New York Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on November 2, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Foreign-Born population of New York was 4,523,845, which was 22.49% of the population of New York.
The highest percentage of the New York foreign-born population where born in Dominican Republic (11.20%), followed by China (10.69%), and Jamaica (5.17%).
The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the New York Foreign-born population, as a percentage of the total New York foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the New York foreign-born population for many different place of birth countries.
You can see similar information for other states and for the United States.
Related Topics: New York ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
New York 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 | 506549 | 11.20 |
| China | 483515 | 10.69 |
| Jamaica | 234051 | 5.17 |
| Mexico | 213439 | 4.72 |
| Ecuador | 176084 | 3.89 |
| Guyana | 168177 | 3.72 |
| India | 158855 | 3.51 |
| Haiti | 127027 | 2.81 |
| Bangladesh | 114714 | 2.54 |
| El Salvador | 109711 | 2.42 |
| Colombia | 109277 | 2.42 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 92468 | 2.04 |
| Philippines | 89483 | 1.98 |
| Italy | 86021 | 1.90 |
| Korea | 83124 | 1.84 |
| Russia | 79742 | 1.76 |
| Ukraine | 77987 | 1.72 |
| Poland | 68651 | 1.52 |
| Pakistan | 61968 | 1.37 |
| Guatemala | 60900 | 1.35 |
| Canada | 58625 | 1.30 |
| Peru | 54529 | 1.21 |
| Honduras | 54122 | 1.20 |
| Hong Kong | 43388 | 0.96 |
| Germany | 40273 | 0.89 |
| Ghana | 35973 | 0.80 |
| Nigeria | 32816 | 0.73 |
| Uzbekistan | 32766 | 0.72 |
| Israel | 30319 | 0.67 |
| Taiwan | 30267 | 0.67 |
| Greece | 29724 | 0.66 |
| Brazil | 29640 | 0.66 |
| Japan | 27898 | 0.62 |
| Ireland | 27106 | 0.60 |
| Egypt | 27048 | 0.60 |
| Albania | 26905 | 0.60 |
| Barbados | 26685 | 0.59 |
| France | 25567 | 0.56 |
| Vietnam | 25535 | 0.56 |
| Cuba | 24331 | 0.54 |
| England | 23768 | 0.53 |
| Grenada | 23073 | 0.51 |
| Argentina | 21415 | 0.47 |
| Romania | 21003 | 0.46 |
| Turkey | 20678 | 0.46 |
| Panama | 18447 | 0.41 |
| Belarus | 17957 | 0.40 |
| Iran | 17849 | 0.40 |
| Venezuela | 17311 | 0.38 |
| Yemen | 16247 | 0.36 |
| Nepal | 16178 | 0.36 |
| Burma | 15234 | 0.34 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 14887 | 0.33 |
| Spain | 14114 | 0.31 |
| Thailand | 13700 | 0.30 |
| Australia | 13272 | 0.29 |
| Chile | 12397 | 0.27 |
| Malaysia | 11873 | 0.26 |
| Portugal | 11111 | 0.25 |
| Morocco | 10418 | 0.23 |
| Dominica | 9759 | 0.22 |
| Nicaragua | 9547 | 0.21 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9335 | 0.21 |
| Czechoslovakia | 9244 | 0.20 |
| Hungary | 8888 | 0.20 |
| Afghanistan | 8776 | 0.19 |
| Syria | 8160 | 0.18 |
| Lebanon | 8123 | 0.18 |
| Costa Rica | 7808 | 0.17 |
| Senegal | 7610 | 0.17 |
| Sri Lanka | 7460 | 0.17 |
| Moldova | 7177 | 0.16 |
| Belize | 7160 | 0.16 |
| Croatia | 7059 | 0.16 |
| Iraq | 6448 | 0.14 |
| Jordan | 6287 | 0.14 |
| Indonesia | 6128 | 0.14 |
| Ethiopia | 6008 | 0.13 |
| Kazakhstan | 5749 | 0.13 |
| Bulgaria | 5590 | 0.12 |
| Belgium | 5268 | 0.12 |
| Netherlands | 5188 | 0.12 |
| Scotland | 5070 | 0.11 |
| Serbia | 5020 | 0.11 |
| Austria | 5000 | 0.11 |
| Liberia | 4802 | 0.11 |
| Uruguay | 4783 | 0.11 |
| North Macedonia | 4696 | 0.10 |
| Switzerland | 4527 | 0.10 |
| Kenya | 4444 | 0.10 |
| Singapore | 4094 | 0.09 |
| Sweden | 4083 | 0.09 |
| Sudan | 3594 | 0.08 |
| Latvia | 3389 | 0.08 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3294 | 0.07 |
| Cambodia | 3288 | 0.07 |
| Somalia | 3207 | 0.07 |
| Sierra Leone | 2949 | 0.07 |
| Lithuania | 2830 | 0.06 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 2438 | 0.05 |
| Armenia | 2388 | 0.05 |
| Laos | 2149 | 0.05 |
| Denmark | 2100 | 0.05 |
| Norway | 2031 | 0.05 |
| Bahamas | 1821 | 0.04 |
| Kuwait | 1681 | 0.04 |
| Zimbabwe | 1607 | 0.04 |
| Cameroon | 1597 | 0.04 |
| Congo | 1395 | 0.03 |
| Uganda | 1393 | 0.03 |
| Eritrea | 1028 | 0.02 |
| Cabo Verde | 184 | 0.00 |
| Micronesia | 155 | 0.00 |
| Fiji | 61 | 0.00 |
| Azores Islands | 47 | 0.00 |