The demographics of

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, the second-most populous borough in

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, are highly diverse. No racial or ethnic group holds a majority in the borough. Coterminous with Queens County since 1899, the borough of Queens is the second-largest in population (behind

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), with approximately 2.3 million residents in 2013, approximately 48% of them foreign-born; Queens County is also the second most populous

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, behind neighboring Kings County, which is coterminous with the borough of Brooklyn. Queens is the fourth-most densely populated county among New York City's boroughs, as well as in the United States; and if each New York City borough were an independent city, Queens would also be the nation's fourth most populous city, after

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, and Brooklyn. Some say Queens is the most

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urban area in the world.

General statistics

2020s

Since 2021, the population of Queens was estimated by the Census Bureau to have decreased 0.9% to 2,287,390 as of 2021, representing 27.3% of New York City's population, and 11.7% of New York State's population. In the 2020 census data from New York City Department of City Planning, there were a total population of 2,405,464 residents. Within the Queens total population, there were 549,358 White residents making up 22.8%, there were 381,375 Black residents making up 15.9%, there were 656,583 Asian residents making up 27.3%, and there were 667,861 Hispanic residents making up 27.8%. Hispanic and Asian populations for the first in Queens history now are at almost equal populations and together make up the vast majority of the immigrant populations including being at the top ranks of the population. The Black population is now in the lowest rank of the population proportion while the White population is just second to lowest in the ranking population. Queens tops out in the rank as being the most culturally and racially diverse borough in all of NYC while Brooklyn and Manhattan came in secondarily, however The Bronx and Staten Island fell at the lowest ranking in terms of cultural and racial diversity.

2010s

2013

Since 2010, the population of Queens was estimated by the Census Bureau to have increased 2.9% to 2,296,175 as of 2013, representing 27.3% of New York City's population, and 11.7% of New York State's population.

2012

According to 2012 census estimates, 27.2% of the population was

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, 20.9%

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or African American, 24.8% Asian, 12.9% from some other race, and 2.7% of two or more races. 27.9% of Queens's population was of

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or Latino origin (of any race).

2010

According to the 2010 Census, 39.7% of the population was White, 19.1% Black or African American, 22.9% Asian, 13.7% from some other race, and 4.5% of two or more races. 27.5% of Queens's population was of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin (they may be of any race).

2000s

2009

According to the 2009 American Community Survey,

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made up 46.1% of Queens' population, of which 30.2% were

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made up 18.8% of Queens' population, of which 17.6% were non-Hispanic blacks. Native Americans represented 0.5% of the population. Asians represented 22.0% of the population. Multiracial individuals comprised 2.4% of the population. Hispanics or Latinos made up 26.9% of Queens' population.

2005-2006

In 2005, the median income among black households in Queens was close to $52,000 a year, surpassing that of whites. As of 2006, no other county in the country with a population over 65,000 can make that claim.

2000

As of the

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of 2000, the population of Queens was 2,229,379 people, 782,664 households, and 537,690 families residing in the county. The

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was 7,879.6/km² (20,409.0/mi²). There were 817,250 housing units at an average density of 2,888.5/km² (7,481.6/mi²).In the year 2000, the racial makeup of the county was 44.08%

, 20.01%

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, 0.50% Native American, 17.56% Asian, 0.06%

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, 11.68% from

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, and 6.11% from two or more races. 24.97% of the population were

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of any race. There were 782,664 households, out of which 31.5% included children under the age of 18; 46.9% were married couples living together, 16.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.3% were non-families. 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.81 and the average family size was 3.39. In the county, the population was spread out, with 22.8% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 33.1% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 92.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.6 males. The median income for a household in the county was $42,439, and the median income for a family was $48,608. Males had a median income of $35,576 versus $31,628 for females. The

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for the county was $19,222. About 11.9% of families and 14.6% of the population were below the

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, including 18.8% of those under age 18 and 13.0% of those age 65 or over.

White and European population

Over 1,060,000 whites reside in Queens, of which some 697,000 are non-Hispanic whites. A significant amount of the European American population is of

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and

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descent. Sizable populations of

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and

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are also present, as well as

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, Albanians,

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, Bosnians, and

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. The White population in Queens is mainly concentrated in neighborhoods such as Astoria, Forest Hills,

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, Glendale,

Maspeth Maspeth is a residential and commercial community in the borough of Queens in New York City. It was founded in the early 17th century by Dutch and English settlers. Neighborhoods sharing borders with Maspeth are Woodside to the north; Sunnyside t ...

, Middle Village,

Howard Beach Howard Beach is a neighborhood in the southwestern portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It is bordered to the north by the Belt Parkway and Conduit Avenue in Ozone Park, to the south by Jamaica Bay in Broad Channel, to the east by 1 ...

, Kew Gardens,

Kew Gardens Hills Kew Gardens Hills is a neighborhood in the middle of the New York City borough of Queens. The borders are Flushing Meadows-Corona Park to the west, the Long Island Expressway to the north, Union Turnpike to the south, and Parsons Boulevard to t ...

, Bayside, Whitestone, Douglaston,

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, Breezy Point and Belle Harbor. The top ten European ancestries are the following: *

: 7.7% (178,080) *

: 5.0% (115,345) *

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: 3.5% (79,917) *

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: 2.9% (66,718) *

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: 2.3% (53,342) *

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: 2.1% (47,842) *

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: 1.0% (23,550) * French: 0.6% (14,913) * Hungarian: 0.5% (10,658) *

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: 0.4% (9,405) The White and European population declined from 616,727 residents at 27.6% in 2010 to 549,358 residents at 22.8% in 2020, a loss of -67,369 or -10.9%.

Black and African American population

Black people make up a large portion of Queens' population. According to the 2009 American Community Survey, Black people of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin made up 18.8% of Queens' population. As of 2010, Black people of non-Hispanic origin formed 17.7% non-Hispanic of the population. Over 434,300 black people reside in Queens, of which some 406,000 are non-Hispanic. In addition, 23,527 people identified themselves as "Sub-Saharan African" in the survey, which is equal to 1.0% of the population. Black people are the majority in Queensbridge and

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but primarily concentrated in the Southeast Queens neighborhoods of South Jamaica,

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, Hollis, Laurelton,

Cambria Heights Cambria Heights is a residential neighborhood in the southeastern portion of the New York City borough of Queens. It is bounded by Springfield Boulevard and Francis Lewis Boulevard to the west, the Elmont, Nassau County border on the east, Qu ...

, Locust Manor,

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, Rosedale, and

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. The Black and African American population declined from 395,881 residents at 17.7% in 2010 to 381,375 residents at 15.9% in 2020, a loss of -14,506 residents or -3.7%.

Native American population

Native Americans are a very small minority in Queens. Of the borough's 2.3 million people, roughly 11,200 are Native American, which is equivalent to just 0.5% of the total population. However, people who identify as Native American with another racial group (and those who are Native American alone) make up 1.1% of the population, which is roughly 25,700 people.

Asian population

Asians have a large presence in Queens, and Queens has the largest Asian American population by county outside the

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; according to the 2006 American Community Survey, Queens ranks fifth among US counties, with 477,772 Asian Americans making up 21.18% of the population. Over one-in-five residents (22.0%) are of Asian descent. Over 506,000 Asians live in the borough. The bulk of this group are composed of people of

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Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

Korean Korean may refer to: People and culture * Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula * Korean cuisine * Korean culture * Korean language **Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl **Korean dialects and the Jeju language ** ...

, and

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descent. Asians are numerous throughout the borough but most concentrated in Northeastern and Central Queens in areas such as

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, Bayside,

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, Jamaica Estates, Elmhurst, Woodside, Richmond Hill, and

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. The following list provides more information on these four ethnic groups: *

: (395,009) *

: (377,696) *

: (52,690) *

: (40,113) The 2000 census also showed that the borough is home to one of the most important concentration of Indian Americans in the nation, with a total population of 329,715

. Similarly, it also has a visible presence of

Bangladeshi American Bangladeshi Americans ( bn, বাংলাদেশী মার্কিনী, Bangladeshī Markinī) are Americans of Bangladeshi descent. The majority of Bangladeshi Americans are Bengalis and form the largest group of Bengali Americans. Ban ...

s with a population of 88,310 (0.82% of the borough's population) and Pakistani Americans with a population of 75,604 ( 0.7% of the borough's population). There is also a large population of

Afghan Americans Afghan Americans ( prs, آمریکایی‌های افغان‌تبار ''Amrikāyi-hāye Afghān tabar'', ps, د امريکا افغانان ''Da Amrīka Afghanan'') are Americans of Afghan descent or Americans who originated from Afghanistan. ...

, which reside predominantly in Flushing and Jackson Heights, and there is also a large portion of

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which live in Astoria concentrated in and around Steinway, with groups of Moroccan Americans, Egyptian Americans, Lebanese Americans, Algerian Americans and Syrian Americans. The neighborhoods of Forest Hills, Queens, and

are home to a large amount of Central Asians, particularly Bukharian Jews from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. There is also a large population of Indo-Guyanese and Indo-Trinidadian people in

Richmond Hill, Queens Richmond Hill is a commercial and residential neighborhood located in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Queens. The area borders Kew Gardens and Forest Park to the north, Jamaica and South Jamaica to the east, South Ozone ...

, and

South Ozone Park South Ozone Park is a neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Queens. It is just north of John F. Kennedy International Airport, between Aqueduct Racetrack to the west and the Van Wyck Expressway to the east. Adja ...

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There are another ten Asian American groups in Queens that number over 1,000 individuals. The largest Asian American group in Queens in the year 2000 were the

, numbering at 143,126 members. Those of

descent numbered at 63,885 in the borough. There were 33,225 people of

ancestry in Queens. The borough is also home to 5,957 Japanese Americans. Those of

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, Sri Lankan,

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, Indonesian, Thai, and Taiwanese descent also all numbered over 1,000, but under 5,000. In 2022, the New York City Council designated an official "Little Thailand" three-block strip within Elmhurst.

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and former candidate of the

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, American actress *

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, American politician and pharmacist, Founder of Starwide Drugs * Ron Kim, American politician * Sandra Lee, dermatologist From 2010 to 2020, the Asian population experienced a growth from 508,334 residents at 22.8% to 656,583 residents at 27.3%, a gain of 148,249 residents or 29.2% surpassing the Hispanic population as the fastest growing racial group as well as they are almost at the same equivalent population as the Hispanic population.

Hispanic and Latino population

Hispanic and Latino Americans make up over one-quarter of Queens' population. As of 2010, 27.5% of Queens's population was of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin (they may be of any race). Over 620,000 Hispanics and Latinos call the borough home. Over 145,500

Colombians Colombians ( es, Colombianos) are people identified with the country of Colombia. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Colombians, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the sourc ...

(6.4% of the population) 123,200 Puerto Ricans (5.3% of the population) and 83,180 Mexicans (3.6% of the population) live in the borough, in addition to over 13,400

Cubans Cubans ( es, Cubanos) are people born in Cuba and people with Cuban citizenship. Cuba is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic, religious and national backgrounds. Racial and ethnic groups Census The population of Cuba wa ...

(0.6% of the population). Over 400,300 people are of other Hispanic and Latino ethnicities, such as Dominican,

Salvadoran Salvadorans (Spanish: ''Salvadoreños''), also known as Salvadorians (alternate spelling: Salvadoreans), are citizens of El Salvador, a country in Central America. Most Salvadorans live in El Salvador, although there is also a significant Salvad ...

Ecuadorian Ecuadorians ( es, ecuatorianos) are people identified with the South American country of Ecuador. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Ecuadorians, several (or all) of these connections exist and are colle ...

and other nationalities. These people collectively make up 17.4% of the population. Hispanics are numerous throughout the borough but concentrated most in Central Queens neighborhoods such as

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, Jackson Heights, Elmhurst,

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, Woodside, Ridgewood, Woodhaven,

, and

. The following list provides more information on these ethnic groups: *

146,000 (6.5%) * Puerto Ricans 123,000 (5.4%) *

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108,000 (4.8%) * Mexicans 81,000 (3.6%) * Dominicans 68,000 (3.1%) *Other 125,000 (5.5%) This Hispanic population experienced increase from 613,750 residents at 27.5% in 2010 to 667,861 residents at 27.8% in 2020, a gain of 54,111 residents of 8.8%. For a long time, the Hispanic population was the fastest growing population in the borough, but since the 2000s to 2010s, the Asian population has taken over that status and now slowly beginning to challenge the Hispanic population as the largest immigrant population of the borough.

Multiracial population

Multiracial individuals are a small but sizable minority group in Queens. Over 55,540 multiracial individuals reside in the borough, which is equal to 2.4% of the population. People of mixed Caucasian and black heritage number over 8,840 members and make up 0.4% of the population. People of mixed Caucasian and Native American heritage number over 4,100 members and make up 0.2% of the population. People of mixed Caucasian and Asian heritage number over 8,060 members and make up 0.3% of the population. Lastly, people of mixed black and Native American heritage number over 2,550 and make up 0.1% of the population. From 2010 to 2020, the multiracial population went from 56,107 residents at 2.5% to 84,112 residents at 3.5%, a gain of 28,005 residents or 49.9%.

Languages

As of 2010, 43.84% (905,890) of Queens residents age 5 and older spoke

at home as a primary language, while 23.88% (493,462) spoke

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...

, 8.06% (166,570)

, 3.44% (71,054) various Indic languages, 2.74% (56,701)

, 1.67% (34,596)

, 1.56% (32,268)

, 1.54% (31,922) Tagalog, 1.53% (31,651)

, 1.32% (27,345) French Creole, 1.17% (24,118)

, 0.96% (19,868)

Hindi Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...

, 0.93% (19,262)

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' other Asian languages, 0.80% (16,435) other Indo-European languages, 0.71% (14,685) French, 0.61% (12,505)

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...

, 0.48% (10,008)

Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia an ...

, and

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

was spoken as a main language by 0.46% (9,410) of the population over the age of five. In total, 56.16% (1,160,483) of Queens's population age 5 and older spoke a

mother language A first language, native tongue, native language, mother tongue or L1 is the first language or dialect that a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical period. In some countries, the term ''native language'' or ''mother tongu ...

other than English.

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