Demographics of Queens
[12] Queens ranks as most culturally and racially diverse borough in all of New York City, followed by Brooklyn, Manhattan, The Bronx, and Staten Island, respectively.In 2005, the median income among black households in Queens was close to $52,000 a year, surpassing that of whites.Sizable populations of Germans and Poles are also present, as well as Greeks, Albanians, Serbs, Bosnians, and Russians.The White population in Queens is mainly concentrated in neighborhoods such as Astoria, Forest Hills, Rego Park, Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village, Howard Beach, Kew Gardens, Kew Gardens Hills, Bayside, Whitestone, Douglaston, Little Neck, Glen Oaks, Breezy Point and Belle Harbor.According to the 2009 American Community Survey, Black people of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin made up 18.8% of Queens' population.Black people are the majority in Queensbridge and LeFrak City but primarily concentrated in the Southeast Queens neighborhoods of South Jamaica, Springfield Gardens, Hollis, Laurelton, Cambria Heights, Locust Manor, St. Albans, Rosedale, and Far Rockaway.As of 2023, illegal Chinese immigration to New York City, and particularly to Queens and its Flushing Chinatown, has accelerated.The bulk of this group are composed of people of Chinese, Indian, Korean, and Filipino descent.Asians are numerous throughout the borough but most concentrated in Northeastern and Central Queens in areas such as Flushing, Little Neck, Bayside, Fresh Meadows, Jamaica Estates, Elmhurst, Woodside, Richmond Hill, and Ozone Park.The following list provides more information on these four ethnic groups: The 2000 census also showed that the borough is home to one of the most important concentration of Indian Americans in the nation, with a total population of 329,715 ([2] Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine.The neighborhoods of Forest Hills, Queens, and Rego Park are home to a large amount of Central Asians, particularly Bukharian Jews from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.People of mixed Caucasian and Native American heritage number over 4,100 members and make up 0.2% of the population.Lastly, people of mixed black and Native American heritage number over 2,550 and make up 0.1% of the population.
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