwegian 24184 0.28
Barbadian 23426 0.27
Dutch 23251 0.27
Austrian 22895 0.26
Israeli 19155 0.22
Turkish 15987 0.18
Portuguese 15522 0.18
Lebanese 14169 0.16
Scotch Irish 14120 0.16
Lithuanian 13317 0.15
Brazilian 13003 0.15
Iranian 12625 0.14
Moroccan 12206 0.14
Czech 12017 0.14
Welsh 11496 0.13
Arab 10989 0.13
Canadian 10732 0.12
Syrian 10659 0.12