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[54] [55] By 2013, the population of foreign-born individuals living in New York City had increased to 3.07 million, and as a percentage of total population, was the highest it had been in the past 100 years. [56] Throughout its history, New York City has been a principal port of entry for immigration to the United States.
At 520,000 of the State of New York's over 600,000 Chinese Americans, New York City has a higher total number than Los Angeles County. New York also has the highest and growing proportion of Pakistani Americans and Bangladeshi Americans in the country, and a very high Indian American community, mainly concentrated in New York City.
New York City was a prime destination in the early 20th century for Blacks during the Great Migration from the American South, and by 1916, New York City had the largest urban African diaspora in North America. [117] The Harlem Renaissance of literary and cultural life flourished during the era of Prohibition. [118]
White Americans make up 44.6% of New York City's population. According to the survey, there were 3,704,243 White Americans residing in New York City. White Americans of non-Hispanic origin make up 35.1% of the city's population. There are 2,918,976 non-Hispanic whites residing in the city.
Mexico City Mexico: 21,804,515 2020 [1] New York United States: 19,563,798 2022 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area [2] Los Angeles United States: 12,870,137 2022 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area [2] Chicago United States: 9,279,427 2022 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area [2] Dallas–Fort Worth United States ...
New York County, coterminous with the New York City borough of Manhattan, is the most densely populated U.S. county, with a density of 70,825.6/sq mi (27,345.9/km 2) as of 2013. In 1910, it reached a peak of 101,548/sq mi (39,208/km 2). The county is one of the original counties of New York State.
This list compiles figures for all North American cities with a population within city limits exceeding 500,000 that year. These figures do not reflect the population of the urban agglomeration or metropolitan area, which typically does not coincide with the administrative boundaries of the city. They refer to mid-2020 populations with the ...
The large Black migration to New York City helped cause the Harlem Renaissance, a rich cultural period for the African Americans living in New York (especially in Harlem neighborhood, the namesake) between the end of World War I and the Great Depression. New York's Mixed population increased by almost twenty times between 1940 and 2010, while ...