The Bronx

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The Bronx is the only New York City borough with a [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]] majority,<ref name = quickfacts-census>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/newyorkcitynewyork,bronxcountybronxboroughnewyork,kingscountybrooklynboroughnewyork,newyorkcountymanhattanboroughnewyork,queenscountyqueensboroughnewyork,richmondcountystatenislandboroughnewyork/PST045218|date=2019|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 28, 2020|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts}}</ref> many of whom are [[Puerto Rican American|Puerto Ricans]] and [[Dominican American|Dominicans]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://statisticalatlas.com/county/New-York/Bronx-County/National-Origin|date=2018 |title=National Origin in Bronx County, New York (County) |website=Statistical Atlas|access-date=April 28, 2020}}</ref> According to the 2009 American Community Survey, [[Black Americans]] were the second largest [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|racial/ethnic]] group in the Bronx. Black people of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin represented over one-third (35.4%) of the Bronx's population. Black people of non-Hispanic origin made up 30.8% of the population. Over 495,200 Black people resided in the borough, of whom 87% were non-Hispanic. Over 61,000 people identified themselves as Sub-Saharan African in the survey, making up 4.4% of the population.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last1=TheBronxDaily |last2=Bronck |first2=Jonas |date=October 12, 2010 |title=Census 2010 {{!}} The Bronx Daily {{!}} Bronx.com |url=https://bronx.com/census-2010/,%20https://bronx.com/census-2010/ |access-date=September 18, 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Multiracial Americans are also a sizable minority in the Bronx. People of multiracial heritage number over 41,800 individuals and represent 3.0% of the population. People of mixed [[African American]] and [[European Americans|European American]] heritage number over 6,850 members and form 0.5% of the population. People of mixed [[Indigenous people of North America|Native American]] and European heritage number over 2,450 members and form 0.2% of the population. People of mixed [[Asian American|Asian]] and European heritage number over 880 members and form 0.1% of the population. People of mixed African American and Native American heritage number over 1,220 members and form 0.1% of the population.<ref name=":3" />

Out of all five boroughs, the Bronx has the lowest number and proportion of white residents. As of 2009, [[White Americans]] of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin represented over one-fifth (22.9%) of the Bronx's population, or 320,640 people. [[Non-Hispanic White]] people accounted for one-eighth of the population (12.1%, or 168,570 12.1%). This is in contrast to a century ago, when almost all Bronx residents were white (99.3% in 1920). That share fell to about one-third by 1980 (34.4%).<ref name="census">{{cite web|title=New York – Race and Hispanic Origin for Selected Cities and Other Places: Earliest Census to 1990 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html |access-date=May 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812191959/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0076/twps0076.html |archive-date=August 12, 2012 }}</ref> As of 2009, [[White Americans]] of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic origin represented one-fifth (22.9%) of the Bronx's population, but counting [[non-Hispanic White]] people the proportion was under one-eighth (12.1%). The majority of the non-Hispanic European American population is of Italian and Irish descent. [[Italian American|People of Italian descent]] numbered over 55,000 individuals and made up 3.9% of the population. [[Irish American|People of Irish descent]] numbered over 43,500 individuals and made up 3.1% of the population. [[German Americans]] and [[Polish Americans]] made up 1.4% and 0.8% of the population respectively. The Bronx has the largest [[Albanian Americans|Albanian]] community in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bronxink.org/2011/12/15/21004-little-albania/|title="Little Albania" in the Bronx}}</ref> As of 2018, non-Hispanic White people account for about one in seven residents (14.9% in 2018).<ref name=":1" />