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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 2.33M people in New York with Italian ancestry (11.59% of New York population). Among all New York cities and places with a population of at least 10K, North Massapequa CDP had the highest percentage of its population with Italian ancestry (41.44%), followed by North Wantagh CDP (39.38%), and Massapequa CDP (37.47%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Italian 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 Italian Ancestry in 2021
North Massapequa CDP
North Wantagh CDP
Massapequa CDP
Seaford CDP
Massapequa Park village
Lake Grove village
Manorville CDP
Eastchester CDP
West Islip CDP
Terryville CDP
Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Italian Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 North Massapequa CDP 41.44
2 North Wantagh CDP 39.38
3 Massapequa CDP 37.47
4 Seaford CDP 37.35
5 Massapequa Park village 37.23
6 Lake Grove village 36.66
7 Manorville CDP 35.84
8 Eastchester CDP 35.80
9 West Islip CDP 34.99
10 Terryville CDP 34.21
11 Wantagh CDP 33.76
12 East Islip CDP 33.08
13 Holtsville CDP 32.70
14 Harrison village 32.65
15 Hauppauge CDP 32.48
16 Smithtown CDP 32.45
17 Nesconset CDP 32.28
18 South Farmingdale CDP 32.05
19 Garden City village 31.98
20 Franklin Square CDP 31.03
21 East Massapequa CDP 30.68
22 Ridge CDP 30.51
23 Kings Park CDP 30.14
24 Centereach CDP 30.04
25 Mount Sinai CDP 30.02
26 Lake Ronkonkoma CDP 29.88
27 North Merrick CDP 29.87
28 Jefferson Valley-Yorktown CDP 29.76
29 Lynbrook village 29.58
30 Lindenhurst village 29.56
31 Commack CDP 29.53
32 Mastic CDP 29.51
33 South Huntington CDP 29.15
34 Selden CDP 29.13
35 Farmingville CDP 28.99
36 Holbrook CDP 28.77
37 East Rockaway village 28.74
38 Deer Park CDP 28.49
39 Middle Island CDP 28.09
40 Sayville CDP 28.02
41 Huntington CDP 27.73
42 Miller Place CDP 27.67
43 East Patchogue CDP 27.48
44 Mastic Beach CDP 27.46
45 Levittown CDP 27.43
46 Rotterdam CDP 27.35
47 Bellmore CDP 27.17
47 Oceanside CDP 27.17
48 St. James CDP 26.93
49 Shirley CDP 26.91
50 Ronkonkoma CDP 26.50
51 Rocky Point CDP 26.48
52 East Northport CDP 26.37
53 North Bellmore CDP 26.08
54 West Babylon CDP 25.87
55 Bethpage CDP 25.80
56 Islip CDP 25.73
57 Babylon village 25.44
58 Roessleville CDP 25.20
59 Myers Corner CDP 24.94
60 Stony Brook CDP 24.76
61 Stony Point CDP 24.67
62 Merrick CDP 24.46
63 Greece CDP 24.24
64 Patchogue village 23.96
65 North Babylon CDP 23.87
66 Elwood CDP 23.75
67 Coram CDP 23.70
68 Floral Park village 23.33
69 Rockville Centre village 23.23
70 Medford CDP 22.78
71 Irondequoit CDP 22.08
72 Dobbs Ferry village 21.94
73 Salisbury CDP 21.85
74 East Glenville CDP 21.70
75 Fairmount CDP 21.46
76 Tonawanda Town CDP 20.90
77 Batavia city 20.70
78 Niskayuna CDP 20.36
79 West Seneca CDP 20.18
80 Tonawanda city 19.95
81 Glen Cove city 19.90
82 Mineola village 19.89
83 Dix Hills CDP 19.77
84 Rome city 19.59
85 Mamaroneck village 19.53
86 East Meadow CDP 19.41
87 Tarrytown village 19.35
88 Port Washington CDP 19.31
89 Auburn city 19.12
90 Syosset CDP 18.89
91 Niagara Falls city 18.79
92 Latham CDP 18.67
93 Oswego city 18.57
94 Woodbury village 18.52
95 North New Hyde Park CDP 18.43
96 Jamestown city 18.38
97 Long Beach city 18.32
98 Endicott village 18.30
99 Greenlawn CDP 18.21
100 Endwell CDP 18.03
101 New Hyde Park village 18.00
102 North Tonawanda city 17.61
103 Huntington Station CDP 17.38
104 Lancaster village 17.15
105 Nanuet CDP 17.09
106 Saratoga Springs city 17.08
107 Hicksville CDP 17.07
108 Copiague CDP 16.96
109 Hampton Bays CDP 16.80
110 Melville CDP 16.78
111 Kenmore village 16.68
112 Oneonta city 16.65
113 Pearl River CDP 16.46
114 Westbury village 16.23
115 Utica city 16.22
116 New Rochelle city 16.14
117 Amsterdam city 15.79
117 Cohoes city 15.79
118 New City CDP 15.76
119 Fredonia village 15.64
120 Geneva city 15.62
121 North Lindenhurst CDP 15.53
122 Port Chester village 15.33
123 Fulton city 15.22
124 Watervliet city 15.20
125 Plainview CDP 14.96
126 Lockport city 14.91
126 Mount Kisco village 14.91
127 Depew village 14.76
128 Bay Shore CDP 14.71
129 West Hempstead CDP 14.62
130 Lackawanna city 14.58
131 Kingston city 14.54
132 Suffern village 14.38
133 Cheektowaga CDP 14.27
134 Beacon city 14.10
135 Loudonville CDP 13.92
136 Orange Lake CDP 13.81
137 Peekskill city 13.35
138 Eggertsville CDP 13.34
139 De Witt CDP 13.33
140 North Bellport CDP 13.13
141 Glens Falls city 13.12
142 Oneida city 12.65
143 Ossining village 12.40
144 Rye city 12.35
145 Schenectady city 12.28
146 Binghamton city 12.26
147 Dunkirk city 11.80
148 Olean city 11.79
149 Brighton CDP 11.76
150 Poughkeepsie city 11.72
151 White Plains city 11.53
152 Scotchtown CDP 11.31
153 Yonkers city 11.16
154 Watertown city 11.08
155 Gloversville city 11.05
156 Middletown city 10.74
157 Elmira city 10.64
158 Buffalo city 10.62
159 Inwood CDP 10.61
159 Troy city 10.61
160 Syracuse city 10.20
161 Albany city 10.18
162 Baldwin CDP 10.09
163 West Haverstraw village 9.94
164 Corning city 9.70
165 Valley Stream village 9.67
166 Canandaigua city 9.49
167 Plattsburgh city 9.37
168 Riverhead CDP 8.81
169 Johnson City village 8.50
170 Cortland city 8.32
171 Rochester city 7.02
172 Ithaca city 6.85
173 Jericho CDP 6.82
174 Elmont CDP 6.71
175 Scarsdale village 6.65
176 Sleepy Hollow village 6.56
177 Haverstraw village 6.31
178 Fort Drum CDP 6.24
179 New York city 6.07
180 North Valley Stream CDP 5.86
181 Central Islip CDP 5.83
182 Freeport village 5.67
183 Massena village 5.26
184 Newburgh city 5.22
185 Mount Vernon city 5.13
186 Ogdensburg city 4.73
187 Woodmere CDP 4.04
188 Brentwood CDP 3.69
189 Uniondale CDP 3.68
190 Chestnut Ridge village 2.39
191 North Amityville CDP 2.24
192 North Bay Shore CDP 2.10
193 Hempstead village 1.53
194 New Cassel CDP 1.24
195 Great Neck village 1.02
196 Spring Valley village 0.55