New York City's Chinese-born immigrant population has become the largest foreign-born group for the first time, surpassing Dominicans, the previous largest group, according to a report released by the New York City Department of City Planning.
The city's Chinese-born immigrant population was 397,000 in 2023, a 5 percent increase from 2013, according to the 2026 edition of The Newest New Yorkers report, its first update of the report since 2013.
And the community now makes up 12.8 percent of the city's 3.1 million immigrant population. The other top foreign-born groups in New York are Dominican, Guyanese, Mexican and Jamaican.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a statement: "From the neighborhoods they have built to the small businesses that have opened, from the languages they speak to the communities they sustain, immigrants make New York the city that it is. This report shines a light on how our city is changing and growing and reminds us that our greatest strength has always been the people who come here."
The city's growing Chinese-born population includes people who moved from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and other places, the report said.
