Astoria is home to many different kinds of people. However, like most places in America, the ethnic makeup of Astoria changes as generations shift. Not only are new places of ancestry introduced, but the percentages of existing ancestries tends to differ over the course of time as well. The change of the generational makeup not only allows for more culture to diffuse throughout Astoria, but also allows for the establishment of new shops and businesses that express the cultures of these new people.
This first table (shown below) represents the first generational makeup of Astoria, and the second represents the amount of people whose ancestries weren’t specified from the survey. Note that only those ancestries with populations greater than 0.1% were recorded.
The following pie chart shows the most common ethnicities in Astoria for the first generation (specifically the ones displayed in the table), and how they compare to each other. These percentages are not based on the total population, only the population of the most common ethnicities.
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Italians and Greeks specifically were the predominant ethnicities in Astoria, making up almost 30% of the population. Keep in mind, however, that during the time this survey was taken, 12.5% of people said they were part of multiple ancestry groups, and 9.7% of people either did not specify or report their ancestry, so the percentages of Greeks and Italians is most likely higher than 30%. The same could be said for other ethnicities as well.
The amount of people with Irish ancestry follow behind at a distance, being the third most populous ethnicity in Astoria. These rest of the ethnicities are scattered in smaller percentages, having a minimal impact on the overall outlook of Astoria. However, as times began to change and the second generational makeup came to light, a possibility for change was presented.
This third table (shown below) represents the second generational makeup of Astoria, as well as the amount of people whose ancestries weren’t specified from the survey. Note that only those ethnicities with a population of over 0.5% were recorded.
The following pie chart shows the most common ethnicities in Astoria for the second generation (specifically the ones displayed in the table), and how they compare to each other. These percentages are not based on the total population, only the population of the most common ethnicities.
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One thing that we see almost immediately is that with the second generation, we still have the same five top ethnicities in Astoria. Italians are still the most dominant, followed by the Greeks, Irish, German, and then Polish.
However, with the generation shift, we see quite a few different ethnicities making their way into Astoria. We now see Brazilians becoming a part of Astoria, albeit only making up a small part of the population. We also see the introduction of many other people, such as Albanians, Yugoslavians, Egyptians, Romanian, and more.
You can see ethnic diversity simply by looking at the different cultural aspects of these two murals painted only blocks away from each other in Astoria.
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