Immigrants in New York State, 2010-2014 iDod: Fact Sheets with Data on Immigrants, Customized For You, For Free. Median Year of Immigration for Immigrants in New York State
Immigration in New York State The map to the left depicts the median year of entry for immigrant communities across New York State. Note the more recent communities in yellow. The chart below depicts the age distribution for immigrant groups in selected counties. Note the large proportion of working age immigrants in Lewis and Jefferson Counties. Natural citizens, who are children of immigrants are not included in this chart. Also, note in the table on educational attainment below that Onondaga and Cayuga Counties have more than 1,000 immigrants with PhDs.
Age Distribution got Immigrants by County in New York State 28%
14%
All Other NY Counties Herkimer & Oneida Onondaga & Cayuga
Oswego Saint Lawrence Lewis & Jefferson
Franklin, Clinton, Essex, & Hamilton
0% Younger than 10
10 to 17
18 to 25
26 to 35
36 to 45
46 to 55
56 to 65
66 and Older
Educational Attainment for Immigrants (age 25+) by County in New York State
Less than HS HS Diploma or GED Some College Associate's Degree Bachelor's Degree Graduate, MA, or Professional Degree Doctoral Degree Estimated Total Immigrants (age 25+)
Onondaga & Cayuga
Herkimer & Oneida
Franklin, Clinton, Essex, & Hamilton
Lewis & Jefferson
Saint Lawrence
Oswego
All Other New York Counties
23% 21% 11% 7% 19%
33% 27% 11% 8% 9%
31% 30% 17% 3% 10%
14% 25% 16% 11% 21%
20% 17% 17% 9% 15%
16% 21% 18% 12% 19%
27% 26% 12% 6% 17%
16%
10%
7%
11%
13%
11%
10%
4%
2%
3%
2%
8%
3%
2%
27,152
13,443
6,272
4,823
3,918
1,800
3,791,928
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey, 2010-2014. ipums.org extracts. Tigerline shapefiles.
Immigrants in New York State, 2010-2014 Most Common Race for Immigrants in New York State
Immigration in New York State The map to the left depicts the most commonly reported race within immigrant communities for areas across New York State. Note the areas with larger populations of Asians, and the high racial diversity in Long Island and New York City. The table below depicts the top languages for selected counties and demonstrates some of the most important aspects of diversity across New York State. Note English is a top language for immigrants, yet there are 78 languages spoken across these selected counties in upstate New York. These speakers amount to more than 70 thousand immigrants.
Top Ten Languages Spoken at Home for Immigrants in Selected Counties in New York State Onondaga & Cayuga Herkimer & Oneida English
27%
Spanish
9%
Chinese Nepali Arabic Russian Italian SerboCroatian, and Associated
7% 4% 4% 4% 4%
Ukrainian Vietnamese All Other
4%
English SerboCroatian, and Associated Spanish Misc. Asian Russian Ukrainian Vietnamese Mon-Khmer, Cambodian
17%
English
39%
English
40%
All Other NY Counties Spanish 31%
Saint Lawrence
Oswego
16%
Spanish
17%
Spanish
24%
French
10%
Spanish
17%
English
24%
11% 11% 7% 5% 3%
French Russian German Chinese Arabic
7% 5% 4% 4% 3%
German Russian French Korean Panjabi
11% 3% 3% 3% 3%
Russian Spanish Chinese Arabic Albanian
8% 7% 4% 4% 4%
French Vietnamese Ukrainian French German
6% 5% 5% 3% 3%
Chinese Russian French Italian Korean
7% 4% 3% 2% 2%
3%
Filipino, Tagalog
2%
Filipino, Tagalog
3%
Vietnamese
2%
Russian
3%
Bengali
2%
Italian
2%
Chinese
2%
Korean
2%
Bulgarian
2%
French
2%
2% Thai 14% All Other
2% 14%
Croatian All Other
2% 20%
Chinese All Other
2% 14%
Cantonese All Other
2% 22%
7,662
6,156
Burmese, Lisu, 3% Lolo 3% Arabic 3% 31% All Other 22% 3%
Est. Totals 34,993
Franklin, Clinton, Lewis & Jefferson Essex, & Hamilton English 41% English 31%
Polish All Other
18,164
4,754
2,496
4,302,829
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