White Population
Out of all five boroughs, The Bronx has the lowest number and percentage of white residents. At the 2009 American Community Survey, Whites, of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin, represented 24.4% of the population, while non-Hispanic Whites made 12.1% of the population. The 2010 Census puts the percentage of non-Hispanic Whites at 10.9% of the population.
The number of non-Hispanic Whites in the Bronx has been shrinking for decades. People of Irish descent number over 35,500 individuals and make up 2.6% of the population. German Americans and Polish Americans make up 1.4% and 0.8% of the population respectively.
Some main European ancestries of Bronx residents, 2000 (percentage of total borough population):
- Italian : 5.2%
- Irish : 3.2%
- Albanian : 2.54%
- German : 1.3%
Read more about this topic: Demographics Of The Bronx
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