Demographics of New York City

{{See also|Demographic history of New York City}}

File:New York City Dist Growth Per Capita 1990 to 2000.png

{{Historical populations|type=USA

| 1698|4937

| 1712|5840

| 1723|7248

| 1737|10664

| 1746|11717

| 1756|13046

| 1771|21863

| 1790|33131

| 1800|60515

| 1810|96373

| 1820|123706

| 1830|202589

| 1840|312710

| 1850|515547

| 1860|813669

| 1870|942292

| 1880|1206299

| 1890|1515301

| 1900|3437202

| 1910|4766883

| 1920|5620048

| 1930|6930446

| 1940|7454995

| 1950|7891957

| 1960|7781984

| 1970|7894862

| 1980|7071639

| 1990|7322564

| 2000|8008288

| 2010|8175133

| 2020|8804190

| 2023 est.|8260000

|footnote=1880 & 1890 figures include part of the Bronx. Beginning with 1900, figures are for consolidated city of five boroughs. For the same area before 1900, see #Historical population data, below. Sources: 1698–1771,{{cite book|last=Greene and Harrington|title=American Population Before the Federal Census of 1790|location=New York|year=1932}}, as cited in: {{cite book|last=Rosenwaike|first=Ira|title=Population History of New York City|publisher=Syracuse University Press|location=Syracuse, N.Y.|year=1972|isbn=0-8156-2155-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/populationhistor00irar/page/8 8]|url=https://archive.org/details/populationhistor00irar/page/8}} 1790–1990,Gibson, Campbell.[https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0027/twps0027.html Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States:1790 to 1990], United States Census Bureau, June 1998. Retrieved June 12, 2007. 2000 and 2010 Censuses,{{cite web|title=Table PL-P1 NYC: Total Population New York City and Boroughs, 2000 and 2010|url=http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p1_nyc.pdf|website=nyc.gov|access-date=16 May 2016}} 2020 Census,{{cite web |title=QuickFacts: New York city, New York|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/newyorkcitynewyork/POP010220|access-date=2021-08-17 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}} and 2023 estimate{{cite news|title=New York City's Population Shrinks by 78,000, According to Census Data|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/nyregion/nyc-population-decline.html|access-date=2024-03-19|work=New York Times|date=March 14, 2024 |last1=Hu |first1=Winnie |last2=Chen |first2=Stefanos }}

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New York City is the most populous city in the United States, with an estimated 8,804,190 people living in the city, according to the 2020 U.S. Census (up from 8,175,133 in 2010; 8.0 million in 2000; and 7.3 million in 1990). This amounts to about 44% of New York State's population and a similar percentage of the metropolitan regional population. New York's two key demographic features are its population density and cultural diversity. The city's population density of 29,091.3 people per square mile (11,232/km²), makes it the densest of any American municipality with a population above 100,000.[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1R_US13S&-format=US-13|US-13S&-CONTEXT=gct United States -- Places and (in selected states) County Subdivisions with 50,000 or More Population; and for Puerto Rico] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608133318/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1R_US13S&-format=US-13%7CUS-13S&-CONTEXT=gct |date=June 8, 2011 }}, United States Census Bureau United States Census, 2000. Accessed June 12, 2007. Manhattan's population density is 74,781 people per square mile (28,872/km²), highest of any county in the United States.[http://gislounge.com/features/aa041101c.shtml "Population Density"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210010305/http://gislounge.com/features/aa041101c.shtml |date=February 10, 2007 }}, Geographic Information Systems - GIS of Interest. Accessed May 17, 2007. "What I discovered is that out of the 3140 counties listed in the Census population data only 178 counties were calculated to have a population density over one person per acre. Not surprisingly, New York County (which contains Manhattan) had the highest population density with a calculated 104.218 persons per acre."{{cite web|title=Census 2000 Data for the State of New York|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|url=https://www.census.gov/census2000/states/ny.html|access-date=July 19, 2006}}

New York City is multicultural. About 36% of the city's population is foreign-born,{{cite news|title=The Newest New Yorkers: 2000 |author=New York City Department of City Planning |year=2005 |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/census/nny_briefing_booklet.pdf |access-date=March 27, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090329053958/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/census/nny_briefing_booklet.pdf |archive-date=March 29, 2009 }} one of the highest among US cities. The eleven nations constituting the largest sources of modern immigration to New York City are the Dominican Republic, China, Jamaica, Guyana, Mexico, Ecuador, Brazil, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia, Russia and El Salvador.{{cite web |title=Appendix Table 5-4: Ten Largest Sources of the Foreign-Born by County New York Metropolitan Region, 2000 |publisher=New York City Department of City Planning |year=2005 |url=http://home2.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/census/nny_table_5_4.pdf |access-date=March 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614001800/http://home2.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/census/nny_table_5_4.pdf |archive-date=June 14, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

New York is the largest city in the United States, with the city proper's population more than double the next largest city, Los Angeles (or roughly equivalent to the combined populations of Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston, the United States' second, third, and fourth most populous cities respectively). In 2006, demographers estimated New York's population would reach 9.1 million by 2030.{{cite news|title=New York City Population Projections by Age/Sex and Borough, 2000-2030 |author=New York City Department of City Planning |date=December 2006 |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/census/projections_report.pdf |access-date=March 27, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070112022450/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/census/projections_report.pdf |archive-date=January 12, 2007 |df=mdy}} See also {{cite news|last=Roberts |first=Sam |title=By 2025, Planners See a Million New Stories in the Crowded City |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 19, 2006 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/19/nyregion/19population.html |access-date=July 19, 2006}}

In 2000 the reported life expectancy of New Yorkers was above the national average. Life expectancy for females born in 2009 in New York City is 80.2 years and for males is 74.5 years.{{cite news|title=Summary of Vital Statistics|author=New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene|date=April 21, 2003|url=http://home2.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/vs/2001sum.pdf|access-date=April 21, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228104115/http://home2.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/vs/2001sum.pdf|archive-date=February 28, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}

The 2000 census counted 2,021,588 households with a median income of $38,293. 30% of households had children under the age of 18, and 37% were married couples living together. 19% had a single female householder, and 39% were non-families. 32% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10% were single residents 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 persons, and the average family size was 3.32.

The median age in New York City in 2000 was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86 males.

During the 2000s, Manhattan experienced a "baby boom" unique among U.S. cities. Between 2000 and 2007, the number of children under age 5 living in Manhattan grew by more than 32%.{{cite news|title=In Surge in Manhattan Toddlers, Rich White Families Lead Way|first=Sam|last=Roberts|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 27, 2007|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/23/nyregion/23kid.html|access-date=March 27, 2007}} The increase is driven mostly by affluent white families with median household incomes over $300,000.

Overall, nominal household income in New York City is characterized by large variations. This phenomenon is especially true of Manhattan, which in 2005 was home to the highest incomes U.S. census tract, with a household income of $188,697, as well as the lowest, where household income was $9,320.{{cite news|last=Roberts|first=Sam|title=In Manhattan, Poor Make 2 Cents for Each Dollar to the Rich|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 9, 2005|url=http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/SamRoberts4Sep05.htm|access-date=March 27, 2007|archive-date=July 9, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709121714/http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/SamRoberts4Sep05.htm|url-status=dead}} The disparity is driven in part by wage growth in high income brackets. In 2006 the average weekly wage in Manhattan was $1,453, the highest among the largest counties in the United States. Wages in Manhattan were the fastest growing among the nation's 10 largest counties. Among young adults in New York who work full-time, women now earn more money than men — approximately $5,000 more in 2005.{{cite news|title=Women are Winners|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 20, 2007|url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/20/podcast-women-are-winners/#more-394 | first=Sam | last=Roberts | access-date=May 1, 2010}}

New York City's borough of Manhattan is the highest nominal income county in the United States. In particular, ZIP code 10021 on Manhattan's Upper East Side, with more than 100,000 inhabitants and a per capita income of over $90,000, has one of the largest concentrations of income in the United States. The other boroughs, especially Queens and Staten Island, have large middle-class populations. New York City's per capita income in 2000 was $22,402; men and women had a median income of $37,435 and $32,949 respectively. 21.2% of the population and 18.5% of families had incomes below the federal poverty line; 30.0% of this group were under the age of 18 and 17.8% were 65 and older. Of Forbes Magazine's 400 richest American billionaires, 70 live in New York City.{{cite news|title=David Koch Tops 70 N.Y. Billionaires on Forbes List; Conn. Has 11|url=http://newyork.citybizlist.com/article/david-koch-tops-70-ny-billionaires-forbes-list-conn-has-11$17-billion|date=March 5, 2013}} {{dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} Former mayor and Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg is one of the nation's richest men. As of 2009 New York has regained the number one spot as the city with most billionaires (55), after losing out to Moscow in 2008.

New York City has a high degree of income variation. In 2005 the median household income in the highest census tract was reported to be $188,697, while in the lowest it was $9,320.{{cite news |author=Roberts, Sam |title=In Manhattan, Poor Make 2 Cents for Each Dollar to the Rich |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 9, 2005 |url=http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/SamRoberts4Sep05.htm |access-date=March 27, 2007 |archive-date=July 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709121714/http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/SamRoberts4Sep05.htm |url-status=dead }} The variance is driven by wage growth in high income brackets, while wages have stagnated for middle and lower income brackets. In 2006 the average weekly wage in Manhattan was $1,453, the highest and fastest growing among the largest counties in the United States.{{cite web |title=Average Weekly Wage in Manhattan at $1,453 in Second Quarter 2006 |publisher=Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor|date=February 20, 2007 |url=http://www.bls.gov/ro2/fax/qcew9310.pdf |access-date=February 21, 2007}} The borough is also experiencing a "baby boom" among the wealthy that is unique among U.S. cities. Since 2000, the number of children under age 5 living in Manhattan has grown by more than 32%.{{cite news|title=In Surge in Manhattan Toddlers, Rich White Families Lead Way |author=Roberts, Sam |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 27, 2007 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/23/nyregion/23kid.html|access-date=March 27, 2007}}

In 2000, about 3 out of every 10 New York City housing units were owner-occupied, compared to about 2 owner-occupied units out of every 3 units in the U.S. as a whole.U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2003 (page 617), Table 957: Housing Units and Tenure for Large Cities: 2000 Rental vacancy is usually between 3% and 4.5%, well below the 5% threshold defined to be a housing emergency, justifying the continuation of rent control and rent stabilization. About 33% of rental units fall under rent stabilization, according to which increases are adjudicated periodically by city agencies. Rent control covers only a very small number of rental units.{{cite web|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/pr/vacancy.shtml|title=Housing Vacancy Survey|website=Nyc.gov|access-date=2017-08-29}} Some critics point to New York City's strict zoning and other regulations as partial causes for the housing shortage, but during the city's decline in population from the 1960s through the 1980s, a large number of apartment buildings suffered suspected arson fires or were abandoned by their owners. Once the population trend was reversed, with rising prospects for rentals and sales, new construction has resumed, but generally for purchasers in higher income brackets.

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Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (NTAs) are a geographic unit created to help project populations at a small area level, as part of the long-term sustainability plan for the city known as PlaNYC, covering the years 2000–2030. The minimum population for an NTA is 15,000 people, a level seen as a useful summary level which can be used both with the 2010 Census and the American Community Survey.{{cite web | title=Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (Formerly "Neighborhood Projection Areas") | website=NYC Planning| url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/data-maps/open-data/dwn-nynta.page | access-date=27 July 2020}}

New York has ranked first in population among American cities since the first census in 1790. New York will maintain this position for the foreseeable future, although there are varying forecasts on how much the population will increase. The most realistic population projections from the Department of City Planning anticipate a 1.1 million increase by 2030, bringing the city's population total to 9.1 million.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

While the city's projected 2030 population will be a new high, only two boroughs, Staten Island and Queens have reached their population peak every year for the last 5 years. The study projects that by 2030, Queens will have 2.57 million people and Staten Island 552,000. Manhattan, with 1.83 million, Bronx with 1.46 million and Brooklyn with 2.72 million, will still be below their population peaks.{{cite web|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/census/projections_briefing_booklet.pdf|title=New York City Department of City Planning: NYC Population Projections by Age/Sex and Borough, 2000-2030|website=Nyc.gov|access-date=2017-08-29|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110917/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/census/projections_briefing_booklet.pdf|archive-date=March 4, 2016|df=mdy-all}}

On March 27, 2011, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the city would file a formal challenge to the Census results, as a result of alleged undercounting in the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn.NYC To File Formal Challenge to 2010 Census under Count Question Resolution Process {{cite web|url=http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid%3DF93690A8-C29C-7CA2-F22FCD1FB0842DD4 |title=NYC to File Formal Challenge to the 2010 Census Count |access-date=2011-03-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110330064242/http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=F93690A8-C29C-7CA2-F22FCD1FB0842DD4 |archive-date=March 30, 2011}} The mayor has asserted that the numbers for Queens and Brooklyn, the two most populous boroughs, are implausible.{{cite web|url=http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=E98B9E79-C29C-7CA2-FE04261B98D69D26 |title=Mike Bloomberg - On the 2010 Census Results |work=MikeBloomberg.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528071135/http://www.mikebloomberg.com/index.cfm?objectid=E98B9E79-C29C-7CA2-FE04261B98D69D26 |archive-date=May 28, 2011}} According to the Census, they grew by only 0.1% and 1.6%, respectively, while the other boroughs grew by between 3% and 5%. In addition, the Mayor claims, the census showed improbably high amounts of vacant housing in vital neighborhoods such as Jackson Heights, Queens.

{{Main|Race and ethnicity in New York City|New York City ethnic enclaves}}

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File:chinatown manhattan 2009.JPG, is the highest concentration of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere.]]

File:Jueus ultraortodoxes satmar a brooklyn.jpg's Jewish community is the largest in the United States, with approximately 561,000 individuals.{{cite news|last=Weichselbaum|first=Simone|date=June 26, 2012|title=Nearly one in four Brooklyn residents are Jews, new study finds|newspaper=Daily News|location=New York|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-residents-jews-new-study-finds-article-1.1100080|url-status=live|access-date=May 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704130656/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-residents-jews-new-study-finds-article-1.1100080|archive-date=July 4, 2018}}]]

The city's population in 2020 was 30.9% White (non-Hispanic), 28.3% Hispanic or Latino, 20.2% Black or African American (non-Hispanic), 15.6% Asian, and 0.2% Native American (non-Hispanic). A total of 3.4% of the non-Hispanic population identified with more than one race and 1.4% as some other race.

In 2013, approximately 36% of the city's population is foreign born,{{cite web|url= https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/newyorkcitynewyork/PST045222|title=QuickFacts: New York city, New York|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 1, 2023}} and more than half of all children are born to mothers who are immigrants. Between 1990 and 2000 the city admitted 1,224,524 immigrants.{{cite news|title=2000 Census|author=New York City Department of City Planning|year=2000|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/census/mpsf3sb4.pdf|access-date=May 24, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070712134033/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/census/mpsf3sb4.pdf|archive-date=July 12, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} Demographers and city officials have observed that immigration to New York City has been slowing since 1997. This is mostly due to more and more immigrants choosing directly to locate to the city's suburbs and then commute to the city or work in many of its booming edge cities such as Fort Lee, NJ, Hempstead, NY, Morristown, NJ, Stamford, CT, White Plains, NY, and others. Despite the slowdown in immigration the city's overall immigrant population has continued to increase and in 2006 it numbered 3.038 million (37.0%) up from 2.871 million (35.9%) in 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.observer.com/2008/real-estate/beveridge-fizzy-future?page=0,1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203203352/http://www.observer.com/2008/real-estate/beveridge-fizzy-future?page=0%2C1|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-02-03|title=Real Estate|website=Observer}}{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=&geo_id=16000US3651000&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US36%7C16000US3651000&_street=&_county=new+york+city&_cityTown=new+york+city&_state=&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=160&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null®=null:null&_keyword=&_industry=|title=American FactFinder - Community Facts|publisher=United States Census Bureau|website=factfinder.census.gov|access-date=August 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205023651/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=&geo_id=16000US3651000&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US36%7C16000US3651000&_street=&_county=new+york+city&_cityTown=new+york+city&_state=&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=160&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null®=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry=|archive-date=February 5, 2009|url-status=dead}} By 2013, the population of foreign-born individuals living in New York City had increased to 3.07 million, and as a percentage of total population, was the highest it had been in the past 100 years.{{cite news |author= |title=More Foreign-Born Immigrants Live In NYC Than There Are People In Chicago |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/19/new-york-city-immigrants_n_4475197.html |newspaper=Huffington Post |date=December 19, 2013 |access-date=February 25, 2015}}

Throughout its history, New York City has been a principal port of entry for immigration to the United States.{{cite news |last = Semple |first = Kirk |date = June 8, 2013 |title = City's Newest Immigrant Enclaves, From Little Guyana to Meokjagolmok |newspaper = The New York Times |url = https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/06/09/nyregion/new-york-citys-newest-immigrant-enclaves.html |access-date = June 12, 2013 }} These immigrants often form ethnic enclaves, neighborhoods dominated by one ethnicity. The city experienced major immigration from Europe in the 19th century and another major wave in the early 20th century, being admitted into the United States of America primarily through Ellis Island. Since the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, and particularly since the 1980s, New York City has seen renewed rates of high immigration. Newer immigrants are from Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa. 36% of the city's population is foreign-born. Among U.S. cities, this proportion is higher only in Los Angeles and Miami.

In New York, no single country or region of origin dominates. The ten largest sources of foreign-born individuals in the city {{As of|2011|lc=y}} were the Dominican Republic, China, Mexico, Guyana, Jamaica, Ecuador, Haiti, India, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, and El Salvador.{{cite news|title=Appendix Table 5-4: Ten Largest Sources of the Foreign-Born by County New York Metropolitan Region, 2000|author=New York City Department of City Planning|year=2005|url=http://home2.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/census/nny_table_5_4.pdf|access-date=March 26, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614001800/http://home2.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/census/nny_table_5_4.pdf|archive-date=June 14, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news |last = Semple |first = Kirk |date = December 18, 2013 |title = Immigration Remakes and Sustains City, a Report Concludes |newspaper = The New York Times |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/19/nyregion/chinese-diaspora-transforms-new-yorks-immigrant-population-report-finds.html |access-date = December 18, 2013 }} Queens has the largest Asian American and Andean populations in the United States, and is also the most ethnically and linguistically diverse urban area in the world.{{cite web |url = https://www.businessinsider.com/queens-languages-map-2017-2 |author = Lubin, Gus |date = February 15, 2017 |title = Queens Has More Languages Than Anywhere in the World – Here's Where They're Found |work = Business Insider |access-date = January 4, 2023 }}{{cite web |first = Andrew |last = Weber |date = April 30, 2013 |title = Queens |url = http://www.newyork.com/articles/neighborhoods/queens-72876/ |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150513065643/http://www.newyork.com/articles/neighborhoods/queens-72876/ |archive-date = May 13, 2015 |access-date = March 20, 2016 |publisher = NewYork.com }}

The metropolitan area is home to 20% of the nation's Indian Americans and at least 20 Little India enclaves, and 15% of all Korean Americans and four Koreatowns;{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/|title=Explore Census Data|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 31, 2023}} the largest Asian Indian population in the Western Hemisphere; the largest Russian American, Italian American, and African American populations; the largest Dominican American, Puerto Rican American, and South American{{cite web |title = Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2011 Supplemental Table 2 |url = https://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/publications/LPR11.shtm |access-date = July 18, 2014 |publisher = U.S. Department of Homeland Security}} and second-largest overall Hispanic population in the United States, numbering 4.8 million;{{cite web |title = Hispanic or Latino by Type: 2010 |url = http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_SF1_QTP10&prodType=table |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://archive.today/20200212213707/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_SF1_QTP10&prodType=table |archive-date = February 12, 2020 |access-date = October 8, 2014 |publisher = United States Census Bureau }} and includes multiple established Chinatowns within New York City alone.{{cite news |last = Semple |first = Kirk |date = June 23, 2011 |title = Asian New Yorkers Seek Power to Match Numbers |work = The New York Times |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/nyregion/asian-new-yorkers-asian-new-yorkers-seek-power-to-match-surging-numbers.html |access-date = September 2, 2012 }}

New York City has the largest European and non-Hispanic white population of any American city, with 2.7 million in 2012.{{cite web |title = American FactFinder—Results |url = http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_12_1YR_DP05&prodType=table |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://archive.today/20200212212412/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_12_1YR_DP05&prodType=table |archive-date = February 12, 2020 |access-date = October 8, 2014 |publisher = U.S. Department of Commerce }} The European diaspora residing in the city is very diverse and many European ethnic groups have formed enclaves in New York.{{cite web |url=http://untappedcities.com/2014/01/23/nyc-micro-neighborhoods-little-odessa-brighton-beach-brooklyn/ |title=NYC's Micro Neighborhoods: Little Odesa in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn|author=Brennan Ortiz|year=2014|work=Untapped Cities (online, January 23)|access-date=October 22, 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/15/arts/astoria-a-greek-isle-in-the-new-york-city-sea.html|title=Astoria, a Greek Isle in the New York City Sea|author=Richard F. Shepard|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 15, 1991|access-date=October 22, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/18/the-ever-changing-face-of-greektown-in-astoria-queens-video/|title=Astoria: The Ever-Changing Greektown of New York|author=Kerry Kolasa-Sikiaridi|publisher=Greek Reporter|date=June 18, 2022|access-date=October 22, 2023}} More than 12 million European immigrants were received at Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954.{{cite web |last = Jones |first = Charisse |date = September 24, 2008 |title = Ellis Island strives to tell more complete immigration story |url = https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-09-23-ellis-island_N.htm |access-date = July 4, 2014 |work = USA Today }}

Asian Americans in New York City, according to the 2010 census, number more than one million, greater than the combined totals of San Francisco and Los Angeles.{{cite news |last = Semple |first = Kirk |date = June 23, 2011 |title = Asian New Yorkers Seek Power to Match Numbers |work = The New York Times |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/nyregion/asian-new-yorkers-asian-new-yorkers-seek-power-to-match-surging-numbers.html |access-date = July 5, 2011 |quote = Asians, a group more commonly associated with the West Coast, are surging in New York, where they have long been eclipsed in the city's kaleidoscopic racial and ethnic mix. For the first time, according to census figures released in the spring, their numbers have topped one million—nearly one in eight New Yorkers—which is more than the Asian population in the cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles combined. }} New York contains the highest total Asian population of any U.S. city proper.{{cite web |title = Asian American Statistics |url = http://www.ameredia.com/resources/demographics/asian_american.html |access-date = July 5, 2011 |publisher = Améredia Incorporated }} New York has the largest Chinese population of any city outside Asia,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/23/nyregion/in-new-york-indictment-of-officer-peter-liang-divides-chinese-americans.html|title=Indictment of New York Officer Divides Chinese-Americans|author=Vivian Yee|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 22, 2015|access-date=November 17, 2023|quote=Now they are reaching out to the Chinese-language press, contacting lawyers to advise Officer Liang and planning a protest march in New York, a city with the largest Chinese population outside of Asia.}} and the Manhattan's Chinatown is the highest concentration of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere,* {{cite web |url = http://www.explorechinatown.com/PDF/FactSheet.pdf |title = Chinatown New York City Fact Sheet |publisher = www.explorechinatown.com |access-date = August 28, 2022 }}

• {{cite web |url = http://www.ny.com/articles/chinatown.html |title = The History of New York's Chinatown |first = Sarah |last = Waxman |publisher = Mediabridge Infosystems, Inc |access-date = August 28, 2022 |quote = Manhattan's Chinatown, the largest Chinatown in the United States and the site of the largest concentration of Chinese in the Western Hemisphere, is located on the Lower East Side. }}
• {{cite book |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=NagJFMxtkAcC&q=Flushing+Chinatown+Little+Taiwan&pg=PA104 |title = Still the golden door: the Third ... – Google Books |first = David M. |last = Reimers |access-date = August 28, 2022 |isbn = 9780231076814 |year = 1992 |publisher = Columbia University Press }}
• {{cite web |url = http://geographyplanning.buffalostate.edu/MSG%202002/13_McGlinn.pdf |title = Beyond Chinatown: Dual immigration and the Chinese population of metropolitan New York City, 2000, Page 4 |author = Lawrence A. McGlinn, Department of Geography SUNY-New Paltz |publisher = Middle States Geographer, 2002, 35: 110–119, Journal of the Middle States Division of the Association of American Geographers |access-date = August 28, 2022 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121029075400/http://geographyplanning.buffalostate.edu/MSG%202002/13_McGlinn.pdf |archive-date = October 29, 2012 }}
• {{cite book |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=NagJFMxtkAcC&q=Flushing+Chinatown+Little+Taiwan&pg=PA104 |title = Still the golden door: the Third ... – Google Books |first = David M. |last = Reimers |access-date = August 28, 2022 |isbn = 9780231076814 |year = 1992 |publisher = Columbia University Press }} while Queens is home to the largest Tibetan population outside Asia.{{cite web |date = July 17, 2012 |title = Most Significant Unreached People Group Communities in Metro NY |url = http://www.globalgates.info/church-plant-needs-among-unreached/ |access-date = October 27, 2014 |publisher = GLOBAL GATES |archive-date = October 27, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141027192509/http://www.globalgates.info/church-plant-needs-among-unreached/ |url-status = dead }} As of 2023, illegal Chinese immigration to New York City, especially to Queens and its Flushing Chinatown, has accelerated,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/us/politics/china-migrants-us-border.html|title=Growing Numbers of Chinese Migrants Are Crossing the Southern Border|author=Eileen Sullivan|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 24, 2023|access-date=November 24, 2023|quote=Most who have come to the United States in the past year were middle-class adults who have headed to New York after being released from custody. New York has been a prime destination for migrants from other nations as well, particularly Venezuelans, who rely on the city’s resources, including its shelters. But few of the Chinese migrants are staying in the shelters. Instead, they are going where Chinese citizens have gone for generations: Flushing, Queens. Or to some, the Chinese Manhattan...“New York is a self-sufficient Chinese immigrants community,” said the Rev. Mike Chan, the executive director of the Chinese Christian Herald Crusade, a faith-based group in the neighborhood.}} and a significant new wave of Chinese Uyghur Muslims is fleeing religious persecution in northwestern China’s Xinjiang Province and seeking religious freedom in New York.{{cite web|url= https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/15/americas/new-york-city-chinese-migrants-flushing-intl-latam/index.html|title= Caught between China and the US, asylum seekers live in limbo in New York City|author=Tara John and Yong Xiong|publisher=CNN|date=May 17, 2024|access-date=June 9, 2024}} Arab Americans number over 160,000 in New York City,{{cite web |title = A Community of Many Worlds: Arab Americans in New York City |url = http://www.allied-media.com/Arab-American/NY-Arabs.htm |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141108212113/http://www.allied-media.com/Arab-American/NY-Arabs.htm |archive-date = November 8, 2014 |access-date = October 9, 2014 |publisher = Allied Media Corp }} with the highest concentration in Brooklyn. Central Asians, primarily Uzbek Americans, are a rapidly growing segment of the city's Asian population.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Updates to Race/Ethnicity Standards for Our Nation |url=https://www.census.gov/about/our-research/race-ethnicity/standards-updates.html |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=Census.gov |language=en}}{{cite web |title = Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2013 Lawful Permanent Residents Supplemental Table 2 |url = https://www.dhs.gov/yearbook-immigration-statistics-2013-lawful-permanent-residents |access-date = July 19, 2014 |publisher = U.S. Department of Homeland Security }}

New York is also home to the highest Jewish population of any city in the world, numbering 960,000 in 2023, more than Tel Aviv and Jerusalem combined.{{Cite web |last=Gergely |first=Julia |date=2024-05-09 |title=Nearly 1 million Jews live in NYC, new study finds |url=https://www.jta.org/2024/05/09/ny/nearly-1-million-jews-live-in-nyc-new-study-finds |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |language=en-US}} In the borough of Brooklyn, an estimated 1 in 4 residents is Jewish.{{cite web |last1=Danailova |first1=Hilary |title=Brooklyn, the Most Jewish Spot on Earth |url=https://www.hadassahmagazine.org/2018/01/11/brooklyn-jewish-spot-earth/ |work=Hadassah Magazine |date=January 2018}}

Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, and Brazil, are the top source countries from South America for immigrants to the New York City region; the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Haiti, and Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean; Nigeria, Egypt, Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya, and South Africa from Africa; and El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala in Central America.{{cite web |title = Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Leading Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) of Residence and Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Year 2013 |url = https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2013/LPR/immsuptable2d.xls |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140712214124/https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2013/LPR/immsuptable2d.xls |access-date = March 6, 2015 |archive-date = July 12, 2014 |publisher = United States Department of Homeland Security |url-status = dead }} Amidst a resurgence of Puerto Rican migration to New York City, this population had increased to approximately 1.5 million in the metropolitan area {{As of|2016|lc=y}}.{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_1YR/S0201/330M300US408/popgroup~402|title=Selected Population Profile in the United States, 2016 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 22, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214002020/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_1YR/S0201/330M300US408/popgroup~402|archive-date=February 14, 2020|url-status=dead}}

Since 2010, Little Australia has emerged and is growing rapidly, representing the Australasian presence in Nolita, Manhattan.{{cite web |first = Shaun |last = Busuttil |date = November 3, 2016 |title = G-day! Welcome to Little Australia in New York City |url = https://karryon.com.au/lifestyle/travel-inspiration/crikey-welcome-to-little-australia-in-new-york-city/ |access-date = May 23, 2019 |publisher = KarryOn |quote = In Little Australia, Australian-owned cafes are popping up all over the place (such as Two Hands), joining other Australian-owned businesses (such as nightclubs and art galleries) as part of a growing green and gold contingent in NYC. Indeed, walking in this neighbourhood, the odds of your hearing a fellow Aussie ordering a coffee or just kicking back and chatting are high—very high—so much so that if you're keen to meet other Aussies whilst taking your own bite out of the Big Apple, then this is the place to throw that Australian accent around like it's going out of fashion! }}{{Cite web |first = Elle |last = McLogan |date = October 3, 2017 |access-date = November 12, 2021 |title = Why Are There So Many Australians in New York? |url = https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/10/03/little-australia/ |publisher = CBS Television Stations }}{{cite web |first = Emma |last = Reynolds |date = July 30, 2018 |title = Australia's secret weapon is quietly changing New York |url = https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/eat/australias-secret-weapon-is-quietly-changing-new-york/news-story/c9d562e08881824b60ea58d8242f79da |access-date = June 4, 2019 |publisher = news.com.au |quote = THERE'S a quiet revolution taking place across the Big Apple, and it all stems from Down Under. }}{{cite web |first = Siobhan |last = Gunner |title = The Australian Cafés Taking Over The NYC Breakfast Scene |url = https://www.justopenednewyork.com/australian-cafes-taking-nyc-breakfast-scene |access-date = June 4, 2019 |publisher = Just Opened New York |archive-date = June 3, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190603030121/https://www.justopenednewyork.com/australian-cafes-taking-nyc-breakfast-scene/ |url-status = dead }} In 2011, there were an estimated 20,000 Australian residents of New York City, nearly quadruple the 5,537 in 2005.{{cite web |first = Saxon |last = Baird |title = What's The Deal With All These Australians In NYC? |url = http://gothamist.com/2014/06/09/australians_everywhere.php |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304144518/http://gothamist.com/2014/06/09/australians_everywhere.php |date = June 9, 2014 |archive-date = March 4, 2016 |access-date = November 12, 2021 |publisher = Gothamist |url-status = dead }}{{cite web |first = Tim |last = Forster |title = Why Are So Many Australians Working in American Coffee? |url = https://www.eater.com/2018/9/17/17856164/australian-coffee-cafe-trend-america-flat-whites-avocado-toast |date = September 17, 2018 |access-date = November 12, 2021 |work = Eater }} Qantas Airways of Australia and Air New Zealand have been planning for long-haul flights from New York to Sydney and Auckland, which would both rank among the longest non-stop flights in the world.{{cite web |url = https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2022/08/25/qantas-to-launch-nonstop-auckland-jfk-service/ |title = Qantas to launch nonstop Auckland-JFK service |first = Mark |last = Caswell |publisher = Business Traveller |date = August 25, 2022 |accessdate = August 28, 2022 }}

According to the 2022 American Community Survey, the most commonly spoken languages in New York City by people aged 5 years and over (7,863,226 people):{{cite web |title=American Community Survey - S1601 - LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |url=https://data.census.gov/table?t=Language%20Spoken%20at%20Home&g=160XX00US3651000 |website=United States Census Bureau |access-date=28 March 2024 |language=English}}

• Speak only English: 52% ± 0.5%
• Language other than English: 48% ± 0.5%
• Spanish: 23.1% ± 0.3%
• Other Indo-European languages: 12.8% ± 0.4%
• Asian languages and Pacific Island languages: 9% ± 0.2%
• Other languages: 3.1% ± 0.3%

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{{further|St. Patrick's Cathedral (Midtown Manhattan)|Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree|Christmas in New York}}

Christianity is the largest religion (59% adherent) in New York City,{{cite web |first = Michael |last = Lipka |url = http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/07/29/major-u-s-metropolitan-areas-differ-in-their-religious-profiles/ |title = Major U.S. metropolitan areas differ in their religious profiles |publisher = Pew Research Center |date = July 29, 2015 |access-date = July 30, 2015 }} which is home to the highest number of churches of any city in the world.{{cite book |title = The Epic of New York City: A Narrative History |author = Edward Robb Ellis |date = December 21, 2004 |access-date = January 2, 2023 |publisher = Basic Books |page = 593 |isbn = 9780786714360 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Sx3RDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA594 }} Roman Catholicism is the largest Christian denomination (33%), followed by Protestantism (23%), and other Christian denominations (3%). The Roman Catholic population are primarily served by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York and Diocese of Brooklyn. Eastern Catholics are divided into numerous jurisdictions throughout the city. Evangelical Protestantism is the largest branch of Protestantism in the city (9%), followed by Mainline Protestantism (8%), while the converse is usually true for other cities and metropolitan areas.{{Cite web |title = Religion in America: U.S. Religious Data, Demographics and Statistics |url = https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/ |access-date = July 11, 2020 |website = Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project |language = en-US }} In Evangelicalism, Baptists are the largest group; in Mainline Protestantism, Reformed Protestants compose the largest subset. The majority of historically African American churches are affiliated with the National Baptist Convention (USA) and Progressive National Baptist Convention. The Church of God in Christ is one of the largest predominantly Black Pentecostal denominations in the area. Approximately 1% of the population is Mormon. The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and other Orthodox Christians (mainstream and independent) were the largest Eastern Christian groups. The American Orthodox Catholic Church (initially led by Aftimios Ofiesh) was founded in New York City in 1927.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

{{main|History of the Jews in New York|Jewish arrival in New Amsterdam}}

In 2011, a report by the UJA-Federation of New York found the Jewish population of New York City to stand at 1.1 million.{{cite web |title = Jewish Community Study of New York: 2011 Comprehensive Report |url = http://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/bitstream/88435/dsp01w3763682c/1/JCSNY2011_ComprehensiveReport.pdf |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211116155929/https://dataspace.princeton.edu/bitstream/88435/dsp01w3763682c/1/JCSNY2011_ComprehensiveReport.pdf |access-date = August 13, 2014 |archive-date = November 16, 2021 |publisher = UJA-Federation of New York |url-status = dead }} In that same study, 16% of Jews in the New York City and the nearby Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties identified as ethnically Jewish, as opposed to being religiously Jewish.{{cite web |first = Josh |last = Nathan-Kazis |date = June 12, 2012 |title = N.Y. Jewish Population Grows to 1.5M: Study |url = http://www.forward.com/articles/157654/ny-jewish-population-grows-to-m-study/ |work = The Forward |access-date = November 21, 2021 }} See also the original UJA study: {{cite web|title=Jewish Community Study of New York: 2011 Comprehensive Report|url=https://www.ujafedny.org/api/v2/assets/785729/}} Judaism is the second-largest religion practiced in New York City, making it the largest Jewish community of any city in the world, greater than the totals of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Nearly half of the city's Jews live in Brooklyn, which is one-quarter Jewish.{{cite news |last = Weichselbaum |first = Simone |date = June 26, 2012 |title = Nearly one in four Brooklyn residents are Jews, new study finds |newspaper = Daily News |location = New York |url = http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-residents-jews-new-study-finds-article-1.1100080 |url-status = live |access-date = May 30, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180704130656/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-residents-jews-new-study-finds-article-1.1100080 |archive-date = July 4, 2018 }}{{Cite web |first = Hilary |last = Danailova |date = January 11, 2018 |title = Brooklyn, the Most Jewish Spot on Earth |url = https://www.hadassahmagazine.org/2018/01/11/brooklyn-jewish-spot-earth/ |access-date = July 29, 2020 |website = Hadassah Magazine |language = en-US }} In 2012, the largest Jewish denominations were Orthodox, Haredi, and Conservative Judaism.{{Cite web |title = A 'staggering' 61% of Jewish kids in New York City area are Orthodox, new study finds |url = http://www.timesofisrael.com/new-study-reveals-ny-jewish-population-increasing-diversifying/ |date = June 13, 2012 |access-date = July 29, 2020 |website = www.timesofisrael.com |publisher = The Times of Israel |language = en-US }} The first wave of Jewish migration to New York City occurred the 1650s, consisting of Sephardic Jews from Recife who originally sought refuge in Dutch Brazil following the Spanish Inquisition, and later fled to New York after Portugal retook Recife.{{Cite book|jstor=j.ctt14bs976|title=Gatherings In Diaspora: Religious Communities and the New Immigration|date=1998|publisher=Temple University Press|isbn=9781566396134|editor-last=Warner|editor-first=R. Stephen|editor-last2=Wittner|editor-first2=Judith G.}} The Jewish population in New York City exploded from 80,000 Jews in 1880 to 1.5 million in 1920, as Jews from Eastern Europe fled pogroms and discrimination.{{Cite news|url=https://news.fordham.edu/inside-fordham-category/faculty-reads/tracing-history-jewish-immigrants-impact-new-york-city/|title=Tracing the History of Jewish Immigrants and Their Impact on New York City|date=2017-12-12|work=Fordham Newsroom|access-date=2018-12-03}} The Jewish population peaked at 2.2 million in 1940. A large portion of the population suburbanized after World War II, as a part of the larger trend of White flight.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} Still, the 1970s saw the arrival of Jews migrating to New York City from the USSR, Syria, and Iran. Reform Jewish communities are prevalent through the area.{{relevant|date=January 2024}} 770 Eastern Parkway is the headquarters of the international Chabad Lubavitch movement, and is considered an icon, while Congregation Emanu-El of New York in Manhattan is the largest Reform synagogue in the world.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}{{relevant|date=January 2024}}

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Islam ranks as the third largest religion in New York City, following Christianity and Judaism, with estimates ranging between 600,000 and 1,000,000 observers of Islam, including 10% of the city's public school children.{{cite news |last1 = Grynbaum |first1 = Michael M. |last2 = Otterman |first2 = Sharon |date = March 4, 2015 |title = New York City Adds 2 Muslim Holy Days to Public School Calendar |newspaper = The New York Times |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/05/nyregion/new-york-to-add-two-muslim-holy-days-to-public-school-calendar.html |access-date = March 4, 2015 }} 22.3% of American Muslims live in New York City, with 1.5 million Muslims in the greater New York metropolitan area, representing the largest metropolitan Muslim population in the Western Hemisphere{{Cite web |title = An Impact Report of Muslim Contributions to New York City |url = https://www.ispu.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/MAP-NY-Key-Findings-Web.pdf |access-date = May 17, 2021 |website = Institute for Social Policy and Understanding }}—and the most ethnically diverse Muslim population of any city in the world.{{Cite web |date = February 29, 2016 |title = Muslims in Metro New York (Part 2) – Specific Muslim Group Estimates |url = https://globalgates.info/resources-information/muslims-in-metro-new-york-part-2-specific-muslim-group-estimates/ |access-date = September 16, 2022 |website = Global Gates |language = en-US }} Powers Street Mosque in Brooklyn is one of the oldest continuously operating mosques in the U.S., and represents the first Islamic organization in both the city and the state of New York.{{Cite web |first = Tharik |last = Hussain |title = How America's oldest mosque was built by Muslims from the Baltic |url = https://www.baltictimes.com/how_america___s_oldest_mosque_was_built_by_muslims_from_the_baltic/ |date = May 19, 2016 |access-date = July 29, 2020 |website = www.baltictimes.com |publisher = The Baltic Times }}{{Cite web |first = Zuha |last = Siddiqui |date = December 26, 2018 |title = America's Oldest Surviving Mosque Is in Williamsburg |url = https://bedfordandbowery.com/2018/12/americas-oldest-surviving-mosque-is-in-williamsburg/ |access-date = July 29, 2020 |website = Bedford + Bowery |language = en-US }}

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Following these three largest religious groups in New York City are Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism, and a variety of other religions. As of 2023, 24% of Greater New Yorkers identified with no organized religious affiliation, including 4% Atheist.{{cite web |url = https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-study/metro-area/new-york-city-metro-area/ |title = Religious composition of adults in the New York City metropolitan area |publisher = Pew Research Center |access-date = February 1, 2023 }}

New York City, like other large cities, has a high degree of income disparity, as indicated by its Gini coefficient of 0.55 as of 2017.{{Cite news |last = Honan |first = Katie |date = September 11, 2019 |title = New York City's Income-Inequality Gap Hasn't Changed, Report Says |language = en-US |work = The Wall Street Journal |url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-citys-income-inequality-gap-hasnt-changed-report-says-11568174460 |access-date = October 27, 2020 |issn = 0099-9660 }} In the first quarter of 2014,{{update inline|date=July 2023}} the average weekly wage in New York County (Manhattan) was $2,749, representing the highest total among large counties in the United States.{{cite web |date = September 18, 2014 |title = County Employment and Wages Summary |url = http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewqtr.nr0.htm |access-date = September 21, 2014 |publisher = Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor }} In 2022, New York City was home to the highest number of billionaires of any city in the world, with a total of 107.McEvoy, Jemima. [https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2022/04/05/where-the-richest-live-the-cities-with-the-most-billionaires-2022/ "Where The Richest Live: The Cities With The Most Billionaires 2022"], Forbes, April 5, 2022. Accessed January 30, 2023. "New York City has taken back its crown. With 107 billionaire residents, worth over $640 billion, The Big Apple is home to more three-comma club members than any other city on the planet." New York also had the highest density of millionaires per capita among major U.S. cities in 2014, at 4.6% of residents.{{cite web |last = Wallace |first = Gregory |date = August 4, 2014 |title = Want to meet a millionaire? Here's where to go |url = https://money.cnn.com/2014/08/04/luxury/most-millionaires-cities/index.html?iid=HP_LN |access-date = August 4, 2014 |publisher = CNN }} New York City is one of the relatively few American cities levying an income tax (about 3%) on its residents.{{cite web |last = Moreno |first = Tonya |date = February 2, 2017 |title = U.S. Cities That Levy Income Taxes |url = https://www.thebalance.com/cities-that-levy-income-taxes-3193246 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170308014312/https://www.thebalance.com/cities-that-levy-income-taxes-3193246 |archive-date = March 8, 2017 |access-date = December 20, 2017 |publisher = The Balance |quote = Fourteen states and the District of Columbia allow cities, counties, and municipalities to levy their own separate individual income taxes in addition to state income taxes. }}{{cite web |title = Personal Income Tax & Non-resident NYC Employee Payments |url = http://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/taxes/personal-income-tax-and-non-resident-employees.page |access-date = December 19, 2017 |publisher = New York City Department of Finance |archive-date = August 27, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220827134650/https://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/taxes/personal-income-tax-and-non-resident-employees.page |url-status = dead }}{{cite web |year = 2016 |title = New York City tax rate schedule |url = https://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/current_forms/it/nyc_tax_rate_schedule.pdf |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170308234704/https://www.tax.ny.gov/pdf/current_forms/it/nyc_tax_rate_schedule.pdf |archive-date = March 8, 2017 |access-date = December 15, 2017 |publisher = New York State Department of Taxation and Finance }} As of 2018, there were 78,676 homeless people in New York City.{{cite news |first = Christopher |last = Brito |date = April 23, 2019 |access-date = November 21, 2021 |title = M&M's. Makeup. Bank receipt. NYC homeless people reveal which items they value the most |work = CBS News |url = https://www.cbsnews.com/news/homeless-in-new-york-city-homeless-essentials-simon-dolsten-chris-bosler/ }}

• Demographics of the Bronx
• Demographics of Brooklyn
• Demographics of Manhattan
• Demographics of Queens
• Demographics of Staten Island
• Undocumented immigrants in New York City
• New York City ethnic enclaves

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