Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with British West Indian Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 58.06K people in New York with British West Indian ancestry (0.29% of New York population). Among all New York cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Mount Vernon city had the highest percentage of its population with British West Indian ancestry (0.94%), followed by Roosevelt CDP (0.87%), and Shirley CDP (0.85%).

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

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

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with British West Indian Ancestry in 2021
Mount Vernon city
Roosevelt CDP
Shirley CDP
North Valley Stream CDP
Poughkeepsie city
Wyandanch CDP
New York city
North Bay Shore CDP
Mamaroneck village
North Merrick CDP
Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with British West Indian Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Mount Vernon city 0.94
2 Roosevelt CDP 0.87
3 Shirley CDP 0.85
4 North Valley Stream CDP 0.79
4 Poughkeepsie city 0.79
5 Wyandanch CDP 0.60
6 New York city 0.59
7 North Bay Shore CDP 0.58
8 Mamaroneck village 0.52
9 North Merrick CDP 0.50
10 Saratoga Springs city 0.45
11 Johnson City village 0.38
12 New Cassel CDP 0.36
12 Oswego city 0.36
13 Baldwin CDP 0.32
14 Elmont CDP 0.29
14 New Rochelle city 0.29
15 Freeport village 0.27
16 Hempstead village 0.26
16 Middletown city 0.26
17 Central Islip CDP 0.25
18 Harrison village 0.24
18 Yonkers city 0.24
19 Spring Valley village 0.20
20 Franklin Square CDP 0.19
20 Huntington Station CDP 0.19
20 Uniondale CDP 0.19
21 Batavia city 0.18
22 Stony Point CDP 0.17
22 West Babylon CDP 0.17
23 East Massapequa CDP 0.16
23 Roessleville CDP 0.16
24 Beacon city 0.14
25 White Plains city 0.12
26 Rochester city 0.11
26 Schenectady city 0.11
27 Holbrook CDP 0.10
27 Lynbrook village 0.10
27 Newburgh city 0.10
27 Rockville Centre village 0.10
27 Ronkonkoma CDP 0.10
27 Valley Stream village 0.10
28 Greenlawn CDP 0.09
28 Lake Ronkonkoma CDP 0.09
28 Latham CDP 0.09
29 Bay Shore CDP 0.08
29 Copiague CDP 0.08
29 Hicksville CDP 0.08
29 Inwood CDP 0.08
29 Mineola village 0.08
29 Tonawanda Town CDP 0.08
30 Fort Drum CDP 0.07
30 Middle Island CDP 0.07
30 Wantagh CDP 0.07
31 Haverstraw village 0.06
31 Peekskill city 0.06
32 Monsey CDP 0.05
33 Fulton city 0.04
33 Garden City village 0.04
34 Fredonia village 0.03
35 Brentwood CDP 0.02
36 St. James CDP 0.01