Research

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There are 1.9 million Asian Americans in New York.

Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial group in the United States, comprised of a diverse set of ethnicities, origins, and experiences that make up 7% of the population across the United States.

New York Statistics

1,680,000

Asian Americans live in New York, of which approximately 61% are foreign born.

961,000

Asian Americans in New York speak Asian or Pacific Island languages including Cantonese, Mandarin, Hindi, Urdu, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese.

AAPI NY Ethnicities

There has been a 178% increase in the AAPI population in 30 years.

1990

693,000

2020

1,933,000

Other racial groups changed by -16% (White), 4% (Black), and 78% (Hispanic) during the same time period.

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