New York city, NY Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on March 3, 2025.
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 population and percentages for many ancestry groups.
You can also see similar information for other New York cities and places, and for New York.
NB: People could belong to one or more ancestry groups.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
New York city, NY Population By Ancestry in 2021
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| Ancestry | Population | Percent of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |