Racial and ancestral makeup

2008-08-24 » The major ancestry groups in New York state are African American (15.8%), Italian (14.4%), Irish (12.9%), and German (11.1%).[21] According to a 2004 estimate, 20.4% of the population is foreign-born. New York is home to the largest Dominican and Jamaican American population in the United States. The New York City neighborhood [...]