Identity & heritage community ranking

Top Dominican communities in U.S. city markets.

Explore where this community is largest and where it represents the greatest share of the local city market. The default ranking lens is 2024 ACS detailed Hispanic / Latino origin (B03001_007E).

Identity discovery only — never a score. Census ancestry, ethnicity, origin, race, and birthplace measures can overlap. V3.4.3 keeps those lenses separate and never adds them together. Identity context never changes the Follow Your Heart Index or any component score.

Top 10 by population

Largest communities

Estimated population under the governed default identity lens.

Rank	City and state	Community population	City-market population
#1	New York, New York	711,956	8,468,353
#2	Paterson, New Jersey	47,708	158,694
#3	Lawrence, Massachusetts	46,383	88,736
#4	Providence, Rhode Island	44,629	220,495
#5	Boston, Massachusetts	40,421	661,827
#6	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	37,381	1,580,199
#7	Yonkers, New York	35,383	212,407
#8	Orlando, Florida	30,165	980,317
#9	Allentown, Pennsylvania	28,288	179,222
#10	Reading, Pennsylvania	27,520	211,453

Top 10 by representation

Highest community share

Share of the full city-market population under the same governed lens.

Rank	City and state	Community share	City-market population
#1	Lawrence, Massachusetts	52.27%	88,736
#2	Perth Amboy, New Jersey	42.60%	59,351
#3	Paterson, New Jersey	30.06%	158,694
#4	Passaic, New Jersey	23.20%	70,002
#5	Providence, Rhode Island	20.24%	220,495
#6	Methuen, Massachusetts	18.06%	53,420
#7	Yonkers, New York	16.66%	212,407
#8	Allentown, Pennsylvania	15.78%	179,222
#9	Lynn, Massachusetts	15.72%	101,709
#10	Union City, New Jersey	15.56%	66,463

Governed identity lenses

One community can have more than one Census lens.

Detailed Hispanic / Latino origin: 2024 ACS detailed Hispanic / Latino origin (B03001_007E) — default ranking lens
Birthplace: 2024 ACS birthplace (B05006_145E)

The default lens controls this page's rankings. Secondary lenses remain preserved in the publication contract and are not combined with the default measure.

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