PeopleGroups Initiative

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: 20,182,305

(An increase of 3.14 % in the past 5 years.)

Census Data

Foreign Born - 3,791,179
Language Spoken at Home - 11,533,510

[Source: American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Foreign Born and Language Spoken at Home]

Quick Facts

Ride the Subway in NY to catch a vision for NY's people group diversity! New York City Subway has 842 miles of subway track to serve 5.4 million every weekday.

Home to over 1 million Asian and 600,000 European foreign born people.

New York City alone has 3 large “Chinatowns” (Manhattan’s Chinatown, Sunset Park in Brooklyn and Downtown Flushing, Queens) with as many as 7 smaller ones in Metro New York.

Home to the largest South Asian Indian population in the Western Hemisphere.

Home to the largest total Asian population in the United States.

Home to the largest Jewish and Israeli populations outide of the nation of Israel.

Home to the largest Arab, Palestinian population in the United States, with its Little Ramallah in Paterson, New Jersey.

Largest population of Puerto Rican outside their home country.

New York City alone is 36% Foreign Born.

Read about ... New York City Ethnic Enclaves

Learn about the ... Unreached PGs of the New York Metro Area

Profile

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.

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People Group Highlights

Displaying 51-75 of 165 results.

PG Name	Country Of Birth	IMB Affinity Group	Affinity Bloc	Primary Religion	Baseline Population Total

Danes	Denmark	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Christianity	1,560
Estonian	Estonia	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Christianity - Orthodox	950
Georgian	Georgia	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Christianity - Orthodox	5,500
Greek Cypriot	Cyprus	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Christianity - Orthodox	2,200
Irish, Gaelic	Ireland	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Christianity - Roman Catholic	25,200
Lithuanian	Lithuania	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Christianity - Roman Catholic	2,650
Moldovan	Moldova	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Christianity - Orthodox	4,600
Romanian	Romania	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Christianity - Orthodox	17,750
Albanian, Gheg	Kosovo	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Islam - Sunni	60,000
Bosniak	Bosnia and Herzegovina	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Islam	10,000
Balochi	Iran	Central Asia Peoples	Persian-Median	Islam	275
Persian	Iran	Central Asia Peoples	Persian-Median	Islam	22,447
Afghan	Afghanistan	Central Asia Peoples	Persian-Median	Islam	9,871
Jew, Black	United States	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	500
Jew, Syrian	Syria	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	76,000
Jew, Spanish	Spain	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	310
Jew, Yemeni	Yemen	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	25,000
Jew, Bobov	Poland	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	50,000
Jew, Breslov	Ukraine	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	5,000
Jew, Bukharic	Israel	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	60,000
Jew, Gorsky-Kavkazi	Russia	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	10,000
Jew, Israeli	Israel	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	36,720
Jew, Mashadi	Iran	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	5,000
Jew, Russian	Russia	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	400,000
Jew, Gerrer	Poland	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Jews	Ethnic Religions - Judaism	5,000

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Get Involved

To get started with mobilizing yourself or your church for the New York Metro mission field, initiatives and contact info follows ...

Disclaimer!!! The following links do not constitute an endorsement or support for the mission organization and/or entity.

Global Gates - based out of the NY Metro Area

Visit their website and learn more about people group initiatives and engagement in Metro NY.

Visit EthNYcity - the most exhaustive resource on PGs and Nationalities in the New York Metro Area.

Ethnic Links

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.

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