New York Ancestry and Population Demographic Data
On this page, you'll find details on the largest ethnic ancestries in New York, with links to ancestry pages to research more data.
Below, we'll show you the full list of different ancestries reported in New York for the past 6 years. These start from the latest figures from the Census Bureau for , back to -5.
To make the surfacing of this data easier, we've listed it in descending order based on the most recent year of data available, which means that past years may not be in the correct descending order.
All ancestry labels below are the grouping terms used by the U.S. Census Bureau and are not labels that Name Census has provided.
New York Ancestry Data
Ancestry |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
White |
12,704,637 |
12,667,413 |
12,638,791 |
12,514,949 |
12,459,687 |
12,160,045 |
Hispanic or Latino |
3,619,658 |
3,661,929 |
3,726,238 |
3,705,588 |
3,720,983 |
3,720,707 |
African American |
3,070,392 |
3,073,278 |
3,100,685 |
3,068,099 |
3,065,471 |
3,002,401 |
Some Other Race |
1,685,765 |
1,697,831 |
1,730,813 |
1,718,220 |
1,694,965 |
1,670,723 |
Asian |
1,570,223 |
1,599,216 |
1,652,846 |
1,630,341 |
1,647,606 |
1,674,216 |
Italian |
1,213,500 |
1,168,425 |
1,130,191 |
1,079,908 |
1,031,825 |
992,464 |
Puerto Rican |
1,111,700 |
1,104,443 |
1,112,962 |
1,092,883 |
1,089,823 |
1,078,084 |
Dominican |
802,741 |
824,713 |
848,816 |
848,304 |
854,018 |
851,630 |
American |
796,339 |
799,881 |
795,945 |
773,701 |
753,857 |
695,145 |
Irish |
681,407 |
655,251 |
632,620 |
601,064 |
576,293 |
560,137 |
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) |
674,505 |
676,265 |
668,273 |
643,175 |
633,771 |
621,406 |
Chinese |
646,095 |
662,268 |
691,598 |
680,425 |
687,990 |
692,663 |
German |
487,770 |
472,800 |
454,182 |
424,762 |
396,527 |
379,519 |
Mexican |
472,979 |
475,579 |
478,850 |
477,194 |
475,773 |
464,480 |
Polish |
353,520 |
339,441 |
329,396 |
318,657 |
307,833 |
296,811 |
Asian Indian |
351,953 |
358,647 |
372,309 |
372,493 |
372,105 |
371,987 |
Jamaican |
273,275 |
279,503 |
277,690 |
269,529 |
264,900 |
259,415 |
English |
270,964 |
255,788 |
242,206 |
227,818 |
215,495 |
224,603 |
Ecuadorian |
268,595 |
274,916 |
277,892 |
274,457 |
269,759 |
271,016 |
Subsaharan African |
203,614 |
207,664 |
216,741 |
218,657 |
219,325 |
215,477 |
Russian |
187,827 |
175,814 |
170,406 |
162,986 |
156,235 |
147,985 |
Salvadoran |
179,681 |
180,685 |
181,082 |
181,301 |
179,245 |
178,792 |
Haitian |
169,850 |
172,699 |
169,454 |
160,699 |
158,514 |
154,491 |
Colombian |
156,245 |
157,669 |
161,071 |
160,747 |
162,869 |
164,584 |
Korean |
133,332 |
130,859 |
129,987 |
125,535 |
127,420 |
123,828 |
European |
130,115 |
130,834 |
133,892 |
146,795 |
155,097 |
154,272 |
Guyanese |
124,054 |
125,249 |
127,350 |
128,140 |
126,431 |
122,820 |
Filipino |
114,070 |
113,583 |
115,857 |
113,501 |
113,814 |
110,466 |
Total Arab |
111,906 |
114,185 |
114,300 |
118,629 |
118,841 |
117,985 |
African |
101,940 |
102,769 |
105,836 |
106,523 |
104,403 |
99,732 |
Guatemalan |
88,163 |
90,341 |
94,220 |
91,916 |
96,832 |
92,822 |
French |
87,924 |
86,331 |
82,423 |
76,798 |
73,425 |
68,351 |
Greek |
86,910 |
83,128 |
81,234 |
80,213 |
77,093 |
74,648 |
All other Hispanic or Latino |
86,156 |
97,719 |
105,863 |
119,250 |
132,517 |
154,045 |
West Indian |
81,164 |
75,462 |
70,729 |
68,536 |
69,952 |
66,158 |
Honduran |
80,910 |
84,074 |
87,927 |
86,319 |
86,965 |
82,400 |
Pakistani |
77,827 |
78,141 |
82,631 |
77,352 |
77,050 |
80,185 |
Ukrainian |
77,824 |
78,769 |
77,773 |
78,078 |
77,128 |
74,766 |
Peruvian |
75,703 |
75,244 |
77,552 |
77,814 |
77,648 |
78,041 |
Cuban |
75,349 |
74,770 |
76,337 |
75,407 |
75,792 |
78,286 |
Trinidadian and Tobagonian |
72,664 |
71,727 |
73,723 |
70,400 |
68,969 |
67,884 |
Bangladeshi |
68,124 |
72,117 |
73,032 |
73,608 |
77,123 |
83,366 |
Eastern European |
67,744 |
70,878 |
73,479 |
79,170 |
83,593 |
89,289 |
Hungarian |
57,851 |
57,800 |
55,888 |
54,231 |
54,294 |
53,452 |
Scottish |
49,376 |
48,891 |
47,701 |
47,064 |
45,100 |
43,291 |
French Canadian |
48,310 |
47,206 |
46,391 |
45,304 |
43,157 |
41,164 |
Dutch |
46,070 |
44,734 |
43,991 |
41,965 |
39,358 |
37,958 |
Albanian |
46,022 |
44,742 |
45,280 |
43,359 |
44,455 |
46,443 |
Spaniard |
44,976 |
46,810 |
47,748 |
46,982 |
48,721 |
51,129 |
American Indian |
44,124 |
45,118 |
48,384 |
50,672 |
50,923 |
49,442 |
British West Indian |
43,442 |
44,261 |
43,721 |
43,165 |
41,035 |
42,854 |
Japanese |
37,552 |
38,222 |
37,834 |
37,210 |
35,948 |
35,949 |
Panamanian |
30,130 |
30,485 |
30,664 |
30,052 |
29,857 |
28,698 |
British |
30,050 |
29,279 |
29,852 |
31,073 |
32,507 |
30,496 |
Argentinean |
29,364 |
29,772 |
30,715 |
30,158 |
30,160 |
30,133 |
Nigerian |
28,437 |
30,968 |
34,568 |
36,581 |
36,760 |
35,027 |
Swedish |
28,203 |
26,878 |
25,803 |
24,375 |
23,025 |
21,671 |
Romanian |
25,793 |
24,780 |
24,270 |
24,791 |
24,418 |
25,416 |
Egyptian |
25,476 |
25,018 |
25,045 |
27,268 |
27,450 |
26,834 |
Other Arab |
24,540 |
27,476 |
28,821 |
30,560 |
29,993 |
31,048 |
Portuguese |
23,933 |
22,964 |
22,062 |
22,212 |
21,653 |
22,544 |
Turkish |
23,585 |
23,229 |
21,426 |
21,524 |
21,146 |
20,926 |
Other Subsaharan African |
23,492 |
23,321 |
25,753 |
25,210 |
24,648 |
24,422 |
Scotch-Irish |
23,405 |
22,965 |
22,642 |
22,521 |
21,708 |
20,911 |
Ghanaian |
23,244 |
23,045 |
22,867 |
22,229 |
24,082 |
25,853 |
Israeli |
22,766 |
21,214 |
19,849 |
19,718 |
17,745 |
17,088 |
Norwegian |
22,626 |
21,790 |
21,404 |
21,024 |
20,349 |
18,966 |
Spanish |
22,558 |
20,781 |
20,451 |
19,189 |
17,486 |
22,320 |
Iranian |
22,024 |
21,164 |
20,866 |
20,909 |
20,321 |
20,197 |
Two or more Asian |
21,798 |
22,669 |
22,663 |
23,883 |
25,137 |
32,165 |
Barbadian |
21,627 |
20,528 |
21,151 |
20,088 |
19,937 |
20,054 |
Canadian |
20,365 |
19,010 |
17,880 |
16,882 |
16,519 |
16,278 |
Arab |
18,969 |
17,918 |
16,757 |
16,871 |
16,206 |
15,636 |
Brazilian |
17,725 |
17,825 |
17,229 |
16,135 |
16,211 |
16,300 |
Yugoslavian |
17,496 |
17,082 |
15,908 |
14,839 |
14,535 |
13,272 |
Venezuelan |
17,442 |
17,477 |
17,690 |
18,794 |
19,527 |
18,818 |
Austrian |
17,366 |
17,097 |
16,575 |
14,889 |
13,694 |
12,959 |
Chilean |
17,365 |
16,449 |
16,505 |
16,395 |
15,644 |
18,330 |
Armenian |
15,318 |
15,836 |
15,190 |
14,597 |
13,849 |
13,096 |
Welsh |
14,975 |
14,520 |
13,993 |
12,520 |
11,717 |
10,547 |
Nicaraguan |
14,957 |
16,074 |
16,452 |
16,739 |
16,709 |
16,370 |
Burmese |
14,668 |
15,203 |
15,164 |
14,429 |
15,479 |
14,848 |
Costa Rican |
14,292 |
14,073 |
13,709 |
12,999 |
13,447 |
12,668 |
Taiwanese |
13,994 |
15,054 |
15,233 |
14,552 |
14,486 |
17,208 |
Other Asian, not specified |
13,372 |
13,656 |
14,571 |
15,222 |
17,580 |
20,330 |
Lebanese |
12,719 |
12,703 |
12,312 |
12,703 |
13,162 |
13,188 |
Croatian |
12,669 |
12,320 |
11,914 |
11,626 |
10,945 |
10,430 |
Lithuanian |
11,949 |
11,363 |
11,063 |
11,066 |
10,456 |
10,386 |
Czech |
11,924 |
11,950 |
10,801 |
10,468 |
9,654 |
9,093 |
Thai |
11,545 |
11,401 |
11,843 |
12,640 |
12,633 |
12,038 |
Slovak |
11,383 |
11,186 |
10,649 |
10,678 |
10,341 |
10,070 |
Nepalese |
10,168 |
11,300 |
13,515 |
14,627 |
14,766 |
16,699 |
Swiss |
9,220 |
9,283 |
9,645 |
9,171 |
9,401 |
9,428 |
Syrian |
8,527 |
8,334 |
7,567 |
8,310 |
8,581 |
8,027 |
Moroccan |
8,510 |
9,247 |
9,547 |
9,720 |
9,934 |
10,294 |
Pennsylvania German |
8,404 |
8,070 |
7,748 |
7,634 |
8,163 |
7,727 |
Danish |
8,039 |
8,129 |
8,126 |
7,371 |
6,743 |
6,710 |
Afghan |
7,908 |
8,542 |
8,270 |
7,827 |
7,449 |
7,729 |
Czechoslovakian |
7,760 |
7,058 |
6,838 |
6,370 |
5,949 |
5,430 |
Northern European |
7,533 |
7,971 |
8,239 |
8,632 |
10,017 |
10,350 |
Macedonian |
7,481 |
8,288 |
9,200 |
10,476 |
9,545 |
7,809 |
Belizean |
7,219 |
7,138 |
6,943 |
6,043 |
5,807 |
5,902 |
Bolivian |
6,693 |
6,920 |
7,133 |
6,640 |
7,278 |
7,444 |
Uruguayan |
6,648 |
6,869 |
7,109 |
7,213 |
6,033 |
7,121 |
Serbian |
6,610 |
6,616 |
6,766 |
6,793 |
7,079 |
5,977 |
Paraguayan |
6,556 |
6,111 |
6,516 |
6,345 |
6,405 |
6,226 |
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander |
6,485 |
7,528 |
7,937 |
8,017 |
8,821 |
9,376 |
Bulgarian |
6,068 |
5,733 |
5,677 |
5,084 |
4,732 |
4,191 |
Ethiopian |
5,994 |
6,047 |
6,169 |
6,360 |
6,373 |
7,164 |
Sri Lankan |
5,919 |
6,116 |
6,367 |
6,353 |
7,475 |
6,986 |
Other South American |
5,277 |
5,255 |
5,298 |
4,509 |
4,710 |
3,694 |
Cambodian |
5,236 |
5,639 |
5,243 |
4,822 |
4,596 |
4,832 |
Scandinavian |
5,075 |
5,357 |
5,561 |
5,977 |
6,485 |
6,568 |
Palestinian |
5,050 |
5,409 |
5,235 |
5,005 |
5,022 |
4,484 |
Jordanian |
4,847 |
4,640 |
4,969 |
4,434 |
4,418 |
4,171 |
Indonesian |
4,788 |
4,430 |
4,750 |
4,906 |
4,548 |
5,310 |
Other Central American |
4,595 |
4,034 |
3,026 |
3,309 |
3,104 |
2,650 |
Finnish |
4,538 |
4,451 |
4,460 |
4,488 |
4,352 |
4,283 |
Belgian |
4,453 |
4,240 |
4,153 |
3,913 |
3,751 |
3,944 |
Senegalese |
4,386 |
4,955 |
5,012 |
4,634 |
4,589 |
3,974 |
Australian |
4,146 |
4,228 |
4,114 |
4,036 |
4,238 |
3,986 |
Slavic |
3,984 |
4,000 |
4,234 |
5,048 |
4,692 |
4,723 |
Laotian |
3,475 |
3,126 |
3,451 |
3,254 |
2,841 |
2,758 |
Iraqi |
3,268 |
3,440 |
4,047 |
3,758 |
4,075 |
4,303 |
Latvian |
3,224 |
3,445 |
3,482 |
3,362 |
3,369 |
3,511 |
Malaysian |
3,079 |
3,346 |
2,683 |
2,154 |
2,459 |
2,559 |
Maltese |
2,920 |
2,814 |
2,502 |
2,349 |
2,503 |
2,535 |
Somali |
2,906 |
3,105 |
3,000 |
4,416 |
4,704 |
4,945 |
Sudanese |
2,808 |
2,916 |
3,337 |
2,865 |
3,056 |
3,137 |
South African |
2,724 |
2,836 |
2,809 |
2,572 |
2,488 |
2,788 |
Liberian |
2,366 |
2,714 |
2,395 |
2,593 |
3,065 |
3,100 |
Bhutanese |
2,355 |
2,237 |
2,290 |
1,855 |
1,897 |
2,315 |
Sierra Leonean |
1,749 |
1,329 |
1,138 |
1,177 |
1,162 |
1,026 |
Estonian |
1,626 |
1,531 |
1,542 |
1,608 |
1,394 |
1,498 |
Slovene |
1,598 |
1,450 |
1,736 |
1,675 |
1,539 |
1,461 |
Bahamian |
1,556 |
1,383 |
1,353 |
1,205 |
1,171 |
1,014 |
Kenyan |
1,500 |
1,582 |
1,914 |
1,684 |
2,280 |
2,547 |
Cypriot |
1,481 |
1,564 |
1,660 |
1,677 |
1,798 |
1,691 |
United States Virgin Islander |
1,439 |
1,555 |
1,569 |
1,534 |
1,688 |
2,065 |
Celtic |
1,313 |
1,352 |
908 |
932 |
909 |
857 |
Other West Indian |
1,104 |
1,046 |
1,038 |
1,141 |
1,192 |
997 |
Dutch West Indian |
885 |
723 |
632 |
624 |
370 |
392 |
Cape Verdean |
814 |
860 |
802 |
658 |
562 |
608 |
Ugandan |
808 |
790 |
714 |
576 |
564 |
676 |
Basque |
688 |
685 |
617 |
635 |
633 |
549 |
New Zealander |
651 |
700 |
685 |
601 |
493 |
512 |
Icelander |
616 |
553 |
500 |
498 |
456 |
397 |
Mongolian |
586 |
498 |
606 |
674 |
609 |
667 |
Spanish American |
583 |
666 |
650 |
672 |
661 |
926 |
Carpatho Rusyn |
516 |
446 |
361 |
298 |
262 |
182 |
Alaska Native tribes |
472 |
379 |
382 |
308 |
335 |
391 |
Other Asian, specified |
446 |
488 |
430 |
520 |
635 |
7,204 |
Zimbabwean |
446 |
427 |
427 |
579 |
589 |
478 |
German Russian |
337 |
376 |
265 |
275 |
163 |
323 |
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac |
310 |
306 |
298 |
365 |
417 |
415 |
Hmong |
297 |
277 |
205 |
190 |
226 |
224 |
Bermudan |
280 |
240 |
270 |
211 |
236 |
180 |
Alsatian |
271 |
248 |
286 |
249 |
211 |
163 |
Cajun |
210 |
181 |
254 |
271 |
329 |
372 |
Luxembourger |
196 |
197 |
232 |
166 |
181 |
175 |
Soviet Union |
117 |
245 |
281 |
233 |
319 |
738 |
Okinawan |
9 |
40 |
40 |
45 |
26 |
21 |
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