Manhattan is an immigrant neighborhood, similar to other neighborhood in New York City. The largest number of immigrants hail from the northern section of the borough. Upper Manhattan has 203,400 immigrants, with Washington Heights as the largest one with 80,200 immigrants. The total population of Washington Heights is 162, 898. Forty-nine percent of this population are considered to be foreign born, coming from more than 10 different immigrant groups.
The number one country with foreign born immigrant group in Washington Heights is the Dominican Republic, which represents 60% of the immigrant population with 48,371 citizens. Following is Mexico with 8%(6,254) of the population, Ecuador with 5% (4,349), Cuba with 2%(1,798), El Salvador with 1%(1,141), China with 1%(1,049), Russia with 1% (1,023), Haiti with 1% (961), Colombian with 1%(934), Trinidad and Tobago with 1%(877), and the other immigrant groups with 17% (13,417) of the population.
Washington Heights is considered to be the largest immigrant neighborhood in the city, which is dominated by Dominican immigrants as seen through the statistics above. Dominicans not only dominate Washington Heights but also adjacent neighborhoods such as Inwood, and Morning Heights.
