New York City
The following tables present a consolidated demographic profile of race and ethnicity in New York City which includes all five boroughs.
Year | Population | White | % W |
Non-Hispanic Whites | % ANG |
Black | % B |
Asian | % A |
Other or Mixed |
% O/M |
Hispanic/ Latino |
% H/L |
Foreign born |
% FB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1900 | 3,437,202 | 3,369,898 | 98.04 | N/A | N/A | 60,666 | 1.76 | 6,607 | 0.19 | 31 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 1,270,080 | 36.95 |
1910 | 4,766,883 | 4,669,162 | 97.95 | N/A | N/A | 91,709 | 1.92 | 5,669 | 0.12 | 343 | 0.01 | N/A | N/A | 1,944,357 | 40.79 |
1920 | 5,620,048 | 5,459,463 | 97.14 | N/A | N/A | 152,467 | 2.71 | 7,969 | 0.14 | 149 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 2,028,160 | 36.09 |
1930 | 6,930,446 | 6,589,377 | 95.08 | N/A | N/A | 327,706 | 4.73 | 12,972 | 0.19 | 391 | 0.01 | N/A | N/A | 2,358,686 | 34.03 |
1940 | 7,454,995 | 6,977,501 | 93.59 | 6,856,586 | 91.97 | 458,444 | 6.15 | 17,986 | 0.24 | 1,064 | 0.01 | 120,915 | 1.62 | 2,138,657 | 28.69 |
1950 | 7,891,957 | 7,116,441 | 90.17 | N/A | N/A | 747,608 | 9.47 | 21,441 | 0.27 | 6,467 | 0.08 | N/A | N/A | 1,784,206 | 22.61 |
1960 | 7,781,984 | 6,640,662 | 85.33 | N/A | N/A | 1,087,931 | 13.98 | 43,103 | 0.55 | 10,288 | 0.13 | N/A | N/A | 1,558,690 | 20.03 |
1970 | 7,894,862 | 6,048,841 | 76.62 | 4,969,749 | 62.95 | 1,668,115 | 21.13 | 94,499 | 1.20 | 83,407 | 1.06 | 1,278,630 | 16.20 | 1,437,058 | 18.20 |
1980 | 7,071,639 | 4,294,075 | 60.72 | 3,668,945 | 51.88 | 1,784,337 | 25.23 | 231,501 | 3.27 | 761,762 | 10.77 | 1,406,024 | 19.88 | 1,670,199 | 23.62 |
1990 | 7,322,564 | 3,827,088 | 52.26 | 3,163,125 | 43.20 | 2,102,512 | 28.71 | 512,719 | 7.00 | 880,245 | 12.02 | 1,783,511 | 24.36 | 2,082,931 | 28.45 |
2000 | 8,008,278 | 3,576,385 | 44.66 | 2,801,267 | 34.98 | 2,129,762 | 26.59 | 792,477 | 9.90 | 1,509,654 | 18.85 | 2,160,554 | 26.98 | 2,871,032 | 35.85 |
2010 | 8,175,133 | 3,597,341 | 44.00 | 2,722,904 | 33.31 | 2,088,510 | 25.55 | 1,043,535 | 12.77 | 1,445,747 | 17.68 | 2,336,076 | 28.58 |
Read more about this topic: Race And Ethnic History Of New York City
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