More New Yorkers claim Italian heritage than any other ancestry. Here is a list of the 50 biggest ancestries in New York in the 2010 American Community Survey:
Rank
|
Ancestry
|
New York Estimated Population
|
Percentage of Total Population
|
Total:
|
19,392,283
|
100.0%
|
|
1
|
Italian
|
2,633,293
|
13.6%
|
2
|
Irish
|
2,509,092
|
12.9%
|
3
|
German
|
2,140,879
|
11.0%
|
4
|
English
|
1,096,163
|
5.7%
|
5
|
Polish
|
977,847
|
5.0%
|
6
|
American
|
731,709
|
3.8%
|
7
|
French
(except Basque)
|
475,969
|
2.5%
|
8
|
Russian
|
457,047
|
2.4%
|
9
|
Jamaican
|
305,285
|
1.6%
|
10
|
Dutch
|
261,829
|
1.4%
|
11
|
Scottish
|
215,898
|
1.1%
|
12
|
Haitian
|
190,718
|
1.0%
|
13
|
European
|
174,364
|
0.9%
|
14
|
Greek
|
158,467
|
0.8%
|
15
|
Hungarian
|
157,863
|
0.8%
|
16
|
African
|
132,490
|
0.7%
|
17
|
Ukrainian
|
132,438
|
0.7%
|
18
|
Guyanese
|
131,544
|
0.7%
|
19
|
West
Indian
|
131,414
|
0.7%
|
20
|
Swedish
|
131,183
|
0.7%
|
21
|
French
Canadian
|
121,691
|
0.6%
|
22
|
Trinidadian
and Tobagonian
|
95,319
|
0.5%
|
23
|
Eastern
European
|
93,425
|
0.5%
|
24
|
Welsh
|
85,773
|
0.4%
|
25
|
Austrian
|
84,174
|
0.4%
|
26
|
Norwegian
|
79,815
|
0.4%
|
27
|
Scotch-Irish
|
75,137
|
0.4%
|
28
|
British
|
57,978
|
0.3%
|
29
|
Albanian
|
56,649
|
0.3%
|
30
|
Romanian
|
56,217
|
0.3%
|
31
|
Canadian
|
53,402
|
0.3%
|
32
|
Czech
|
51,242
|
0.3%
|
33
|
Portuguese
|
51,027
|
0.3%
|
34
|
British
West Indian
|
50,376
|
0.3%
|
35
|
Lithuanian
|
46,545
|
0.2%
|
36
|
Lebanese
|
37,745
|
0.2%
|
37
|
Arab
|
37,066
|
0.2%
|
38
|
Slovak
|
36,533
|
0.2%
|
39
|
Swiss
|
35,607
|
0.2%
|
40
|
Danish
|
34,101
|
0.2%
|
41
|
Israeli
|
32,567
|
0.2%
|
42
|
Yugoslavian
|
31,788
|
0.2%
|
43
|
Turkish
|
29,153
|
0.2%
|
44
|
Nigerian
|
29,108
|
0.2%
|
45
|
Iranian
|
28,964
|
0.1%
|
46
|
Other
Arab
|
27,205
|
0.1%
|
47
|
Brazilian
|
26,310
|
0.1%
|
48
|
Barbadian
|
26,234
|
0.1%
|
49
|
Egyptian
|
25,978
|
0.1%
|
50
|
Croatian
|
24,951
|
0.1%
|
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey
B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates
