QUEENS' ETHNIC
NEIGHBORHOODS
Data from 1990 Census - updated by
US Immigration & Naturalization Service
Data and projections
WESTERN QUEENS
Major Settlements
• Italian ancestry – over 53,000 in 1990
• Irish ancestry – almost 42,000 in 1990
(increased by 2,970 through 1994
esp/Woodside)
• Greek ancestry – over 23,000 in 1990
(decl. from 1980) esp/Astoria
• German ancestry – almost 23,000
in 1990
• Polish ancestry – over 12,300 in 1990
• West Indian – over 11,000 in 1990
• Hispanic – 35% (1990)
SOUTH QUEENS
Major Settlements
• Italian ancestry – over 75,400 in 1990
• Irish ancestry – over 25,000 in 1990
• German ancestry – over 23,000
in 1990
• Former Soviet Union – 22,900
in 1990 – growing.
• Hispanic – 21.5% in 1990
MID-QUEENS
Major Settlements
• Italian ancestry – over 42,400 in 1990.
• German ancestry – over 31,182 in 1990
• Irish ancestry – over 23,600 in 1990
• Polish ancestry – over 11,600 in 1990
esp/Maspeth
• Former Soviet Union – over 16,000
in 1990
• Hispanic – 14.5% in 1990
CENTRAL QUEENS
Major Settlements
• Former Soviet Union countries – 62,000 in 1994 – growing rapidly, esp/Rego Park, Forest Hills.
• Hispanic – 12% 1990.
NORTHERN QUEENS
Major Settlements
• Asian/Pacific Is: – over 55,000 by 1994 Esp/Flushing
• Italian ancestry – over 38,100 in 1990
• Irish ancestry – 24,000 in 1990
• German ancestry – 17,386 in 1990
• Former Soviet Union countries over 16,300 in 1990 With nearly 800 new immigrants in 1994
• Polish ancestry – nearly 11,000 in 1990
• Hispanic – 15% in 1990
NORTH EASTERN QUEENS
Major Settlements
• Italian ancestry – over 22,200 in 1990
• Irish ancestry – 15,000 in 1990
• Former Soviet Union – over 12,700
in 1990
• Hispanic – 6.8% in 1990
EASTERN QUEENS
Major Settlements
• West Indian*– 54,975 in 1990
(Plus major immigration through 1994]
• Italian – 19,955 in 1990
•Reaching Special Communities
The Queens Chronicle
publishes the
Caribbean American
Bi-Monthly, as an insert in
Eastern Queens Edition.
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