Racial 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.

New York City

Year	Population	White White American White Americans are people of the United States who are considered or consider themselves White. The United States Census Bureau defines White people as those "having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa...	% W	Black African American African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...	% B	Asian Asian American Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...	% 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
The Bronx
The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City. It is also known as Bronx County, the last of the 62 counties of New York State to be incorporated...

Year	Population	White White American White Americans are people of the United States who are considered or consider themselves White. The United States Census Bureau defines White people as those "having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa...	% W	Black African American African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...	% B	Asian Asian American Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...	% 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
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...

Year	Population	White White American White Americans are people of the United States who are considered or consider themselves White. The United States Census Bureau defines White people as those "having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa...	% W	Black African American African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...	% B	Asian Asian American Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...	% 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
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...

Year	Population	White White American White Americans are people of the United States who are considered or consider themselves White. The United States Census Bureau defines White people as those "having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa...	% W	Black African American African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...	% B	Asian Asian American Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...	% 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
Queens
Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States....

Year	Population	White White American White Americans are people of the United States who are considered or consider themselves White. The United States Census Bureau defines White people as those "having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa...	% W	Black African American African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...	% B	Asian Asian American Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...	% 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
Staten Island
Staten Island is a borough of New York City, New York, United States, located in the southwest part of the city. Staten Island is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay...

Year	Population	White White American White Americans are people of the United States who are considered or consider themselves White. The United States Census Bureau defines White people as those "having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa...	% W	Black African American African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...	% B	Asian Asian American Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...	% 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
Non-Hispanic Whites
Non-Hispanic Whites or White, Not Hispanic or Latino are people in the United States, as defined by the Census Bureau, who are of the White race and are not of Hispanic or Latino origin/ethnicity. Hence the designation is exclusive in the sense that it defines who is not included as opposed to who is...

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
Hispanic and Latino Americans
Hispanic or Latino Americans are Americans with origins in the Hispanic countries of Latin America or in Spain, and in general all persons in the United States who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino.1990 Census of Population and Housing: A self-designated classification for people whose origins...

(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

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The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City. It is also known as Bronx County, the last of the 62 counties of New York State to be incorporated...

Queens
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Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States....

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