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The demographics of Queens, the second-most populous borough in New York City, are highly diverse.No racial or ethnic group holds a majority in the borough. Coterminous with Queens County since 1899, the borough of Queens is the second-largest in population (behind Brooklyn), with approximately 2.3 million residents in 2013, approximately 48% of them foreign-born; [1] Queens County is also the ...
The New York City borough of Queens is home to the state's largest Asian American population and the largest Andean (Venezuelan, Colombian, Ecuadorian, Peruvian, and Bolivian) populations in the United States, and is also the most ethnically and linguistically diverse urban area in the world. [34]
The Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island experienced enormous population growth between 1900 and 2010, much higher than New York's average population growth. [1] Brooklyn's population grew at a much slower rate during this time period, while Manhattan actually had fewer people in 2010 than in 1900.
Queens is the largest by area of the five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York.Located near the western end of Long Island, it is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn [5] and by Nassau County to its east, and shares maritime borders with the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island, as well as with New Jersey. [6]
The highest concentration of African Americans are in Brooklyn, Harlem, Queens, and The Bronx. [7] New York City is also home to the highest number of immigrants from the Caribbean. [8] Since the earlier part of the 19th century, there has been a large presence of African Americans in New York City. [9]
Astoria is a neighborhood in the western portion of the New York City borough of Queens.Astoria is bounded by the East River and is adjacent to four other Queens neighborhoods: Long Island City to the southwest, Sunnyside to the southeast, and Woodside and East Elmhurst to the east.
Based on data from the 2010 United States Census, the population of Hollis was 20,269, a decrease of 478 (2.3%) from the 26,061 counted in 2000.Covering an area of 525.10 acres (212.50 ha), the neighborhood had a population density of 38.6 inhabitants per acre (24,700/sq mi; 9,500/km 2).
Per the 2010 United States Census, the Korean population of Queens was 64,107, [17] while the Korean population of Nassau County had increased by nearly two-thirds to approximately 14,000 over one decade since the 2000 Census. [18]