Many people think of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, as being mostly white and mostly native-born — but the fact is that, in 2010, more than 20% of the population of Staten Island was foreign-born. That was just one of the surprising details presented on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 by Joseph Salvo, director of the Population Division for NYC Planning, when he addressed Wagner College’s Hugh L. Carey Institute for Government Reform on the topic of “Staten Island and the Changing Immigrant Profile of New York City.” Both the video (60 min.) and slideshow are displayed on the Wagner College website — http://wagner.edu/newsroom/staten-islands-changing-immigrant-profile/
1. Staten Island and the Changing
Immigrant Profile of New York City
Presentation for the Carey Institute
of Wagner College
April 23, 2013
Joseph Salvo
POPULATION DIVISION
3. Census Change:
Census Estimates 2010-2012
2010 2012 Number Percent
New York State 19,378,102 19,570,261 192,159 1.0
New York City 8,175,133 8,336,697 161,564 2.0
Bronx 1,385,108 1,408,473 23,365 1.7
Brooklyn 2,504,700 2,565,635 60,935 2.4
Manhattan 1,585,873 1,619,090 33,217 2.1
Queens 2,230,722 2,272,771 42,049 1.9
Staten Island 468,730 470,728 1,998 0.4
NYC as % of NYS 42.2 42.6 84.1
Change in Population, Census Bureau Estimates
April 2010 to July 2012
Source: 2010 Census; Census Bureau Current Estimates Program
4. Estimated Components of Population Change (Annualized)
Staten Island, 2010–2012
-6,000 -4,000 -2,000 0 2,000 4,000 6,000
Net International
Migration
Net Domestic
Migration
Population Change
Natural Increase
Net Migration
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Estimates Program
5. Population Change for the 10 Largest Cities in the U.S., 2000 to 2010
Ranked by Population in 2010
*Achieved population peak in 2010
Geographic Area
Number Percent
1 New York, NY* 8,008,278 8,175,133 166,855 2.1
2 Los Angeles, CA* 3,694,820 3,792,621 97,801 2.7
3 Chicago, IL 2,896,016 2,695,598 -200,418 -6.9
Brooklyn, NY 2,465,326 2,504,700 39,374 1.6
Queens, NY* 2,229,379 2,230,722 1,343 0.1
4 Houston, TX* 1,953,631 2,099,451 145,820 7.5
Manhattan, NY 1,537,195 1,585,873 48,678 3.2
5 Philadelphia, PA 1,517,550 1,526,006 8,456 0.6
6 Phoenix, AZ* 1,321,045 1,445,632 124,587 9.4
Bronx, NY 1,332,650 1,385,108 52,458 3.9
7 San Antonio, TX* 1,144,646 1,327,407 182,761 16.0
8 San Diego, CA* 1,223,400 1,307,402 84,002 6.9
9 Dallas, TX* 1,188,580 1,197,816 9,236 0.8
10 San Jose, CA* 894,943 945,942 50,999 5.7
39 Staten Island, NY* 443,728 468,730 25,002 5.6
Rank
Total Population Population Change
NYC and Boroughs 2000 2010
2000-2010
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 and 2010 Census PL 94-171 Files
Population Division-New York City Department of City Planning
7. 5,401,440
5,239,633
Total Population by Nativity
New York City, 1970 to 2010
5,137,246
6,457,740
1,670,199
1,437,058
Percent
Foreign-born
18.2
23.6
35.9
28.4
5,142,584 37.2
2,082,931
2,871,032
3,042,315
Source: U.S. Census of Population, 1970 to 2000; 2010 American Community Survey-Full Sample
Population Division-New York City Department of City Planning
8. 368,866
371,071
334,427
317,607
268,748
100,497
72,657
44,550
34,514
26,695
0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000
2010
2000
1990
1980
1970
Native-born Foreign-born
Total Population by Nativity
Staten Island, 1970 to 2010 Percent
Foreign-born
9.0
9.8
16.4
11.8
20.9
Source: U.S. Census of Population, 1970 to 2000; 2011 American Community Survey, Full Sample
Population Division-New York City Department of City Planning
9. Top Countries of Birth for the Foreign-born
New York City and Staten Island, 2010
*Includes Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey, Public Use Microdata Sample
Population Division-New York City Department of City Planning
Italy
9%
Mexico
8%
China
7%
Philippines
4%
Poland
4%
Russia
4%
India
3%
Korea
3%
Colombia
1%Jamaica
1%
Other
56%
Staten Island
Total = 100,497
New York City
Total = 3,042,315
Dominican
Republic
13%
China*
11%
Mexico
6%
Jamaica
6%
Guyana
5%
Ecuador
4%
Haiti
3%
Trinidad and
Tobago
3%
India
2%
Russia
2%
Other
45%
10. Population Distribution by Race/Hispanic Origin and Age
Staten Island, 2010
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Total Under 18 18 to 24 25 to 44 45 to 64 65+
Other &
multiracial,
nonhispanic
Asian,
nonhispanic
Hispanic
Black,
nonhispanic
White,
nonhispanic
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Summary File 1
Population Division - New York City Department of City Planning
Age
12. Persons by Race/Hispanic Origin
Staten Island, 2000-2010
0
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
White, nonhispanic Hispanic Black, nonhispanic Asian, nonhispanic
2000 2010
Percent
Change =
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau: 2000 Census, Summary File 1; 2010 Census Summary File 1
Population Division-New York City Department of City Planning
-5.1 51.4 11.6 39.3
13. Population by Hispanic Subgroup
Staten Island, 2000-2010
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
Puerto Rican Mexican Dominican Central American
2000 2010
22.7 153.5 104.3 49.8
Percent
Change =
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Simulated Hispanic File, 2010 Census Summary File 1
Population Division-New York City Department of City Planning
14. Population by Asian Subgroup
Staten Island, 2000-2010
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
Chinese Filipino Asian Indian Korean
2000 2010
77.6 13.8 4.6 -6.8
Percent
Change =
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census Summary File 1; 2010 Summary File 1
Population Division-New York City Department of City Planning
15. Speaks
English at
Home
301,571
68%
English
Proficient
88,904
20%
Not English
Proficient
50,663
12%
Speaks
English at
Home
3,889,483
51%
English
Proficient
1,964,561
25%
Not English
Proficient
1,816,599
24%
Persons by English Language Ability
New York City and Staten Island, 2010
Total Persons Ages 5 and Over = 7,670,643
Speaks
language
other than
English
at home
49%
3,781,160
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey-Public Use Microdata Sample
Population Division-New York City Department of City Planning
Total Persons Ages 5 and Over: 441,138
Speaks
language
other than
English
at home
32%
139,567
New York City Staten Island
16. Limited English Proficient Population
by Language Spoken at Home
New York City and Staten Island, 2010
* Includes Chinese, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Formosan
Overall LEP 1,789,398 Overall LEP 51,256
Percent Percent
Total 100.0 Total 100.0
Spanish 50.1 Spanish 33.4
Chinese* 16.2 Russian 12.9
Russian 6.6 Chinese* 12.5
Korean 2.7 Italian 8.6
French Creole 2.5 Arabic 4.1
Italian 2.1 Korean 4.0
New York City Staten Island
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2008-2010 American Community Survey, Public Use Microdata Sample
Population Division-New York City Department of City Planning
19. Percent Change in Population by Neighborhood Tabulation Area*
New York City, 2000 to 2010
* Neighborhood Tabulation Areas or NTAs, are
aggregations of census tracts that are subsets of
New York City's 55 Public Use Microdata Areas
(PUMAs). Primarily due to these constraints,
NTA boundaries and their associated names may
not definitively represent neighborhoods.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau: 2000 and 2010 Censuses-Summary File 1
Population Division-New York City Department of City Planning
LAGUARDIA
AIRPORT
JOHN F. KENNEDY
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
(8 neighborhoods)
(25)
(17)
(31)
(74)
(17)
(10)
(6)
Percent Change
Gain of 15.0% or more
9.0% to 14.9%
6.0% to 8.9%
3.0% to 5.9%
-6.0% to -8.9%
-2.9% to 2.9%
-3.0% to -5.9%
-9.0% to -14.9%
Bronx
Queens
Staten
Island
Manhattan
Brooklyn
20. Percent Change in the White Nonhispanic Population
by Neighborhood Tabulation Area*
New York City, 2000 to 2010
* Neighborhood Tabulation Areas or NTAs, are
aggregations of census tracts that are subsets of
New York City's 55 Public Use Microdata Areas
(PUMAs). Primarily due to these constraints,
NTA boundaries and their associated names may
not definitively represent neighborhoods.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau: 2000 and 2010 Censuses-Summary File 1
Population Division-New York City Department of City Planning
LAGUARDIA
AIRPORT
LAGUARDIA
AIRPORT
JOHN F. KENNEDY
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Less than 5,000 White NH
in 2000 and 2010
(18 neighborhoods)
(4)
(8)
(11)
(25)
(16)
(22)
(29)
(6)
Percent Change
Gain of 40.0% or more
20.0% to 39.9%
10.0% to 19.9%
5.0% to 9.9%
-10.0% to -19.9%
-4.9% to 4.9%
-5.0% to -9.9%
-20.0% to -39.9%
Loss of 40.0% or more
Bronx
Queens
Staten
Island
Manhattan
Brooklyn
21. Percent Change in the Black Nonhispanic Population
by Neighborhood Tabulation Area*
New York City, 2000 to 2010
* Neighborhood Tabulation Areas or NTAs, are
aggregations of census tracts that are subsets of New
York City's 55 Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs).
Primarily due to these constraints, NTA boundaries
and their associated names may not definitively
represent neighborhoods.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau: 2000 and 2010 Censuses-Summary File 1
Population Division-New York City Department of City Planning
Bronx
Queens
Staten
Island
LAGUARDIA
AIRPORT
JOHN F. KENNEDY
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Less than 5,000 Black NH
in 2000 and 2010
(3 neighborhoods)
(9)
(9)
(19)
(15)
(23)
(10)
(1)
Percent Change
Gain of 20.0% or more
10.0% to 19.9%
5.0% to 9.9%
-10.0% to -19.9%
-4.9% to 4.9%
-5.0% to -9.9%
-20.0% to -39.9%
Loss of 40.0% or more
22. Percent Change in the Asian Nonhispanic Population
by Neighborhood Tabulation Area*
New York City, 2000 to 2010
* Neighborhood Tabulation Areas or NTAs, are
aggregations of census tracts that are subsets of
New York City's 55 Public Use Microdata Areas
(PUMAs). Primarily due to these constraints,
NTA boundaries and their associated names may
not definitively represent neighborhoods.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau: 2000 and 2010 Censuses-Summary File 1
Population Division-New York City Department of City Planning
LAGUARDIA
AIRPORT
JOHN F. KENNEDY
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Less than 5,000 Asian NH
in 2000 and 2010
(25 neighborhoods)
(27)
(5)
(2)
(2)
(3)
(1)
Percent Change
Gain of 40.0% or more
20.0% to 39.9%
10.0% to 19.9%
5.0% to 9.9%
-10.0% to -19.9%
-4.9% to 4.9%
-5.0% to -9.9%
Bronx
Queens
Staten
Island
Manhattan
Brooklyn
23. Percent Change in the Hispanic Population
by Neighborhood Tabulation Area*
New York City, 2000 to 2010
* Neighborhood Tabulation Areas or NTAs, are
aggregations of census tracts that are subsets of
New York City's 55 Public Use Microdata Areas
(PUMAs). Primarily due to these constraints,
NTA boundaries and their associated names may
not definitively represent neighborhoods.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau: 2000 and 2010 Censuses-Summary File 1
Population Division-New York City Department of City Planning
LAGUARDIA
AIRPORT
LAGUARDIA
AIRPORT
JOHN F. KENNEDY
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Less than 5,000 Hispanic
in 2000 and 2010
(21 neighborhoods)
(16)
(24)
(17)
(24)
(7)
(14)
(6)
Percent Change
Gain of 40.0% or more
20.0% to 39.9%
10.0% to 19.9%
5.0% to 9.9%
-10.0% to -19.9%
-4.9% to 4.9%
-5.0% to -9.9%
-20.0% to -39.9%
Bronx
Queens
Staten
Island
Manhattan
Brooklyn
24. Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*
Staten Island, 2010
* Neighborhood Tabulation Areas or NTAs, are
aggregations of census tracts that are subsets of
New York City's 55 Public Use Microdata Areas
(PUMAs). Primarily due to these constraints,
NTA boundaries and their associated names may
not definitively represent neighborhoods. Source: Population Division-New York City Department of City Planning
Todt Hill
Emerson Hill
Heartland Village
Lighthouse Hill
Great Kills
Westerleigh
Arden Heights
Port
Richmond
Rossville
Woodrow
Stapleton
Rosebank
New Dorp
Midland Beach
Oakwood
Oakwood Beach
New Brighton
Silver Lake
New Springville
Bloomfield
Travis
Charleston
Richmond Valley
Tottenville
Old Town
Dongan Hills
South Beach
Grymes Hill
Clifton
Fox Hills
West New Brighton
New Brighton
St George
Grasmere
Arrochar
Fort Wadsworth
Annadale
Huguenot
Prince's Bay
Eltingvlille
Mariner's Harbor
Arlington
Port Ivory
Graniteville
25. Percent Change in Population by Neighborhood Tabulation Area*
Staten Island, 2000 to 2010
* Neighborhood Tabulation Areas or NTAs, are
aggregations of census tracts that are subsets of
New York City's 55 Public Use Microdata Areas
(PUMAs). Primarily due to these constraints,
NTA boundaries and their associated names may
not definitively represent neighborhoods.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau: 2000 and 2010 Censuses-Summary File 1
Population Division-New York City Department of City Planning
Percent Change
Gain of 20.0% or more (1 neighborhood)
10.0% to 19.9% (4)
5.0% to 9.9% (5)
Less than 5.0% (8)
Great Kills
Westerleigh
Arden Heights
Port
Richmond
Rossville
Woodrow
Stapleton
Rosebank
New Dorp
Midland Beach
Oakwood
Oakwood Beach
New Brighton
Silver Lake
New Springville
Bloomfield
Travis
Charleston
Richmond Valley
Tottenville
Old Town
Dongan Hills
South Beach
Grymes Hill
Clifton
Fox Hills
West New Brighton
New Brighton
St George
Grasmere
Arrochar
Fort Wadsworth
Todt Hill
Emerson Hill
Heartland Village
Lighthouse Hill
Annadale
Huguenot
Prince's Bay
Eltingvlille
Mariner's Harbor
Arlington
Port Ivory
Graniteville
26. Great Kills
Westerleigh
Arden Heights
Port
Richmond
Rossville
Woodrow
Stapleton
Rosebank
New Dorp
Midland Beach
Oakwood
Oakwood Beach
New Brighton
Silver Lake
New Springville
Bloomfield
Travis
Charleston
Richmond Valley
Tottenville
Old Town
Dongan Hills
South Beach
Grymes Hill
Clifton
Fox Hills
West New Brighton
New Brighton
St George
Grasmere
Arrochar
Fort Wadsworth
Todt Hill
Emerson Hill
Heartland Village
Lighthouse Hill
Annadale
Huguenot
Prince's Bay
Eltingvlille
Mariner's Harbor
Arlington
Port Ivory
Graniteville
Percent Change
Gain of 20% or more (1 neighborhoods)
10% to 19.9% (0)
5% to 9.9% (1)
-4.9% to 4.9% (6)
-5.9% to -9.9% (5)
-10.0% to -19.9% (3)
Loss of 20.0% or more (2)
Percent Change in the White Nonhispanic Population
by Neighborhood Tabulation Area*
Staten Island, 2000 to 2010
* Neighborhood Tabulation Areas or NTAs, are
aggregations of census tracts that are subsets of
New York City's 55 Public Use Microdata Areas
(PUMAs). Primarily due to these constraints,
NTA boundaries and their associated names may
not definitively represent neighborhoods.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau: 2000 and 2010 Censuses-Summary File 1
Population Division-New York City Department of City Planning
Less than 1,000 White NH
in 2000 and 2010
27. Great Kills
Westerleigh
Arden Heights
Port
Richmond
Rossville
Woodrow
Stapleton
Rosebank
New Dorp
Midland Beach
Oakwood
Oakwood Beach
New Brighton
Silver Lake
New Springville
Bloomfield
Travis
Charleston
Richmond Valley
Tottenville
Old Town
Dongan Hills
South Beach
Grymes Hill
Clifton
Fox Hills
West New Brighton
New Brighton
St George
Grasmere
Arrochar
Fort Wadsworth
Todt Hill
Emerson Hill
Heartland Village
Lighthouse Hill
Annadale
Huguenot
Prince's Bay
Eltingvlille
Mariner's Harbor
Arlington
Port Ivory
Graniteville
Percent Change in the Black Nonhispanic Population
by Neighborhood Tabulation Area*
Staten Island, 2000 to 2010
* Neighborhood Tabulation Areas or NTAs, are
aggregations of census tracts that are subsets of
New York City's 55 Public Use Microdata Areas
(PUMAs). Primarily due to these constraints,
NTA boundaries and their associated names may
not definitively represent neighborhoods.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau: 2000 and 2010 Censuses-Summary File 1
Population Division-New York City Department of City Planning
Percent Change
Gain of 20.0% or more (3 neighborhoods)
10.0% to 19.9% (1)
5.0% to 9.9% (0)
Less than 5.0% (3)
Less than 1,000 Black NH
in 2000 and 2010
28. Percent Change
Gain of 80.0% or more (3 neighborhoods)
50.0% to 79.9% (3)
20.0% to 49.9% (2)
10.0% to 19.9% (1)
5.0% to 9.9% (2)
Less than 5.0% (0)
Great Kills
Westerleigh
Arden Heights
Port
Richmond
Rossville
Woodrow
Stapleton
Rosebank
New Dorp
Midland Beach
Oakwood
Oakwood Beach
New Brighton
Silver Lake
New Springville
Bloomfield
Travis
Charleston
Richmond Valley
Tottenville
Old Town
Dongan Hills
South Beach
Grymes Hill
Clifton
Fox Hills
West New Brighton
New Brighton
St George
Grasmere
Arrochar
Fort Wadsworth
Todt Hill
Emerson Hill
Heartland Village
Lighthouse Hill
Annadale
Huguenot
Prince's Bay
Eltingvlille
Mariner's Harbor
Arlington
Port Ivory
Graniteville
Percent Change in the Asian Nonhispanic Population
by Neighborhood Tabulation Area*
Staten Island, 2000 to 2010
* Neighborhood Tabulation Areas or NTAs, are
aggregations of census tracts that are subsets of
New York City's 55 Public Use Microdata Areas
(PUMAs). Primarily due to these constraints,
NTA boundaries and their associated names may
not definitively represent neighborhoods.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau: 2000 and 2010 Censuses-Summary File 1
Population Division-New York City Department of City Planning
Less than 1,000 Asian NH
in 2000 and 2010
29. Great Kills
Westerleigh
Arden Heights
Port
Richmond
Rossville
Woodrow
Stapleton
Rosebank
New Dorp
Midland Beach
Oakwood
Oakwood Beach
New Brighton
Silver Lake
New Springville
Bloomfield
Travis
Charleston
Richmond Valley
Tottenville
Old Town
Dongan Hills
South Beach
Grymes Hill
Clifton
Fox Hills
West New Brighton
New Brighton
St George
Grasmere
Arrochar
Fort Wadsworth
Todt Hill
Emerson Hill
Heartland Village
Lighthouse Hill
Annadale
Huguenot
Prince's Bay
Eltingvlille
Mariner's Harbor
Arlington
Port Ivory
Graniteville
Percent Change in the Hispanic Population
by Neighborhood Tabulation Area*
Staten Island, 2000 to 2010
* Neighborhood Tabulation Areas or NTAs, are
aggregations of census tracts that are subsets of
New York City's 55 Public Use Microdata Areas
(PUMAs). Primarily due to these constraints,
NTA boundaries and their associated names may
not definitively represent neighborhoods.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau: 2000 and 2010 Censuses-Summary File 1
Population Division-New York City Department of City Planning
Less than 1,000 Hispanic
in 2000 and 2010
Percent Change
Gain of 80.0% or more (2 neighborhoods)
50.0% to 79.9% (5)
20.0% to 49.9% (10)
10.0% to 19.9% (0)
5.0% to 9.9% (0)
Less than 5.0% (0)
31. Population Distribution by Race/Hispanic Origin and Age
Staten Island, 2010
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Total Under 18 18 to 24 25 to 44 45 to 64 65+
Other &
multiracial,
nonhispanic
Asian,
nonhispanic
Hispanic
Black,
nonhispanic
White,
nonhispanic
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Summary File 1
Population Division - New York City Department of City Planning
Age
34. Data Links
• DCP Population Division Web site:
www.nyc.gov/population
• New York City Census FactFinder:
http://gis.nyc.gov/dcp/pa/address.jsp
• Census Bureau Web site:
www.census.gov