Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Afghan Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 9.15K people in New York with Afghan ancestry (0.05% of New York population). Among all New York cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Watervliet city had the highest percentage of its population with Afghan ancestry (2.36%), followed by Elwood CDP (1.65%), and Hicksville CDP (1.17%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Afghan ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in New York.

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Data Source: US Census Bureau.

Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Afghan Ancestry in 2021

Watervliet city

Elwood CDP

Hicksville CDP

Valley Stream village

Latham CDP

Cohoes city

Coram CDP

Albany city

Massapequa Park village

Schenectady city

Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Afghan Ancestry in 2021

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Rank	Ciy or Place	Percentage of Pop. (%)
1	Watervliet city	2.36
2	Elwood CDP	1.65
3	Hicksville CDP	1.17
4	Valley Stream village	0.97
5	Latham CDP	0.85
6	Cohoes city	0.81
7	Coram CDP	0.70
8	Albany city	0.64
9	Massapequa Park village	0.62
10	Schenectady city	0.56
11	Levittown CDP	0.47
12	Kings Park CDP	0.33
13	Dix Hills CDP	0.32
14	Glen Cove city	0.30
15	North Massapequa CDP	0.28
16	Greenlawn CDP	0.27
17	Selden CDP	0.22
18	Holbrook CDP	0.19
19	Fort Drum CDP	0.14
20	Lindenhurst village	0.11
21	Central Islip CDP	0.10
21	Deer Park CDP	0.10
21	Holtsville CDP	0.10
21	Melville CDP	0.10
22	Bethpage CDP	0.08
22	Great Neck village	0.08
23	De Witt CDP	0.06
24	East Meadow CDP	0.05
24	Plainview CDP	0.05
24	Seaford CDP	0.05
25	Floral Park village	0.04
26	North Valley Stream CDP	0.03