Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Iranian Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 27.72K people in New York with Iranian ancestry (0.14% of New York population). Among all New York cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Great Neck village had the highest percentage of its population with Iranian ancestry (14.50%), followed by Dix Hills CDP (0.77%), and Plainview CDP (0.77%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Iranian ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in New York.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Iranian Ancestry in 2021
Great Neck village
Dix Hills CDP
Plainview CDP
Harrison village
Dobbs Ferry village
Troy city
Suffern village
Chestnut Ridge village
Garden City village
Ithaca city
Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Iranian Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Great Neck village 14.50
2 Dix Hills CDP 0.77
2 Plainview CDP 0.77
3 Harrison village 0.58
4 Dobbs Ferry village 0.50
5 Troy city 0.42
6 Suffern village 0.40
7 Chestnut Ridge village 0.39
7 Garden City village 0.39
8 Ithaca city 0.37
9 Miller Place CDP 0.35
10 Syosset CDP 0.31
11 Salisbury CDP 0.30
12 Elwood CDP 0.29
13 West Hempstead CDP 0.27
14 Jefferson Valley-Yorktown CDP 0.24
15 East Massapequa CDP 0.22
16 Huntington Station CDP 0.19
16 Patchogue village 0.19
17 Scarsdale village 0.18
18 Bellmore CDP 0.17
19 Massena village 0.14
19 New York city 0.14
19 Ossining village 0.14
20 Poughkeepsie city 0.13
20 Rye city 0.13
21 East Glenville CDP 0.12
21 Hampton Bays CDP 0.12
21 Uniondale CDP 0.12
22 East Northport CDP 0.11
22 Melville CDP 0.11
22 Mount Kisco village 0.11
22 Port Washington CDP 0.11
22 Woodbury village 0.11
23 Cohoes city 0.10
23 Glen Cove city 0.10
23 Hicksville CDP 0.10
23 Mount Vernon city 0.10
23 Woodmere CDP 0.10
24 Baldwin CDP 0.09
24 Floral Park village 0.09
24 Kingston city 0.09
24 Massapequa CDP 0.09
25 East Rockaway village 0.08
25 Geneva city 0.08
25 Glens Falls city 0.08
25 North Bellmore CDP 0.08
25 North Bellport CDP 0.08
26 North New Hyde Park CDP 0.07
26 Oceanside CDP 0.07
26 Port Chester village 0.07
26 Schenectady city 0.07
26 Valley Stream village 0.07
27 Endicott village 0.06
27 Hauppauge CDP 0.06
27 Levittown CDP 0.06
27 Mineola village 0.06
27 Mount Sinai CDP 0.06
27 Tonawanda city 0.06
28 Niagara Falls city 0.05
28 Sleepy Hollow village 0.05
29 West Islip CDP 0.04
30 Hempstead village 0.02
30 Lindenhurst village 0.02