New York County, NY Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on November 5, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Foreign-Born population of New York County, NY was 466,090, which was 27.92% of the population of New York County, NY.
The highest percentage of the New York County foreign-born population were born in Dominican Republic (22.61%), followed by China (14.73%), and Mexico (3.97%).
The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the New York County Foreign-born population as a percentage of the total New York County foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the New York County foreign-born population for many different place of birth countries.
You can see similar information for other New York counties and for New York.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
New York County, NY Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
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| Country of Birth | Number of People | Percentage of Foreign-Born (%) |
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| Dominican Republic | 105370 | 22.61 |
| China | 68669 | 14.73 |
| Mexico | 18505 | 3.97 |
| India | 16796 | 3.60 |
| Canada | 12619 | 2.71 |
| Ecuador | 11203 | 2.40 |
| Korea | 10306 | 2.21 |
| France | 10222 | 2.19 |
| Japan | 9179 | 1.97 |
| Philippines | 7305 | 1.57 |
| Russia | 7108 | 1.53 |
| Italy | 6812 | 1.46 |
| Australia | 6572 | 1.41 |
| Hong Kong | 6196 | 1.33 |
| Germany | 6168 | 1.32 |
| Colombia | 5944 | 1.27 |
| Brazil | 5673 | 1.22 |
| Israel | 5334 | 1.14 |
| Jamaica | 4750 | 1.02 |
| Taiwan | 4635 | 0.99 |
| Argentina | 4506 | 0.97 |
| Cuba | 4418 | 0.95 |
| Poland | 4104 | 0.88 |
| Haiti | 3890 | 0.84 |
| Romania | 3789 | 0.81 |
| Spain | 3721 | 0.80 |
| El Salvador | 3434 | 0.74 |
| England | 3123 | 0.67 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2989 | 0.64 |
| Iran | 2956 | 0.63 |
| Peru | 2933 | 0.63 |
| Honduras | 2915 | 0.63 |
| Ukraine | 2861 | 0.61 |
| Turkey | 2850 | 0.61 |
| Bangladesh | 2830 | 0.61 |
| Ireland | 2800 | 0.60 |
| Pakistan | 2589 | 0.56 |
| Venezuela | 2510 | 0.54 |
| Senegal | 2481 | 0.53 |
| Malaysia | 2381 | 0.51 |
| Greece | 2354 | 0.51 |
| Guyana | 2229 | 0.48 |
| Egypt | 1671 | 0.36 |
| Vietnam | 1655 | 0.36 |
| Singapore | 1628 | 0.35 |
| Nigeria | 1611 | 0.35 |
| Panama | 1530 | 0.33 |
| Ethiopia | 1493 | 0.32 |
| Chile | 1475 | 0.32 |
| Thailand | 1425 | 0.31 |
| Ghana | 1413 | 0.30 |
| Switzerland | 1394 | 0.30 |
| Netherlands | 1297 | 0.28 |
| Belgium | 1287 | 0.28 |
| Bulgaria | 1249 | 0.27 |
| Sweden | 1239 | 0.27 |
| Czechoslovakia | 1189 | 0.26 |
| Guatemala | 1178 | 0.25 |
| Scotland | 1108 | 0.24 |
| Morocco | 1070 | 0.23 |
| Albania | 1050 | 0.23 |
| Hungary | 1042 | 0.22 |
| Nicaragua | 1025 | 0.22 |
| Lebanon | 864 | 0.19 |
| Serbia | 828 | 0.18 |
| Kenya | 827 | 0.18 |
| Dominica | 822 | 0.18 |
| Portugal | 791 | 0.17 |
| Moldova | 790 | 0.17 |
| Croatia | 763 | 0.16 |
| Indonesia | 750 | 0.16 |
| Uzbekistan | 727 | 0.16 |
| Yemen | 711 | 0.15 |
| Belize | 684 | 0.15 |
| Belarus | 679 | 0.15 |
| North Macedonia | 621 | 0.13 |
| Austria | 607 | 0.13 |
| Denmark | 578 | 0.12 |
| Barbados | 528 | 0.11 |
| Kazakhstan | 489 | 0.11 |
| Saudi Arabia | 484 | 0.10 |
| Grenada | 449 | 0.10 |
| Uganda | 445 | 0.10 |
| Costa Rica | 433 | 0.09 |
| Sri Lanka | 409 | 0.09 |
| Armenia | 395 | 0.09 |
| Nepal | 389 | 0.08 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 367 | 0.08 |
| Sierra Leone | 359 | 0.08 |
| Somalia | 344 | 0.07 |
| Kuwait | 301 | 0.07 |
| Burma | 289 | 0.06 |
| Liberia | 261 | 0.06 |
| Uruguay | 260 | 0.06 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 256 | 0.06 |
| Syria | 255 | 0.06 |
| Norway | 246 | 0.05 |
| Iraq | 244 | 0.05 |
| Zimbabwe | 233 | 0.05 |
| Latvia | 228 | 0.05 |
| Sudan | 202 | 0.04 |
| Lithuania | 201 | 0.04 |
| Jordan | 191 | 0.04 |
| Cambodia | 187 | 0.04 |
| Bahamas | 162 | 0.04 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 152 | 0.03 |
| Afghanistan | 104 | 0.02 |
| Cameroon | 101 | 0.02 |
| Congo | 34 | 0.01 |
| Eritrea | 29 | 0.01 |
| Laos | 28 | 0.01 |
| Fiji | 16 | 0.00 |
| Cabo Verde | 6 | 0.00 |