New Rochelle by Ancestry, Race, Ethnicity, and Religion

DUBLIN, IRELAND (February 18, 2025) — Before I dive into the divisive path that the New Rochelle City Council has set the City upon following the controversy a year ago over the Israeli flag, I wanted to understand if there is any logic to the various flag raising, heritage months and galas.

Rest assured. There is not.

To run the numbers, I relied on The U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 2018-2022 5-Year Estimates along with various local demographic trends, commercial surveys and other sources. The data is presented as exact figures, but I am acknowledging here the potential data limitations and rounding. This analysis is meant as a way to understand choices by the City, to understand why certain groups are recognized and others are not and, later, where the money is going and not going.

Let’s start here: the total population of New Rochelle is 80,828.