Chinese people in the New York metropolitan area

The New York metropolitan area has the largest ethnic Chinese population outside of Asia. As of 2024, the population was estimated at 924,619 and includes residents from various regions of China. New York City proper contained an estimated 635,355 ethnic Chinese people in 2025, by far the highest Chinese population of any city outside Asia.

New York City and its surrounding metropolitan area, including Long Island and parts of New Jersey, comprise 12 districts where Chinese immigrants were made to live for economic survival and physical safety that are now known as important sites of tourism and urban economic activity. These are colloquially known as "Chinatowns." The city includes six Chinatowns (or nine, including the emerging Chinatowns in Elmhurst and Whitestone, Queens, and East Harlem, Manhattan). There are also Chinese communities in relatively suburban areas such as Jersey City, New Jersey; Nassau County, Long Island; Edison, New Jersey; West Windsor, New Jersey; and Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey.

China City of America in Sullivan County, New York, was proposed in 2012, but its development has stalled due to the 2022 arrest of its CEO, Sherry Xue Li. Dragon Springs (in Deerpark, Orange County, New York) serves as the de facto headquarters for both the global Falun Gong movement and its performing arts troupe, Shen Yun.

The Chinese American community in the New York metropolitan area continues to grow in population as well as economic and political influence. Continuing immigration from mainland China has boosted the Chinese population in the New York metropolitan area. In 2023, unauthorized Chinese immigration to New York City rose, particularly in Queens.

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