Where New Yorkers spoke Italian, 1970
Census by census, the share of New Yorkers who spoke Italian at home in every part of the city, with the neighborhoods that had the most speakers.
1970
Whole city: 9%
- Bensonhurst: 32,310 (40%)
- Gravesend: 30,150 (34%)
- Borough Park: 28,200 (23%)
- Flushing: 16,060 (10%)
- Bushwick: 15,200 (13%)
1990
Whole city: 3%
- Bensonhurst: 16,110 (23%)
- Gravesend: 13,070 (17%)
- Borough Park: 8,480 (8%)
- Astoria: 5,750 (7%)
- Flushing: 5,340 (3%)
2010
Whole city: 1%
- Bensonhurst: 5,620 (7%)
- Gravesend: 5,150 (6%)
- Whitestone: 3,620 (10%)
- Flushing: 2,380 (1%)
- Borough Park: 2,370 (2%)
1970: mother tongue. From 1990: language spoken at home by people 5 and over. Source: US census, IPUMS NHGIS.
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