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.

View Enlarged Map of Metro Area

People Group Highlights

Displaying 51-75 of 165 results.

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

Korean	South Korea	East Asian Peoples	East Asian Peoples	Christianity - Protestant	101,336
Japanese	Japan	East Asian Peoples	East Asian Peoples	Ethnic Religions - Shintoism	50,000
Chinese, Mandarin	China	East Asian Peoples	East Asian Peoples	Buddhism	250,000
Chinese, Hokkien	Taiwan	East Asian Peoples	East Asian Peoples	Buddhism - Mahayana	27,000
Chinese, Teochew	China	East Asian Peoples	East Asian Peoples	Ethnic Religions - Chinese Universalism / Folk	3,200
Chinese, Hakka	Taiwan	East Asian Peoples	East Asian Peoples	Ethnic Religions - Chinese Universalism / Folk	350
Chinese, (Shanghainese) Wu	China	East Asian Peoples	East Asian Peoples	Non-Religious	2,600
Chinese, Fuzhou Min Dong	China	East Asian Peoples	East Asian Peoples	Non-Religious	200,000
Chinese, Cantonese	Hong Kong	East Asian Peoples	East Asian Peoples	Ethnic Religions - Chinese Universalism / Folk	350,000
Tibetan	China	East Asian Peoples	Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples	Buddhism - Lamaism	13,000
Italian	Italy	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Christianity - Roman Catholic	166,188
German	Germany	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Christianity - Orthodox	39,627
Greek	Greece	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Christianity - Orthodox	65,863
Russian	Russia	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Christianity - Orthodox	100,000
Pole	Poland	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Christianity - Roman Catholic	76,122
Armenian	Armenia	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Christianity - Orthodox	5,716
Hungarian	Hungary	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Christianity - Roman Catholic	10,188
Macedonian	Macedonia	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Christianity - Orthodox	2,480
Alsatian	France	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Non-Religious	2,000
Liechtensteiner	Liechtenstein	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Non-Religious	820
Austrian	Austria	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Non-Religious	6,103
Albanian, Tosk	Albania	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Islam - Sunni	25,000
Dutch	Netherlands	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Non-Religious	3,600
Australian	Australia	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Non-Religious	6,295
Belarussian	Belarus	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Christianity - Orthodox	13,200

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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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