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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 6.93K people in New York with Iraqi ancestry (0.03% of New York population). Among all New York cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Woodmere CDP had the highest percentage of its population with Iraqi ancestry (0.90%), followed by Tonawanda Town CDP (0.73%), and Tonawanda city (0.56%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Iraqi 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 Iraqi Ancestry in 2021
Woodmere CDP
Tonawanda Town CDP
Tonawanda city
Greenlawn CDP
Buffalo city
Syracuse city
Great Neck village
Fredonia village
Lackawanna city
Cheektowaga CDP
Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Iraqi Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Woodmere CDP 0.90
2 Tonawanda Town CDP 0.73
3 Tonawanda city 0.56
4 Greenlawn CDP 0.46
5 Buffalo city 0.31
6 Syracuse city 0.30
7 Great Neck village 0.29
8 Fredonia village 0.27
9 Lackawanna city 0.25
10 Cheektowaga CDP 0.24
11 Albany city 0.20
12 Melville CDP 0.19
13 Olean city 0.18
14 Binghamton city 0.16
15 Roosevelt CDP 0.13
16 Dix Hills CDP 0.12
16 East Rockaway village 0.12
17 Centereach CDP 0.11
17 Syosset CDP 0.11
18 East Glenville CDP 0.10
18 West Hempstead CDP 0.10
19 New City CDP 0.09
20 Niagara Falls city 0.07
21 Holbrook CDP 0.05