Demographics

According to the 2011 1 Year Survey Estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) Website, the Greek Population is ranked #10 on Staten Island.

 

Rank	Ethnicity	Population #	Population % (Table C04003, 2011)
1	Italian	150,851	27%
2	Irish	65,455	12%
3	German	21,982	4%
4	Polish	17,449	3%
5	Russian	12,713	2.3%
6	Arab	10,781	1.9%
7	English	9,932	1.8%
8	African (Sub De-Saharan)	8,602	1.6%
9	West Indian	8,162	1.5%
10	Greek	6,448	1.2%
11	Ukrainian	5,287	0.9%
12	Norwegian	4,999	0.9%

According to the 2010 American Community Survey Department of City Planning from the ACS Website, the Greek Community comprises 37% of the entire population of New York City.

 

DCP Rank, NYC1	Ethnicity1	Population # NYC (Rough Estimates)1	Population % NYC1
1	West Indian	410,000	69%
2	Chinese	390,000	73%
3	Dominican	390,000	62%
4	South American	270,000	66%
5	Mexican	200,000	60%
6	Asian Indian	160,000	77%
7	Jamaican	159,000	69%
8	Ecuadorian	140,000	70%
9	Central American	130,000	69%
10	Russian	90,000	39%
11	Guyanese	90,000	78%
12	Haitian	89,000	66%
13	Korean	75,000	80%
14	Colombian	60,000	65%
15	Italian	55,000	11%
16	Polish	54,000	30%
17	Trinidad and Tobango	54,000	81%
18	Filipino	53,000	70%
19	Arab	52,000	58%
20	Greek	35,000	37%

Unfortunately, in Staten Island, the Greek community has diminished in the decade from 2000 to 2010 by .26%.

Indicator	#	%
Population 20001 2	4,702	1.06%
Population 20103	3,942	0.8%