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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

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

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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 151-165 of 165 results.

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

Uzbek, Southern	Uzbekistan	Central Asia Peoples	Turkic Peoples	Islam - Sunni	28,506
Wolof	Senegal	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Islam - Sunni	20,000
Hausa Muslim (Nigerien)	Niger	Sub-Saharan African Peoples	Sub-Saharan African	Islam - Sunni	3,000
Arab, Syrian (Muslim)	Syria	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Arab World	Islam - Sunni	11,502
Arab, Lebanese (Muslim)	Lebanon	North African and Middle Eastern Peoples	Arab World	Islam - Sunni	15,759
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
Dutch	Netherlands	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Non-Religious	3,600
Australian	Australia	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Non-Religious	6,295
Latvian, Lett	Latvia	European Peoples	Eurasian Peoples	Non-Religious	9,166
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
Afghan, Hindu/Sikhs	Afghanistan	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Other Religions - Sikhism	6,000
Punjabi Sikh	India	South Asian Peoples	South Asian Peoples	Other Religions - Sikhism	80,000

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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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