Immigration & Citizenship

New York State
2021

63.4%

Asian American Population as Foreign Born, New York State

22.6% Total Population as Foreign Born, New York State

2021

26.4%

Asian American Population as Non-citizen, New York State

9.3% Total Population as Non-citizen, New York State

Immigrants

Immigrants, New York State

Percentage of Population as Foreign Born

201020152021
Asian69.1%67.1%63.4%
Bangladeshi74.6%73.4%69.3%
BurmeseNA85.6%77.9%
Chinese71.6%70.7%68.7%
Filipino73.6%72.5%70.5%
Indian72.4%70.2%67.6%
Japanese75.7%77.9%74.6%
Korean74.5%73.5%69.0%
NepaleseNA87.9%76.9%
Pakistani68.7%67.0%63.4%
Sri Lankan85.8%79.4%71.9%
TaiwaneseNA74.7%63.5%
Thai83.1%73.0%78.4%
Vietnamese62.4%65.8%66.5%

Citizenship

Citizenship, New York State

Citizenship by BirthNaturalized CitizenNot a Citizen
201020152021201020152021201020152021
Asian30.9%32.9%36.6%37.1%37.1%37.0%32.0%30.2%26.4%
Bangladeshi25.4%26.6%30.7%36.5%41.3%40.0%38.1%32.1%29.2%
BurmeseNA14.4%22.2%NA21.7%40.8%NA63.9%37.0%
Chinese28.4%29.3%31.3%39.3%38.8%38.1%32.3%31.9%30.6%
Filipino26.4%27.5%29.5%43.2%46.1%48.9%30.4%26.4%21.6%
Indian27.6%29.8%32.4%40.2%41.8%42.2%32.3%28.4%25.5%
Japanese24.3%22.1%25.5%11.6%13.6%15.2%64.1%64.3%59.3%
Korean25.5%26.5%31.0%39.4%38.7%43.8%35.1%34.8%25.2%
NepaleseNA12.3%23.1%NA18.2%22.7%NA69.5%54.2%
Pakistani31.3%33.1%36.6%37.7%39.4%41.5%31.1%27.5%21.9%
Sri Lankan14.2%20.6%28.1%29.2%33.2%34.2%56.5%46.2%37.7%
TaiwaneseNA25.6%36.5%NA44.5%41.6%NA29.9%21.9%
Thai16.9%27.3%21.7%44.6%31.4%37.7%38.6%41.4%40.6%
Vietnamese37.6%34.2%33.5%43.2%46.9%48.8%19.2%18.9%17.7%