Greek ancestry and Long Island, NY

Persons reporting Greek ancestry in Long Island. The top 10 places are listed in the table.

Percent of persons born in Greece, NY Metro Area

Map showing the percent of persons born in Greece in the NY metropolitan area. Seventy percent (70%) of those born in Greece reside in just 10 counties, which are:

Queens, NY (27.7%), Brooklyn, NY (7.3%), Nassau, NY (7.0%), Manhattan, NY (5.4%), Suffolk, NY (5.3%), Fairfield, CT (5.1%), Bergen, NJ (4.9%), Westchester, NY (2.6%), Middlesex, NJ (2.2%), Union, NJ (1.9%).

Born in Greece and Year of Immigration to the U.S.

The following graph shows the year of immigration to the U.S. for persons born in the U.S., according to the 2018 1-Year estimates of the American Community Survey (ACS).

Greeks in U.S. states

Using data from the 2018 1-Year estimates of the American Community Survey (ACS), the following map features the distribution of persons born in Greece, i.e. Greek immigrants, across states in the U.S. Two key patterns arise from the map. First, most Greek immigrants are located in the northeast and midwest. Second, over half (53%) of Greek immigrants reside in New York (20.6%), Illinois (9.6%), New Jersey (7.8%), California (7.7%), and Massachusetts (7.0%). An addition, 21% reside in Florida (6.4%), Michigan (4.8%), Pennsylvania (4.0%), Texas (3.0%), and Connecticut (3.0%).