More than half of New York City is nonwhite. in 2016 http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/3651000 according to the U.S. Census http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/3651000 total population of the city is around 8.5 million Census data 300 mi2 area majority non-white city United States Census Bureau