Because there are many employment opportunities in the greater New York area, according to statistics of the U.S. Naturalization and Immigration Service, the population of people of Chinese descent in the greater NY area has already reached 76,000.
大紐約由於就業機會多，原來就是華人移民的主要地區，據美國移民局的統計，在一九七○年代，大紐約地區的華裔人口已達七萬六千人。