page_title: Demographics of the Bronx
section_title: 2013 estimates
hierarchical_section_title: Demographics of the Bronx / 2013 estimates
context_page_description: The demographics of the Bronx are characterized by a Hispanic majority and by the lowest percentage of Whites among all boroughs.
  At the 2010 U.S. Census, there were 1,385,108 people residing in Bronx, an increase of 3.9% since 2000.
  The U.S. Census considers the Bronx to be the most diverse area in the country. There is an 89.7 percent chance that any two residents, chosen at random, would be of different race or ethnicity.
context_section_description: According to a 2013 Census Bureau estimate, 45.8% of the Bronx's population was white, 43.3% was black or African American, 4.2% Asian, 3.0% American Indian, 0.4% Pacific Islander, and 3.3% of two or more races.  In addition, 54.6% of the population was of Hispanic or Latino origin, of any race.
  The Census Bureau considers the Bronx to be the most diverse area in the country. There is an 89.7 percent chance that any two residents, chosen at random, would be of different race or ethnicity. The borough's formerly most populous racial group, white, declined from 98.3% in 1940 to 45.8% by 2012.
  31.7% of the population were foreign born and another 8.9% were born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parents. 55.6% spoke a language other than English at home and 16.4% had a bachelor's degree or higher.
  Approximately 44.3% of the population over the age of 5 speak only English at home, which is roughly 570,000 people. The majority (55.7%) of the population speak non-English languages at home. Over 580,600 people (45.2% of the population) speak Spanish at home.
caption: Racial/ethnic concentrations within the Bronx, by block. (Red indicates Hispanic of any race; Blue indicates non-Hispanic White; and Green indicates non-Hispanic Black or African-American.)
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