APPENDIX TABLE 5-4

Ten Largest Sources of the Foreign-born by County

New York Metropolitan Region, 2000
COUNTRY RANK
TOTAL 1 2 3 4 5
FOREIGN-BORN COUNTRY NUMBER COUNTRY NUMBER COUNTRY NUMBER COUNTRY NUMBER COUNTRY NUMBER

NEW YORK METROPOLITAN

REGION 5,200,622 Dom. Rep. 495,581 China 354,829 Jamaica 264,749 Mexico 225,709 India 223,116

NEW YORK CITY 2,871,032 Dom. Rep. 369,186 China 261,551 Jamaica 178,922 Guyana 130,647 Mexico 122,550
Bronx, NY 385,827 Dom. Rep. 124,032 Jamaica 51,120 Mexico 20,962 Guyana 14,868 Ecuador 14,800
Brooklyn, NY 931,769 China 86,064 Jamaica 73,580 Haiti 61,267 Dom. Rep. 59,362 Ukraine 55,573
New York, NY 452,440 Dom. Rep. 125,063 China 63,891 Mexico 19,426 UK 12,319 Ecuador 12,217
Queens, NY 1,028,339 China 102,902 Guyana 66,918 Ecuador 66,643 Colombia 66,192 Dom. Rep. 59,444
Staten Island, NY 72,657 Italy 8,245 Mexico 4,890 China 4,331 Philippines 3,799 India 3,499

INNER COUNTIES 1,842,253 India 130,046 Dom. Rep. 111,698 Colombia 87,481 Italy 87,369 Mexico 76,193
Bergen, NJ 222,301 Korea 29,506 Poland 13,737 India 12,557 Philippines 11,978 Colombia 11,973
Essex, NJ 168,165 Haiti 15,474 Portugal 13,123 Ecuador 12,850 Jamaica 11,071 Dom. Rep. 8,324
Fairfield, CT 149,038 Jamaica 9,093 Italy 7,983 Brazil 7,926 Colombia 7,727 UK 6,796
Hudson, NJ 234,597 Cuba 28,237 Dom. Rep. 25,631 Ecuador 17,721 Philippines 16,026 India 15,402
Middlesex, NJ 181,761 India 40,709 China 15,318 Dom. Rep. 12,037 Mexico 10,884 Philippines 9,421
Morris, NJ 72,638 Colombia 7,790 India 7,657 China 6,667 Italy 3,447 UK 3,216
Nassau, NY 238,414 El Salvador 25,568 Italy 18,241 India 13,667 Jamaica 12,861 Haiti 11,793
Passaic, NJ 130,291 Dom. Rep. 25,128 Mexico 15,187 Peru 13,075 Colombia 9,030 Poland 7,068
Rockland, NY 54,766 Haiti 8,217 Philippines 3,729 Dom. Rep. 3,587 India 3,455 Jamaica 2,130
Somerset, NJ 53,937 India 6,875 China 5,101 Costa Rica 3,350 Italy 2,304 Ecuador 2,240
Union, NJ 130,916 Colombia 12,492 Portugal 9,959 Cuba 8,169 Poland 7,041 Haiti 6,912
Westchester. NY 205,429 Mexico 18,193 Italy 16,466 Jamaica 15,998 Dom. Rep. 11,134 Ecuador 10,963

OUTER COUNTIES 487,337 Italy 35,517 Mexico 26,966 India 24,807 China 24,569 Germany 23,021
Dutchess, NY 23,600 Jamaica 2,154 India 2,037 Mexico 1,685 Italy 1,615 Germany 1,547
Hunterdon, NJ 7,708 Germany 851 UK 770 India 732 Italy 517 China 494
Litchfield, CT 9,898 Italy 1,277 UK 983 Canada 917 Germany 587 Poland 354
Mercer, NJ 48,659 Guatemala 5,279 India 4,339 China 3,240 Poland 2,441 Haiti 1,980
Monmouth, NJ 63,807 China 6,125 Mexico 6,007 India 4,552 Italy 3,911 Philippines 2,650
New Haven, CT 74,427 Italy 7,054 Mexico 4,599 Poland 3,865 China 3,659 India 3,545
Ocean, NJ 33,152 Mexico 3,146 Germany 3,092 Italy 3,023 UK 2,305 Philippines 1,980
Orange, NY 28,710 Mexico 5,223 Italy 1,957 Germany 1,360 Honduras 1,194 UK 1,149
Putnam, NY 8,420 Italy 1,480 Germany 524 Ireland 486 Guatemala 483 UK 396
Suffolk, NY 158,525 El Salvador 18,499 Italy 10,771 Dom. Rep. 8,041 Colombia 7,125 China 6,681
Sullivan, NY 5,875 Colombia 434 Poland 416 Germany 409 Italy 353 Mexico 288
Sussex, NJ 8,171 Germany 765 Italy 535 UK 491 Poland 433 Philippines 343
Ulster, NY 10,468 Germany 1,128 Italy 832 UK 713 Dom. Rep. 534 Mexico 532
Warren, NJ 5,917 Germany 464 India 415 UK 386 Italy 319 Poland 295

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 COUNTRY RANK
6 7 8 9 10
COUNTRY NUMBER COUNTRY NUMBER COUNTRY NUMBER COUNTRY NUMBER COUNTRY NUMBER

NEW YORK METROPOLITAN

REGION Ecuador 199,579 Italy 195,367 Colombia 186,558 Haiti 161,147 Guyana 158,708

NEW YORK CITY Ecuador 114,944 Haiti 95,580 Trin.& Tobago88,794 Colombia 84,404 Russia 81,408
Bronx, NY Honduras 12,774 Ghana 9,275 Italy 9,142 Trin.& Tobago6,145 Ireland 4,907
Brooklyn, NY Trin.& Tobago 52,256 Russia 51,781 Guyana 46,425 Mexico 39,605 Poland 35,382
New York, NY Japan 12,134 Germany 10,783 Canada 8,487 Cuba 8,255 Korea 8,209
Queens, NY Korea 51,556 India 48,132 Jamaica 47,145 Mexico 37,667 Philippines 27,628
Staten Island, NY Russia 3,452 Korea 2,710 Ukraine 2,220 Poland 2,058 Egypt 1,981

INNER COUNTIES Philippines 72,073 Ecuador 71,740 Jamaica 69,257 China 68,709 Poland 60,981
Bergen, NJ Italy 11,717 China 8,990 Dom. Rep. 6,669 Japan 6,076 Ecuador 5,926
Essex, NJ Guyana 7,827 Brazil 7,711 Philippines 6,245 India 4,997 Italy 4,995
Fairfield, CT Mexico 6,270 Haiti 6,138 Ecuador 6,091 India 5,581 Poland 5,558
Hudson, NJ Colombia 13,630 El Salvador 11,313 Peru 9,182 Mexico 7,900 Egypt 6,978
Middlesex, NJ Poland 6,488 Colombia 4,206 Korea 4,138 Egypt 3,996 Peru 3,955
Morris, NJ Philippines 2,665 Germany 2,640 Poland 2,297 Korea 2,074 Canada 1,935
Nassau, NY China 9,396 Dom. Rep. 8,844 Colombia 7,576 Korea 6,933 Iran 6,817
Passaic, NJ Italy 6,004 India 5,373 Jamaica 4,902 Philippines 2,841 Ecuador 2,084
Rockland, NY Italy 2,102 Mexico 2,093 Guatemala 1,873 Ireland 1,685 Germany 1,651
Somerset, NJ Philippines 2,220 Poland 2,061 Colombia 1,844 UK 1,776 Mexico 1,631
Union, NJ El Salvador 6,261 Peru 5,415 Dom. Rep. 5,139 Ecuador 4,885 Italy 4,732
Westchester. NY India 9,236 Colombia 7,966 Japan 6,648 Peru 6,087 Ireland 5,636

OUTER COUNTIES El Salvador 21,093 UK 20,058 Poland 19,123 Jamaica 16,570 Dom. Rep. 14,697
Dutchess, NY China 1,274 UK 1,136 Dom. Rep. 711 Ireland 559 Poland 555
Hunterdon, NJ Canada 355 Poland 338 Mexico 250 Netherlands 194 Korea 178
Litchfield, CT India 341 China 333 Korea 308 Vietnam 251 Colombia 233
Mercer, NJ Italy 1,873 Ecuador 1,870 Jamaica 1,721 UK 1,682 Mexico 1,465
Monmouth, NJ UK 2,271 Germany 2,172 Haiti 2,143 Brazil 1,887 Poland 1,737
New Haven, CT Portugal 3,302 Canada 3,240 Jamaica 3,186 UK 2,961 Germany 2,547
Ocean, NJ Poland 1,701 Colombia 1,114 India 1,096 Ireland 922 China 853
Orange, NY Jamaica 992 India 948 Peru 876 Ireland 857 China 753
Putnam, NY Poland 326 El Salvador 269 Ecuador 249 Canada 240 China 238
Suffolk, NY Germany 6,124 Ecuador 6,092 India 5,885 Poland 5,746 Jamaica 5,371
Sullivan, NY Jamaica 228 Ukraine 224 UK 207 Dom. Rep. 186 China 185
Sussex, NJ Canada 314 Netherlands 312 India 284 Ireland 244 Ecuador 243
Ulster, NY Jamaica 436 China 367 Colombia 352 Canada 310 India 282
Warren, NJ Cuba 291 Colombia 283 Ecuador 204 China 180 Canada 170

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