"With a population of 2.3 million, it would be the nation's fifth largest city if it stood alone. And in diversity it is without peer. Nearly half of Queens residents are foreign born. It is about a quarter white, a quarter Latino, nearly a quarter Asian and 17% Black, and 140 languages are spoken there. It's home to Citi Field and the USTA Tennis Center, LaGuardia and John F Kennedy airports, MoMA PS1 and Aqueduct Racetrack,"
"Flushing is home to so many Asians that its downtown is known as the Chinese Times Square. Astoria has one of the largest Greek population outside of Greece; Jackson Heights is known as Little Colombia; Woodside has a Little Manila. Jamaica is home to large African American, Caribbean and Central American populations, while Long Island City has become a magnet for the hip and arty."
Ohio served as the nation's bellwether from 1964 to 2016 but lost that role after Biden won without Ohio in 2020 and the state turned deeply Republican. Several former battleground states, including Iowa, Missouri and Florida, have shifted firmly Republican. Queens, a borough of 2.3 million, has extraordinary diversity and a large foreign-born population, with roughly a quarter white, a quarter Latino, nearly a quarter Asian and 17% Black, and 140 languages spoken. Queens is largely middle and working class and, despite typically voting Democratic, moved decisively toward Trump in November 2024.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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