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Immigration And Settlement In Queens New York City

This article presents an overview about the trends of immigration and settlement in Queens, New York City.

It is a well known fact that New York City has always served as a major entry port for immigrants from different parts of the world that came over and got settled here. The cultural and economic influence of various cultures can be seen clearly. Immigration and settlement in NYC has made it as one of the most important urban areas of United States.

The immigrants from various countries came over to US and to New York also. In the New York City area, majority of immigration and settlement took place in the Queens and Brooklyn boroughs. A major practice which was noticed regarding immigration and settlement in Queens NY borough was that most of the immigrants used to create ethnic enclaves, neighborhoods which were dominated occupied by people belonging to same ethnicity, culture or backgrounds.

Major Immigration and settlement in Queens borough along with the entire city took place from Europe during the 19th century and early 20th century. After the implementation of Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, there have been much higher rates of immigration and settlement in Queens New York City. The later immigrants in the Queens borough are from Latin American countries, the Caribbean nations, Asian countries, Eastern Europe countries and African countries.

According to a survey in 2005, the immigrants consist of 47.6% of Queens residents and it was the second most populated borough of New York City.

Other important info about immigration and settlement in Queens borough is that it is a home to about fifty percent of total population of Asians in New York City. Also, among all five boroughs, it is having the largest population of Chinese, Indian, Korean, Filipino, and Bangladeshi-Americans.  Also, the census done in year 200- clearly showed Queens having largest concentration of Indian-Americans in the nation and second largest Sikh population in the country after California. As far as the European immigration and settlement in Queens NY is concerned, the major part is formed by Irish, German, Polish, Russian, and Greek people.