New York City · every census, 1900 to 2020

A century of New York, two ways

One clock, two races: who lived here — and where they were born
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1900

Who lives here

Population by race and ethnicity

Hispanic or Latino is an ethnicity counted separately, so it overlaps the race bars and is not additive. In New York most Hispanics mark “some other race” or two or more races, landing in Other or multiracial rather than White.

Where New York came from

Foreign-born residents by country of birth

Bars fade once a wave is past its peak — its immigrants are aging and its US-born grandchildren are no longer counted by birthplace.