Deutschland in the US, Part IV: New York Germans today

Written by Sabrina Axster This is the fourth and final installment of our History of German Immigrants series. Read the first, second and third installments.  Today, there are only 18,657 German-born residents in NYC, according to a 2013 report on foreign-born populations in NYC published by the Department of City Planning. The report tracks the number of foreign-born residents in NYC since the 1970s. These numbers are remarkably low in comparison to previous numbers and given that the overall population of...