Race and ethnic history of New York City

The following tables present a consolidated demographic profile of race and ethnicity in New York City which includes all five boroughs.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

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New York City

Year Population White  % W Black  % B Asian  % A Other or
Mixed		  % O/M Foreign
Born		  % FB
1900 3,437,202 3,369,898 98.04 60,666 1.76 6,607 0.19 31 0 1,270,080 36.95
1910 4,766,883 4,669,162 97.95 91,709 1.92 5,669 0.12 343 0.01 1,944,357 40.79
1920 5,620,048 5,459,463 97.14 152,467 2.71 7,969 0.14 149 0 2,028,160 36.09
1930 6,930,446 6,589,377 95.08 327,706 4.73 12,972 0.19 391 0.01 2,358,686 34.03
1940 7,454,995 6,977,501 93.59 458,444 6.15 17,986 0.24 1,064 0.01 2,138,657 28.69
1950 7,891,957 7,116,441 90.17 747,608 9.47 21,441 0.27 6,467 0.08 1,784,206 22.61
1960 7,781,984 6,640,662 85.33 1,087,931 13.98 43,103 0.55 10,288 0.13 1,558,690 20.03
1970 7,894,862 6,048,841 76.62 1,668,115 21.13 94,499 1.20 83,407 1.06 1,437,058 18.20
1980 7,071,639 4,294,075 60.72 1,784,337 25.23 231,501 3.27 761,762 10.77 1,670,199 23.62
1990 7,322,564 3,827,088 52.26 2,102,512 28.71 512,719 7.00 880,245 12.02 2,082,931 28.45
2000 8,008,278 3,576,385 44.66 2,129,762 26.59 792,477 9.90 1,509,654 18.85 2,871,032 35.85
2010 8,175,133 3,597,341 44.00 2,088,510 25.55 1,043,535 12.77 1,445,747 17.68

The Bronx

Year Population White  % W Black  % B Asian  % A Other or
Mixed		  % O/M Foreign
Born		  % FB
1900 200,507 197,923 98.71 2,370 1.18 208 0.10 6 0 61,258 30.55
1910 430,980 426,650 99.00 4,117 0.96 189 0.04 24 0.01 149,427 34.67
1920 732,016 726,990 99.31 4,803 0.66 215 0.03 8 0 267,742 36.58
1930 1,265,258 1,251,823 98.94 12,930 1.02 476 0.04 29 0 479,451 37.89
1940 1,394,711 1,370,319 98.25 23,529 1.69 801 0.06 62 0 463,453 33.23
1950 1,451,277 1,351,662 93.14 97,752 6.74 1,249 0.09 614 0.04 373,894 25.76
1960 1,424,815 1,256,284 88.17 163,896 11.50 3,544 0.25 1,091 0.08 306,592 21.52
1970 1,471,701 1,080,859 73.44 357,681 24.30 7,792 0.53 25,369 1.72 229,210 15.57
1980 1,168,972 554,046 47.40 371,926 31.82 15,163 1.30 227,837 19.49 215,313 18.42
1990 1,203,789 430,077 35.73 449,399 37.33 35,562 2.95 288,751 23.99 274,793 22.83
2000 1,332,650 398,003 29.87 475,007 35.64 41,503 3.11 418,137 31.38 385,827 28.95
2010 1,385,108 386,497 27.90 505,200 36.47 50,897 3.68 442,514 31.95

Brooklyn

Year Population White  % W Black  % B Asian  % A Other or
Mixed		  % O/M Foreign
Born		  % FB
1900 1,166,582 1,146,909 98.31 18,367 1.57 1,300 0.11 6 0 355,697 30.49
1910 1,634,351 1,610,487 98.54 22,708 1.39 1,010 0.06 146 0.01 574,730 35.17
1920 2,018,356 1,984,953 98.35 31,912 1.58 1,459 0.07 32 0 666,188 33.01
1930 2,560,401 2,488,815 97.20 68,921 2.69 2,539 0.10 126 0 881,571 34.43
1940 2,698,285 2,587,951 95.91 107,263 3.98 2,608 0.10 463 0.02 778,054 28.84
1950 2,738,175 2,525,118 92.22 208,478 7.61 2,514 0.09 2,065 0.08 630,526 23.03
1960 2,627,319 2,245,859 85.48 371,405 14.14 6,540 0.25 3,515 0.13 516,349 19.65
1970 2,602,012 1,905,788 73.24 656,194 25.22 16,138 0.62 23,892 0.92 456,636 17.55
1980 2,230,936 1,249,486 56.01 722,812 32.40 42,965 1.93 215,673 9.67 530,973 23.80
1990 2,300,664 1,078,549 46.88 872,305 37.92 111,251 4.84 238,559 10.37 672,569 29.23
2000 2,465,326 1,015,728 41.20 898,350 36.44 187,283 7.60 363,965 14.76 931,769 37.79
2010 2,504,700 1,072,041 42.80 860,083 34.34 263,519 10.52 309,057 12.34

Manhattan

Year Population White  % W Black  % B Asian  % A Other or
Mixed		  % O/M Foreign
Born		  % FB
1900 1,850,093 1,808,968 97.78 36,246 1.96 4,861 0.26 18 0 789,626 42.68
1910 2,331,542 2,266,578 97.21 60,534 2.60 4,260 0.18 170 0.01 1,116,477 47.89
1920 2,284,103 2,168,906 94.96 109,133 4.78 6,003 0.26 61 0 950,264 41.60
1930 1,867,312 1,633,329 87.47 224,670 12.03 9,124 0.49 189 0.01 689,506 36.93
1940 1,889,924 1,577,625 83.48 298,365 15.79 13,467 0.71 467 0.02 582,895 30.84
1950 1,960,101 1,556,599 79.41 384,482 19.62 16,083 0.82 2,937 0.15 461,102 23.52
1960 1,698,281 1,271,822 74.89 397,101 23.38 25,487 1.50 3,871 0.23 374,698 22.06
1970 1,539,233 1,089,302 70.77 380,442 24.72 47,332 3.08 22,157 1.44 307,630 19.99
1980 1,428,285 841,204 58.90 309,854 21.69 72,884 5.10 204,343 14.31 348,581 24.41
1990 1,487,536 867,227 58.30 326,967 21.98 110,629 7.44 182,713 12.28 383,866 25.81
2000 1,537,195 835,610 54.36 267,302 17.39 145,607 9.47 288,676 18.78 452,440 29.43
2010 1,585,873 911,073 57.45 246,687 15.55 180,425 11.38 247,688 15.62

Queens

Year Population White  % W Black  % B Asian  % A Other or
Mixed		  % O/M Foreign
Born		  % FB
1900 152,999 150,235 98.19 2,611 1.71 152 0.10 1 0 44,812 29.29
1910 284,041 280,691 98.82 3,198 1.13 149 0.05 3 0 79,329 27.93
1920 469,042 463,661 98.85 5,120 1.09 214 0.05 47 0.01 112,171 23.91
1930 1,079,129 1,059,804 98.21 18,609 1.72 679 0.06 37 0 268,358 24.87
1940 1,297,634 1,270,731 97.93 25,890 2.00 947 0.07 66 0.01 278,937 21.50
1950 1,550,849 1,497,126 96.54 51,524 3.32 1,444 0.09 755 0.05 288,197 18.58
1960 1,809,578 1,654,959 91.46 145,855 8.06 7,084 0.39 1,680 0.09 335,623 18.55
1970 1,986,473 1,695,288 85.34 258,006 12.99 21,940 1.10 11,239 0.57 416,887 20.99
1980 1,891,325 1,335,805 70.63 354,129 18.72 93,780 4.96 107,611 5.69 540,818 28.59
1990 1,951,598 1,129,192 57.86 423,211 21.69 238,336 12.21 160,859 8.24 707,153 36.23
2000 2,229,379 982,725 44.08 446,189 20.01 392,831 17.62 407,634 18.28 1,028,339 46.13
2010 2,230,722 886,053 39.72 426,683 19.13 513,317 23.01 404,669 18.14

Staten Island

Year Population White  % W Black  % B Asian  % A Other or
Mixed		  % O/M Foreign
Born		  % FB
1900 67,021 65,863 98.27 1,072 1.60 86 0.13 0 0 18,687 27.88
1910 85,969 84,756 98.59 1,152 1.34 61 0.07 0 0 24,394 28.38
1920 116,531 114,953 98.65 1,499 1.29 78 0.07 1 0 31,795 27.28
1930 158,346 155,606 98.27 2,576 1.63 154 0.10 10 0.01 39,799 25.13
1940 174,441 170,875 97.96 3,397 1.95 163 0.09 6 0 35,318 20.25
1950 191,555 185,936 97.07 5,372 2.80 153 0.08 94 0.05 30,487 15.92
1960 221,991 211,738 95.38 9,674 4.36 448 0.20 131 0.06 25,428 11.45
1970 295,443 277,604 93.96 15,792 5.35 1,297 0.44 750 0.25 26,695 9.04
1980 352,121 313,534 89.04 25,616 7.27 6,709 1.91 6,262 1.78 34,514 9.80
1990 378,977 322,043 84.98 30,630 8.08 16,941 4.47 9,363 2.47 44,550 11.76
2000 443,728 344,319 77.60 42,914 9.67 25,253 5.69 31,242 7.04 72,657 16.37
2010 468,730 341,677 72.89 49,857 10.64 35,377 7.55 41,819 8.92

Non-Hispanic Whites

Year The Bronx  % BX Brooklyn  % BK Manhattan  % MN Queens  % QU Staten Island  % SI New York City  % NYC
1980 396,836 33.95 1,085,233 48.64 713,854 49.98 1,172,511 61.99 300,511 85.34 3,668,945 51.88
1990 272,503 22.64 923,229 40.13 726,755 48.86 937,557 48.04 303,081 79.97 3,163,125 43.20
2000 193,651 14.53 854,532 34.66 703,873 45.79 732,895 32.87 316,316 71.29 2,801,267 34.98
2010 151,209 10.92 893,306 35.67 761,493 48.02 616,727 27.65 300,169 64.04 2,722,904 33.31

Hispanics (of any race)

Year The Bronx  % BX Brooklyn  % BK Manhattan  % MN Queens  % QU Staten Island  % SI New York City  % NYC
1980 396,353 33.91 392,118 17.58 336,247 23.54 262,422 13.88 18,884 5.36 1,406,024 19.88
1990 523,111 43.46 462,411 20.10 386,630 25.99 381,120 19.53 30,239 7.98 1,783,511 24.36
2000 644,705 48.38 487,878 19.79 417,816 27.18 556,605 24.97 53,550 12.07 2,160,554 26.98
2010 741,413 53.53 496,285 19.81 403,577 25.45 613,750 27.51 81,051 17.29 2,336,076 28.58

See also

References

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