https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1937704357274759263
https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1937687092718391614
https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1937694321139916818
In an effort to understand how this happened I asked ChatGPT the following:
What percentage of New York City residents are third world immigrants or are first or second generation descendants of third world immigrants?
Here’s a breakdown based on the latest available data for New York City:
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🌍 Foreign‑Born Residents
• As of around 2022, approximately 36.3% of NYC’s population is foreign-born—that’s about 3.13 million people  .
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👨*👩*👧 First- and Second-Generation Descendants of Third‑World Immigrants
While there’s no direct compiled figure, we can estimate from the following:
1. Children with immigrant parents:
• In 2020–21, about 40% of all children in NYC had mothers who were immigrants .
• A 2016 report noted that nearly one-third of American-born children (first generation) in NYC had at least one foreign-born parent .
2. Adults with immigrant parents (second generation):
• While not specified for NYC adults, nationally, 21% of U.S.-born children are second generation; in NYC it’s notably higher—around 30–33% .
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📊 Estimated Breakdown
Group Estimated % of NYC Total
Foreign-born residents ~36%
First-generation (U.S.-born with ≥1 immigrant parent) ~30–40%, especially among youth
Second-generation (U.S.-born with immigrant parents)—adults included Likely another ~30%
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🔢 Combined Estimate
Summing those categories, a conservative estimate suggests that:
• Approximately 66–76% of NYC residents are either:
• Foreign-born, or
• First- or second-generation descendants of immigrants (from third-world countries, predominantly).
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💡 Context & Caveats
• These figures are estimates based on available maternal/child and youth data.
• “Third-world” immigrant origins are inferred from top source countries (Dominican Republic, China, Mexico, etc.), which comprise the majority of NYC’s immigrant population.
• The actual share might be slightly lower or higher, depending on demographic shifts and adult second-generation data.
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📝 Summary
• ~36% of NYC residents are foreign-born.
• Another 30–40% are U.S.-born with at least one foreign-born parent.
• In total, roughly two-thirds to three-quarters of New Yorkers are either immigrants themselves or their immediate descendants.
If you’re looking for more exact numbers—like adult second-generation counts or breakdowns by borough and origin country—I can help dig those up too!