The New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area, is by far the largest populous Metro Area in the United States.
Total Population: 19,768,458
[Source: American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Foreign Born and Language Spoken at Home]
Read about ... New York City Ethnic Enclaves
Learn about the ... Unreached PGs of the New York Metro Area
Two Key Words describe the Metro - DENSITY and DIVERSITY of the Population. The New York Metro Area is, without a doubt, one of the most ethno-linguistically and culturally diverse cities in the world.
It's almost impossible to walk down the street without seeing the vibrant interweaving of other cultures and hearing people speak languages other than English. To be in the New York Metro Area is to be in an area of countless tongues. The languages of the world are deeply ingrained in every corner of the Metro Area, and with them, their distinctive cultures.
| PG Name | Country Of Birth | Affinity Bloc | Primary Religion | Baseline Population Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arab, Jordanian (Muslim) | Jordan | Arab World | Islam | 5,543 |
| Arab, Iraqi | Iraq | Arab World | Islam - Shia | 5,520 |
| Kazakh | Kazakhstan | Turkic Peoples | Islam | 5,460 |
| Azerbaijani | Azerbaijan | Turkic Peoples | Islam - Shia | 5,000 |
| Bambara | Mali | Sub-Saharan African | Islam | 5,000 |
| Fulbe Futa | Senegal | Sub-Saharan African | Islam - Sunni | 5,000 |
| Jula | Ivory Coast | Sub-Saharan African | Islam - Sunni | 5,000 |
| Mandinka | Gambia | Sub-Saharan African | Islam | 5,000 |
| Maninka | Guinea | Sub-Saharan African | Islam | 5,000 |
| Malian | Mali | Sub-Saharan African | Islam - Sunni | 3,200 |
| Hausa Muslim (Nigerien) | Niger | Sub-Saharan African | Islam - Sunni | 3,000 |
| Arab, Algerian | Algeria | Arab World | Islam - Sunni | 2,600 |
| Ivorian | Ivory Coast | Sub-Saharan African | Ethnic Religions | 2,100 |
| Fulani | Sudan | Sub-Saharan African | Islam | 1,700 |
| Jew, Black | United States | Jews | Ethnic Religions - Judaism | 500 |
| Arab, Egyptian | Egypt | Arab World | Islam | 52 |
| Puerto Rican | Puerto Rico | Latin-Caribbean Americans | Christianity - Roman Catholic | 725,000 |
| Dominican | Dominican Republic | Latin-Caribbean Americans | Christianity - Other / Marginal | 409,450 |
| Chinese, Mandarin | China | East Asian Peoples | Buddhism | 250,000 |
| Jamaican | Jamaica | North American Peoples | Christianity | 206,147 |
| Garifuna | Guatemala | Latin-Caribbean Americans | Christianity | 200,000 |
| Chinese, Fuzhou Min Dong | China | East Asian Peoples | Non-Religious | 200,000 |
| Ecuadorian | Ecuador | Latin-Caribbean Americans | Christianity - Roman Catholic | 170,480 |
| Italian | Italy | Eurasian Peoples | Christianity - Roman Catholic | 166,188 |
| Guyanese | Guyana | North American Peoples | Christianity | 145,339 |
Walking Around (New York City's Ethnic Neighborhoods) - a guide and list for those who enjoy exploring the worlds and different ethnic groups that are within New York.
New York Ethnic Neighborhoods - New York Times map of the various ethnic groups within NYC.
