37.2% of New York Residents are Foreign Born

New York Post
December 20, 2013

The percentage of immigrants in New York City’s population is the highest it’s been in a century.

That’s according to a city report issued Wednesday.

The report says there were just over 3 million foreign-born residents in 2011, out of a population of 8.2 million.

That makes immigrants 37.2 percent of city dwellers.

The last time the city had a higher share of immigrants was in 1910, when 41 percent of residents were foreign-born.

The lowest was in 1970, when 18 percent of residents were immigrants.

The largest groups of foreign-born residents are from the Dominican Republic, followed by China and Mexico.

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