Editing Bergen County, New Jersey (section)

===Community diversity===
Given its location as a suburban extension of [[Manhattan]] across the [[George Washington Bridge]],<ref name=ManhattanSuburb>Gambrell, Dorothy. [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-01-29/where-americas-wealthiest-suburbanites-live-and-where-they-dont "Where America's Wealthiest Suburbanites Live—and Where They Don't"], ''[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]'', January 31, 2014. Accessed July 18, 2017.</ref> Bergen County has evolved a globally [[cosmopolitanism|cosmopolitan]] ambience of its own, demonstrating a robust and growing demographic and cultural diversity with respect to metrics including nationality, religion, race, and [[domestic partnership|domiciliary partnership]]. [[South Korea]], [[Poland]], and [[India]] are the three most common nations of birth for [[foreign born|foreign-born]] Bergen County residents.<ref>[http://www.city-data.com/county/Bergen_County-NJ.html Bergen County, New Jersey Data], [[City-Data]]. Accessed June 16, 2014.</ref>

====Italian American====
[[Italian American]]s have long had a significant presence in Bergen County; in fact, Italian is the most commonly identified first ancestry among Bergen residents (18.5%), with 168,974 Bergen residents were recorded as being of Italian heritage in the 2013 [[American Community Survey]].<ref name=ACS2013>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_5YR/DP02/0500000US34003 DP02: Selected Social Characteristics in the United States from the 2009–2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Bergen County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200213022604/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_5YR/DP02/0500000US34003 |date=February 13, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed May 7, 2015.</ref>

To this day, many residents of the [[New Jersey Meadowlands|Meadowlands]] communities in the county's south are of Italian descent, most notably in [[South Hackensack, New Jersey|South Hackensack]] (36.3%), [[Lyndhurst, New Jersey|Lyndhurst]] (33.8%), [[Carlstadt, New Jersey|Carlstadt]] (31.2%), [[Wood-Ridge, New Jersey|Wood-Ridge]] (30.9%) and [[Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey|Hasbrouck Heights]] (30.8%).<ref>[http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Italian.html Italian Ancestry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070512200911/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Italian.html |date=May 12, 2007 }}, [[Epodunk]]. Accessed September 3, 2007.</ref> [[Saddle Brook, New Jersey|Saddle Brook]] (29.8%), [[Lodi, New Jersey|Lodi]] (29.4%), [[Moonachie, New Jersey|Moonachie]] (28.5%), [[Garfield, New Jersey|Garfield]], [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]], and the southeastern Bergen towns were Italian American strongholds for decades, but their Italo-American demographics have diminished in recent years as more recent immigrants have taken their place.<ref>[http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=18650 Lodi, NJ Ancestry & Family History.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111202931/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=18650 |date=November 11, 2007 }}, [[EPodunk]]. Accessed April 6, 2007.</ref> At the same time, the Italian American population has grown in many of the communities in the northern half of the county, including [[Franklin Lakes, New Jersey|Franklin Lakes]],<ref>[http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=18743 Franklin Lakes, NJ Ancestry & Family History.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111234005/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=18743 |date=November 11, 2007 }}, Accessed April 6, 2007.</ref> [[Ramsey, New Jersey|Ramsey]],<ref>[http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=18761 Ramsey, NJ Ancestry & Family History.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111194208/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=18761 |date=November 11, 2007 }}, [[EPodunk]]. Accessed April 6, 2007.</ref> [[Montvale, New Jersey|Montvale]],<ref>[http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=18756 Montvale, NJ Ancestry & Family History.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112001510/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=18756 |date=November 12, 2007 }}, [[EPodunk]]. Accessed April 6, 2007.</ref> and [[Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey|Woodcliff Lake]].<ref>[http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=18745 Woodcliff Lake, NJ Ancestry & Family History.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111184350/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=18745 |date=November 11, 2007 }}, [[EPodunk]]. Accessed April 6, 2007.</ref>

====Latin American====
{{see also|Puerto Rican migration to New York City|Hispanics and Latinos in New Jersey}}
The diverse [[Race and ethnicity in the United States|Hispanic and Latin American]] population in Bergen is growing in many areas of the county but is especially concentrated in a handful of municipalities, including [[Fairview, New Jersey|Fairview]] (37.1%), [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]] (25.9%), [[Ridgefield Park, New Jersey|Ridgefield Park]] (22.2%), [[Englewood, New Jersey|Englewood]] (21.8%), [[Bogota, New Jersey|Bogota]] (21.3%), [[Garfield, New Jersey|Garfield]] (20.1%), [[Cliffside Park, New Jersey|Cliffside Park]] (18.2%), [[Lodi, New Jersey|Lodi]] (18.0%), and [[Bergenfield, New Jersey|Bergenfield]] (17.0%).<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=16000US3422560&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=fairview&_cityTown=fairview&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=&reg=&_keyword=&_industry= Census data for Fairview borough] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212050352/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=16000US3422560&_geoContext=&_street=&_county=fairview&_cityTown=fairview&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=010&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=&reg=&_keyword=&_industry= |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]], Accessed March 29, 2007</ref> Traditionally, many of the [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]] residents were of [[Colombian people|Colombian]] and [[Cubans|Cuban]] ancestry, although that has been changing in recent years. Englewood's Colombian community is the largest in Bergen County and among the top ten by percent of population in the United States (7.17%); Hackensack, Fairview, Bergenfield, Bogota, and Lodi also have notable populations.<ref>[http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Colombian.html Colombian Ancestry by City.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011163422/http://epodunk.com/ancestry/Colombian.html |date=October 11, 2007 }}, [[EPodunk]]. Accessed April 6, 2007.</ref> The Cuban population is largest in Fairview, Ridgefield Park, [[Ridgefield, New Jersey|Ridgefield]], and Bogota, although the Cuban community is much bigger in [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson County]] to the south.<ref>[http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Cuban.html Cuban Ancestry by City.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122040230/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Cuban.html |date=November 22, 2012 }} [[EPodunk]]. Accessed April 6, 2007.</ref> Since 2000, an increasing number of immigrants from other countries (including [[Peru]], [[Mexico]], [[Guatemala]], [[El Salvador]], the [[Dominican Republic]], [[Ecuador]], and [[Chile]]) as well as from the [[U.S. territory]] of [[Puerto Rico]] have entered the county. The diverse backgrounds of the local Latino community are best exemplified in Fairview, where 10% of the overall population hails from [[Central America]], 7% from [[South America]], and 9% from other Latin American countries, mainly those in the Caribbean. The borough of Fairview has the highest percentage of people of Salvadoran and [[Salvadoran American]] ancestry in the county, 12.4%.<ref>[http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=18588 Fairview, NJ Ancestry & Family History]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111202926/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=18588|date=November 11, 2007}}. [[EPodunk]]. Accessed April 6, 2007.</ref> The city of Hackensack has the highest percentage of people of Ecuadorian and [[Ecuadorian American]] ancestry in the county, 10.01%, with a total of approximately 4,500 living within city limits.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}} Overall, Bergen County's Latino population has demonstrated a robust increase recently, growing from 145,281 as of the 2010 census count<ref name=Census2010>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/34003,34,00 State & County QuickFacts – Bergen County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed April 5, 2017.</ref> to an estimated 165,442 as of 2013.<ref name="http"/>

====Western European American====
[[Irish American]]s and [[German American]]s are the next largest individual ethnic groups in Bergen County, numbering 115,914 (12.7% of the county's total population) and 80,288 (8.8%) respectively in 2013.<ref name=ACS2013/> As is the case with Italian Americans, these two groups developed sizable enclaves long ago and are now well established in all areas of the county. In 2023, [[Waldwick, New Jersey|Waldwick]] (30.43%), [[Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey|Ho-Ho-Kus]] (26.72%), and [[Hillsdale, New Jersey|Hillsdale]] (24.94%) were reported as having the highest percentages of Irish American residents in the county.<ref>Bichao, Sergio. [https://nj1015.com/how-irish-is-your-new-jersey-town/ Places in New Jersey with the most Irish-Americans], [[New Jersey 101.5]], March 17, 2023. Accessed August 31, 2023.</ref> The Council of Irish Associations of Greater Bergen County, based in [[Bergenfield, New Jersey|Bergenfield]], has hosted an annual Saint Patrick's Day parade in the county since 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bergencountyirish.org/history|title=History of the Council|publisher=The Council of Irish Associations of Greater Bergen County|access-date=August 31, 2023}}</ref>

====Jewish American====
{{further|Jews in New York City}}
Bergen County is home to the largest [[Jewish]] population in New Jersey.<ref name=NYCJewstoBergen1>[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/NewJersey.html Virtual Jewish World: New Jersey, United States], [[Jewish Virtual Library]]. Accessed May 27, 2016. "The largest concentration of Jews is in Bergen County (83,700)..."</ref> Many municipalities in the county are home to a significant number of [[American Jews|Jewish Americans]], including [[Fair Lawn, New Jersey|Fair Lawn]], [[Teaneck, New Jersey|Teaneck]], [[Tenafly, New Jersey|Tenafly]], [[Closter, New Jersey|Closter]], [[Englewood, New Jersey|Englewood]], [[Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey|Englewood Cliffs]], [[Fort Lee, New Jersey|Fort Lee]], [[Bergenfield, New Jersey|Bergenfield]], [[Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey|Woodcliff Lake]], [[Paramus, New Jersey|Paramus]], and [[Franklin Lakes, New Jersey|Franklin Lakes]].<ref name="ARDA" /> Teaneck, Fair Lawn, Englewood, and Bergenfield in particular have become havens for Bergen County's growing [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] communities, with a rising number of [[synagogue]]s as well as supermarkets and restaurants offering [[kosher foods]].<ref name=JewishSurvey>Sheingold, Dave. [https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1P2-37965666/survey-seeks-better-count-of-north-jersey-jews "Survey seeks better count of North Jersey Jews"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307150945/https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1P2-37965666/survey-seeks-better-count-of-north-jersey-jews |date=March 7, 2018 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', June 15, 2014</ref> The largest [[Israeli American]] communities in Bergen County were in Fair Lawn (2.5%), Closter (1.4%), and Tenafly (1.3%) in 2000, representing three of the four largest in the state.<ref>[http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Israeli.html Israeli Ancestry by City.], [[EPodunk]]. Accessed July 22, 2014.</ref> Altogether, 83,700 Bergen residents identified themselves as being of [[Jewish]] heritage in 2000, a number expected to show an increase per a 2014 survey of Jews in the county.<ref name = ARDA/><ref name=JewishSurvey/> The Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey is based in Paramus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jfnnj.org/contact-us/|title=Contact Us - Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey|publisher=Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey|access-date=September 1, 2023}}</ref>

====Korean American====
{{Main|Koreatown, Palisades Park|Koreatown, Fort Lee|List of U.S. cities with significant Korean-American populations}}
{{See also|Koreatown, Manhattan|Koreatown, Long Island|Korean Americans in New York City}}
[[File:BroadAveColumbiaKoreatownPalisadesPk.png|thumb|Broad Avenue in [[Koreatown, Palisades Park|Koreatown]], [[Palisades Park, New Jersey|Palisades Park]]<ref name="books.google.com">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5PSYZMs8TzEC&q=fort+lee+koreatown+pyong+min&pg=PA237|title=Asian Americans: Contemporary Trends and Issues Second Edition, Edited by Pyong Gap Min|publisher=Pine Forge Press – An Imprint of Sage Publications, Inc|year=2006|access-date=January 24, 2013|isbn=9781412905565}}</ref>]]

[[South Korea]]ns constituted the most prevalent [[foreign born|foreign-born]] nationality in Bergen County, which was home to [[List of U.S. cities with significant Korean-American populations#Top ten municipalities as ranked by Korean-American percentage of overall population in 2010|all of the nation's top ten municipalities by percentage of Korean population in 2010]].<ref name=BergenCountyKoreanPercentage>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/mahwah-library-hosts-korean-tea-ceremony-to-celebrate-new-year-1.1275756|title=Mahwah library hosts Korean tea ceremony to celebrate new year|author=James O'Neill|work=northjersey.com|date=February 22, 2015|access-date=May 12, 2015}}</ref>

The top ten municipalities in the United States as ranked by [[Korean Americans|Korean American]] percentage of overall population in 2010 are illustrated in the following table. [[Palisades Park, New Jersey|Palisades Park]] has [[Koreans]] that comprise the majority (53.7%) of the population in 2022:<ref name=PalisadesParkMajorityKorean/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank
! Municipality
! County
! State
! Percentage
|-
| align=center | 1
| [[Koreatown, Palisades Park|Palisades Park]]<ref name=PalisadesParkMajorityKorean/>
| '''Bergen County'''
| '''New Jersey'''
| align=right | {{Nts|53.7}}%
|-
| align=center | 2
| [[Leonia, New Jersey|Leonia]]
| Bergen County
| New Jersey
| align=right | {{Nts|26.5}}%
|-
| align=center | 3
| [[Ridgefield, New Jersey|Ridgefield]]
| Bergen County
| New Jersey
| align=right | {{Nts|25.7}}%
|-
| align=center | 4
| [[Koreatown, Fort Lee|Fort Lee]]
| Bergen County
| New Jersey
| align=right | {{Nts|23.5}}%
|-
| align=center | 5
| [[Closter, New Jersey|Closter]]
| Bergen County
| New Jersey
| align=right | {{Nts|21.2}}%
|-
| align=center | 6
| [[Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey|Englewood Cliffs]]
| Bergen County
| New Jersey
| align=right | {{Nts|20.3}}%
|-
| align=center | 7
| [[Norwood, New Jersey|Norwood]]
| Bergen County
| New Jersey
| align=right | {{Nts|20.1}}%
|-
| align=center | 8
| [[Edgewater, New Jersey|Edgewater]]
| Bergen County
| New Jersey
| align=right | {{Nts|19.6}}%
|-
| align=center | 9
| [[Cresskill, New Jersey|Cresskill]]
| Bergen County
| New Jersey
| align=right | {{Nts|17.8}}%
|-
| align=center | 10
| [[Demarest, New Jersey|Demarest]]
| Bergen County
| New Jersey
| align=right | {{Nts|17.3}}%
|-
|}

One of the fastest-growing immigrant groups in Bergen County<ref name = BergenCountyComfortWomen1>Sullivan, S. P. [http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2013/06/japanese-american_congressman_visits_nj_comfort_women_memorial.html "http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2013/06/japanese-american_congressman_visits_nj_comfort_women_memorial.html"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], June 8, 2013. Accessed July 18, 2017.</ref> is the Korean American community, which is concentrated along the [[Hudson River]] – especially in the area near the George Washington Bridge – and represented more than half of the state's entire Korean population as of 2000.<ref name=QTP13for2000>[https://archive.today/20200212095335/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF3/QTP13/0500000US34003 QT-P13 – Ancestry: 2000 from the Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) – Sample Data for Bergen County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed August 9, 2012.</ref> As of the 2022 [[American Community Survey]], persons of Korean ancestry made up 6.5% of Bergen County's population,<ref name=BergenKoreanPopulation>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=DP05:%20ACS%20Demographic%20and%20Housing%20Estimates&g=050XX00US34003|title=ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates Bergen County, New Jersey|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 18, 2024}}</ref> the highest percentage for any county in the United States;<ref name=BergenHighestKoreanPopulation>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/167951555_Korean_company_to_buy_Fort_Lee_bank_buying_local_lender.html |title=Korean company to buy Fort Lee bank |author=Richard Newman |work=northjersey.com |date=August 30, 2012 |access-date=August 30, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003045735/http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/167951555_Korean_company_to_buy_Fort_Lee_bank_buying_local_lender.html |archive-date=October 3, 2013  }}</ref> while the concentration of Koreans in [[Koreatown, Palisades Park|Palisades Park]], within Bergen County, is the [[List of U.S. cities with significant Korean-American populations#Municipalities with density of at least 500 Korean Americans per square mile in 2010|highest density and percentage]] of any municipality in the United States,<ref name=NYTimesPalPark>[[Richard Pérez-Peña|Pérez-Peña, Richard]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/nyregion/16palisades.html "Palisades Park Journal – As Koreans Pour In, a Town Is Remade"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 15, 2010. Accessed July 18, 2017.</ref> at 53.7% of the borough's population.<ref name=PalisadesParkMajorityKorean>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP5Y2022.DP05?q=DP05:%20ACS%20Demographic%20and%20Housing%20Estimates&g=160XX00US3455770|title=ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates Palisades Park borough, New Jersey|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 18, 2024}}</ref> Per the 2010 Census, Palisades Park was home to the highest total number (10,115)<ref name=PalisadesParkCensusData>[https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3455770 DP-1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 from 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Palisades Park borough, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200213095459/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3455770 |date=February 13, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed July 18, 2017.</ref> of individuals of Korean ancestry among all municipalities in the state,<ref name=Korean>[http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Korean.html Korean Ancestry by City] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206002820/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Korean.html |date=December 6, 2007 }}, [[EPodunk]]. Accessed March 17, 2007.</ref> while neighboring [[Fort Lee, New Jersey|Fort Lee]] had the second largest cluster (8,318),<ref name=FortLeeQuickFacts>{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34/3424420lk.html|title=Fort Lee borough, New Jersey QuickLinks|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519045050/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34/3424420lk.html|archive-date=May 19, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> and fourth highest proportion (23.5%, trailing [[Leonia, New Jersey|Leonia]] (26.5%) and [[Ridgefield, New Jersey|Ridgefield]] (25.7%)). All of the nation's top ten municipalities by percentage of Korean population in 2010 were located in Bergen County,<ref name=BergenCountyKoreanPercentage/> including Palisades Park, Leonia, Ridgefield, Fort Lee, [[Closter, New Jersey|Closter]], [[Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey|Englewood Cliffs]], [[Norwood, New Jersey|Norwood]], [[Edgewater, New Jersey|Edgewater]], [[Cresskill, New Jersey|Cresskill]], and [[Demarest, New Jersey|Demarest]], closely followed by [[Old Tappan, New Jersey|Old Tappan]]. Virtually all of the municipalities with the highest Korean concentrations are located in the eastern third of the county, near the Hudson River, although [[Ridgewood, New Jersey|Ridgewood]] has emerged as a Korean American nexus in western Bergen County,<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3463000 DP-1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Ridgewood village, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200213090741/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3463000 |date=February 13, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed July 18, 2017.</ref> and [[Paramus, New Jersey|Paramus]]<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3455950 DP-1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Paramus borough, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200213061705/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3455950 |date=February 13, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed July 18, 2017.</ref> and [[River Edge, New Jersey|River Edge]]<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3463360 DP-1: Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for River Edge borough, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200213063019/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3463360 |date=February 13, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed July 18, 2017.</ref> in central Bergen County. Beginning in 2012, county election ballots were printed in the Korean language,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/voting-information-vote-by-mail.html|title=State of New Jersey Department of State|publisher=State of New Jersey|access-date=May 31, 2017}}</ref> in addition to English and Spanish, given the U.S. Census Bureau's directive that Bergen County's Korean population had grown large enough to warrant language assistance during elections.<ref name=KoreanBallots>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen/Korean_language_ballots_coming_to_Bergen_County.html|title=Korean language ballots coming to Bergen County|author1=Karen Sudol |author2=Dave Sheingold |name-list-style=amp |work=northjersey.com|date=October 12, 2011|access-date=October 28, 2015}}</ref> Between 2011 and 2017, the Korean population of [[Fair Lawn, New Jersey|Fair Lawn]] was estimated to have more than doubled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP05/1600000US3422470|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2013-2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates - Fair Lawn borough, New Jersey|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=October 13, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213114343/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP05/1600000US3422470|archive-date=February 13, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>

South Korean ''[[chaebol]]s'' have established [[North America]]n [[headquarters]] operations in Bergen County, including [[Samsung]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/company-profile.Samsung_Electronics_America_Inc.8c8cfbc91c0d265a.html|title=Samsung Electronics America, Inc. Company Profile|publisher=Hoover's Inc|access-date=March 5, 2017}}</ref> [[LG Corp]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/englewood-cliffs/2017/02/07/lg-breaks-ground-englewood-cliffs-hq/97400212/|title=LG breaks ground on Englewood Cliffs HQ| author=Michael W. Curley Jr. |publisher=NorthJersey.com - part of the USA TODAY network|date=February 7, 2017|access-date=March 5, 2017}}</ref> and [[Hanjin Shipping]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/stranded-container-ship-gets-go-ahead-to-dock-in-elizabeth-1.1663365|title=Stranded container ship gets go-ahead to dock in Elizabeth|author=Richard Newman|publisher=NorthJersey.com - part of the USA TODAY network|date=September 20, 2016|access-date=March 5, 2017}}</ref> In April 2018, the largest Korean-themed supermarket in Bergen County opened in Paramus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/money/2018/04/27/h-mart-korean-themed-supermarket-opens-paramus/559041002/|title=H Mart: Korean-themed supermarket opens in Paramus|author=Joan Verdon|publisher=NorthJersey.com - part of the USA TODAY network|date=April 28, 2018|access-date=April 28, 2018}}</ref> In January 2019, Christopher Chung was sworn in as the first Korean-American mayor of Palisades Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/palisades-park/2019/01/02/palisades-park-nj-korean-american-mayor-makes-bergen-county-nj-history/2389106002/|title=Palisades Park makes history in Bergen County, swears in first Korean-American mayor|author=Kristie Cattafi|publisher=NorthJersey.com - part of the USA TODAY network|date=January 3, 2019|access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref>

The political stature of Koreatown appears to be increasing significantly as well. Bergen County's growing Korean community<ref>{{cite web|author=John C. Ensslin|date=December 20, 2011|title=North Jersey Korean-Americans relieved but worried about transition|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen/bergen_news/North_Jersey_Korean-Americans_relieved_but_worried_about_transition.html|work=northjersey.com|access-date=March 28, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=June 26, 2011|title=Korean War vets honored at Cresskill church|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/Korean_War_vets_honored__at_Cresskill_church.html|work=northjersey.com|access-date=March 28, 2012}}</ref><ref name="© 2012 North Jersey Media Group">{{cite web|date=January 15, 2011|title=Hackensack attorney appointed to court|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/crime_courts/113719969_Kim_named_Central_Municipal_Court_judge.html|url-status=dead|work=northjersey.com|access-date=March 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120003001/http://www.northjersey.com/news/crime_courts/113719969_Kim_named_Central_Municipal_Court_judge.html|archive-date=January 20, 2011}}</ref><ref name="northjersey.com">{{cite web|author=Monsy Alvarado|date=March 30, 2012|title=North Jersey Korean leaders to form political action committee after Phillip Kwon rejection|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/North_Jersey_Korean_leaders_to_form_political_action_committee_after_Philip_Kwon.html|work=northjersey.com|access-date=March 30, 2012}}</ref> was cited by county executive Kathleen Donovan in the context of attorney Jae Y. Kim's appointment to Central Municipal Court [[judge]]ship in nearby [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]] in January 2011.<ref name="© 2012 North Jersey Media Group" /> Subsequently, in March 2012, leaders from Bergen County's Korean community announced they would form a grassroots [[political action committee]] to gain an organized voice in politics in the wake of the rejection of attorney Phillip Kwon to the [[New Jersey Supreme Court]] by a state legislative body,<ref name="northjersey.com" /> and in July 2012, Kwon was appointed instead as deputy general counsel of the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web|author=SHAWN BOBURG AND JOHN REITMEYER|date=July 26, 2012|title=Update: Philip Kwon, rejected N.J. Supreme Court nominee, scores a top Port Authority job|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/Philip_Kwon_hired_at_high-ranking_job_at_Port_Authority.html?c=y&page=1|work=northjersey.com|access-date=July 29, 2012}}</ref> Jacqueline Choi was then sworn in as Bergen County's first female Korean American assistant [[prosecutor]] in September 2012.<ref name="Monsy Alvarado">{{cite web|author=Monsy Alvarado|date=September 4, 2012|title=Bergen County swears in first female Korean-American assistant prosecutor|url=http://www.northjersey.com/leonia/Bergen_County_swears_in_first_female_Korean-American_assistant_prosecutor.html|work=northjersey.com|access-date=September 4, 2012}}</ref> According to ''The Record'', the U.S. Census Bureau has determined that the county's Korean American population has grown enough to warrant language assistance during elections,<ref name="Karen Sudol and Dave Sheingold">{{cite web|author1=Karen Sudol|author2=Dave Sheingold|date=October 12, 2011|title=Korean language ballots coming to Bergen County|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen/Korean_language_ballots_coming_to_Bergen_County.html|work=northjersey.com|access-date=March 28, 2012}}</ref> and Bergen County's Koreans have earned significant political respect.<ref>{{cite web|author=John C. Ensslin|date=August 20, 2012|title=After decades of work, Bergen County Koreans have earned political respect|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/166724576_After_decades_of_work__Bergen_County_Koreans_have_earned_political_respect.html?c=y&page=1|work=northjersey.com|access-date=August 23, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Rebecca D. O'Brien|date=October 14, 2012|title=New Jersey's Korean community awakens politically|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/174039211.html|work=northjersey.com|access-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Monsy Alvarado|date=October 9, 2012|title=Korean-Americans to sponsor three debates|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/173234571_Korean-Americans_to_sponsor_three_debates.html|work=northjersey.com|access-date=May 12, 2014}}</ref> As of May 2014, Korean Americans had garnered at least four borough council seats in Bergen County.<ref>{{cite web|author=Monsy Alvarado|date=May 12, 2014|title=South Korean officials, Menendez lead Englewood discussion on improving joint economy|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/south-korean-officials-menendez-lead-englewood-discussion-on-improving-joint-economy-1.1014570|work=northjersey.com|access-date=May 12, 2014}}</ref> In November 2016, Ellen Park was elected to the borough council in nearby [[Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey|Englewood Cliffs]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Michael W. Curley Jr.|date=November 18, 2016|title=Park, Woo to join Englewood Cliffs council after final vote tally|url=http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2016/11/18/results-expected-today-englewood-cliffs-elections/94068226/|publisher=NorthJersey.com, part of the USA TODAY network|access-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref> while namesake Daniel Park was elected to the borough council in nearby [[Tenafly, New Jersey|Tenafly]] in November 2013.<ref>{{cite web|author=Stephanie Simone|date=November 14, 2013|title=Daniel Park is seeing green for Tenafly|url=http://archive.northjersey.com/news/daniel-park-is-seeing-green-for-tenafly-1.605968?page=all|publisher=NorthJersey.com - part of the USA TODAY network|access-date=January 18, 2017|archive-date=January 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131191857/http://archive.northjersey.com/news/daniel-park-is-seeing-green-for-tenafly-1.605968?page=all|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Polish American====
[[Polish Americans]] are well represented in western Bergen County and are growing as a community, with 59,294 (6.5%) of residents of [[Polish people|Polish]] descent residing in the county as of the 2013 American Community Survey.<ref name=ACS2013/> The community's cultural and commercial heart has long been centered in [[Wallington, New Jersey|Wallington]], where 45.5% of the population is of Polish descent; this is the largest concentration among New Jersey municipalities and the seventh-highest in the United States.<ref name=Polish>[http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Polish.html Polish Ancestry by City] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602174141/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Polish.html |date=June 2, 2011 }}, [[Epodunk]], accessed April 5, 2007</ref> The adjacent city of [[Garfield, New Jersey|Garfield]] has also become a magnet for Polish immigrants, with 22.9% of the population identifying themselves as being of Polish ancestry, the third highest concentration in the state.<ref name=Polish/>

====African American====
The county's [[African American]] community is almost entirely concentrated in three municipalities: Englewood (10,215 residents, accounting for 38.98% of the city's total population), Teaneck (11,298; 28.78%), and Hackensack (10,518; 24.65%). Collectively, these three areas account for nearly 70% of the county's total African American population of 46,568, and in fact, blacks have had a presence in these towns since the earliest days of the county. In sharp contrast, African Americans comprise less than 2% of the total in most of Bergen's other municipalities.<ref>Vial, Debra Lynn. [https://web.archive.org/web/20161008195704/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22458321.html "Troubling Encounters along Suburban Byways; Minorities Feel Targeted by Local Police"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', May 9, 1999. Accessed September 4, 2016. "About 70 percent of Bergen County's African American residents live in Hackensack, Teaneck, and Englewood, according to current population estimates. In some 20 of the other towns, from River Vale to Ho-Ho-Kus, black residents make up less than 1 percent of the population. In 27 others, they are less than 2 percent."</ref> In Englewood, the African American population is concentrated in the Third and Fourth wards of the western half of the city, while the northeastern section of Teaneck has been an African American enclave for several decades.<ref>Fallon, Scott; and Lesser, Benjamin. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140610175940/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-93134494.html "Making elections fair to minorities"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', February 21, 2005</ref> In 2014, Teaneck selected its first female African-American mayor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/teaneck-selects-its-first-female-african-american-mayor-faces-continuing-fiscal-troubles-1.1044354|title=Teaneck selects its first female African American mayor, faces continuing fiscal troubles|author=Aaron Morrison|work=northjersey.com|date=July 1, 2014|access-date=July 1, 2014}}</ref> Hackensack's long-established African American community is primarily located in the central part of the city, especially in the area near Central Avenue and First Street.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140610175946/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-105615552.html "Picture this: Black History Store"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', February 21, 2005. Accessed December 24, 2013.</ref> Bergen County's black population has declined from 52,473 counted in the 2010 Census<ref name=Census2010/> to an estimated 50,478 in 2012.<ref name="http"/> Other county municipalities with a sizeable minority of African Americans include [[Bergenfield, New Jersey|Bergenfield]] (7.7%), [[Bogota, New Jersey|Bogota]] (9.4%), [[Garfield, New Jersey|Garfield]] (6.5%), [[Lodi, New Jersey|Lodi]] (7.5%) and [[Ridgefield Park, New Jersey|Ridgefield Park]] (6.4%).<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTP3.CY10/0500000US34003 GCT-P3; Race and Hispanic or Latino: 2010 – County – County Subdivision and Place from the 2010 Census Summary File 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200213155303/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTP3.CY10/0500000US34003 |date=February 13, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed September 4, 2016.</ref>

====Indian American====
{{see also|Indians in the New York City metropolitan area}}
[[Indian American]]s represent a rapidly growing demographic in Bergen County, enumerating over 40,000 individuals in 2013,<ref name="http"/> a significant increase from the 24,973 counted in the 2010 Census,<ref name=Census2010/> and represent the second largest Asian ethnic group in Bergen County, after Korean Americans. The biggest clusters of Indian Americans are located in [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_3YR_DP05&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212211851/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_3YR_DP05&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020|title=Geographies – Hackensack city, New Jersey ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates 2011–2013 – American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 21, 2014}}</ref> [[Ridgewood, New Jersey|Ridgewood]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=16000US3463000&-qr_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_DP3YR5&-ds_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_&-_lang=en&-_sse=on|title=Ridgewood village, New Jersey ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates: 2006–2008|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=October 11, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200210223431/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=16000US3463000&-qr_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_DP3YR5&-ds_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_&-_lang=en&-_sse=on|archive-date=February 10, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Fair Lawn, New Jersey|Fair Lawn]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=16000US3422470&-qr_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_DP3YR5&-ds_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on|title=Fair Lawn borough, New Jersey ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates: 2006–2008|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=October 11, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200210234103/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=16000US3422470&-qr_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_DP3YR5&-ds_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on|archive-date=February 10, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Paramus, New Jersey|Paramus]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=16000US3455950&-qr_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_DP3YR5&-ds_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on|title=Paramus borough, New Jersey ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates: 2006–2008|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=October 11, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212214312/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ADPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=16000US3455950&-qr_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_DP3YR5&-ds_name=ACS_2008_3YR_G00_&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on|archive-date=February 12, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Teaneck, New Jersey|Teaneck]],<ref name="Housing Characteristics 2014">[https://archive.today/20200212100959/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3400372360 DP-1 – Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Teaneck township, Bergen County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed September 25, 2014.</ref> [[Mahwah, New Jersey|Mahwah]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_12_5YR_DP05|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212213347/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_12_5YR_DP05|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020|title=ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates – 2008–2012 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates Mahwah township, Bergen County, New Jersey|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=June 16, 2014}}</ref> [[Bergenfield, New Jersey|Bergenfield]],<ref name="DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1 2007">[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-geo_id=16000US3405170&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on Profile of General Demographic Characteristics for Bergenfield borough, New Jersey: 2000] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212041732/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-geo_id=16000US3405170&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 17, 2007.</ref> [[Lodi, New Jersey|Lodi]],<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-geo_id=16000US3441100&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on Profile of General Demographic Characteristics for Lodi borough, New Jersey: 2000] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212042619/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-geo_id=16000US3441100&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 17, 2007.</ref> and [[Elmwood Park, New Jersey|Elmwood Park]].<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-geo_id=16000US3421300&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on Profile of General Demographic Characteristics for Elmwood Park borough, New Jersey: 2000] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212042708/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-geo_id=16000US3421300&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 17, 2007.</ref> Within the county's Indian population is America's largest [[Malayali]] community,<ref>[http://40days.homestead.com/Day_22_-_People.pdf Day 22 – Malayali] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073622/http://40days.homestead.com/Day_22_-_People.pdf|date=March 4, 2016}}. Accessed January 6, 2023."In the U.S., the Malayali-speaking diaspora maintain a Youtube Malayalam Television News program. The highest concentrations of Malayali are found in Bergen County, New Jersey and Rockland County, New York."</ref> and [[Kerala]]-based Kitex Garments, India's largest children's clothing manufacturer, opened its first U.S. office in [[Montvale, New Jersey|Montvale]] in October 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/indian-baby-clothes-maker-opens-montvale-office-to-target-u-s-1.1428531|title=Indian baby clothes maker opens Montvale office to target U.S.|author=Hugh R. Morley|work=northjersey.com|date=October 9, 2015|access-date=October 9, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011062914/http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/indian-baby-clothes-maker-opens-montvale-office-to-target-u-s-1.1428531|archive-date=October 11, 2015}}</ref> [[Glen Rock, New Jersey|Glen Rock]] resident [[Gurbir Grewal]], a member of Bergen County's growing Indian American [[Sikh]] community, was sworn into the position of county [[prosecutor]] in 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/2016/12/02/bergen-prosecutor-talks-computer-crimes-heroin-epidemic/94760088/|title=Bergen prosecutor talks computer crimes, heroin epidemic|author=Allison Pries and John Ensslin|publisher=NorthJersey.com, part of the USA Today Network|date=December 2, 2016|access-date=December 2, 2016}}</ref> and an architecturally notable Sikh ''[[gurudwara]]'' resides in Glen Rock,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://glenrockgurudwara.org/|title=Glen Rock Gurudwara|access-date=November 8, 2013}}</ref> while a similarly prominent [[Hinduism|Hindu]] ''[[Hindu temple|mandir]]'' has been built in Mahwah.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindusamajmandir.org/About-us.html|title=Hindu Samaj Temple of Mahwah|publisher=Hindu Samaj Mandir|access-date=June 16, 2014|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714165221/http://www.hindusamajmandir.org/About-us.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The public library in Fair Lawn began a highly attended [[Hindi|Hindi language (हिन्दी)]] storytelling program in October 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/in-bergen-passaic-libraries-languages-add-diversity-to-story-time-1.1039686|title=In Bergen, Passaic libraries, languages add diversity to story time|author=Monsy Alvarado|work=northjersey.com|date=June 22, 2014|access-date=June 22, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052647/http://www.northjersey.com/news/in-bergen-passaic-libraries-languages-add-diversity-to-story-time-1.1039686|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> The affluent municipalities of northern Bergen County are witnessing significant growth in their Indian American communities, including Glen Rock, into which up to 90% of this constituency was estimated by one member in 2014 to have moved within the preceding two-year period alone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/community-news/community-events-and-announcements/glen-rock-residents-seek-diwali-observance-at-district-schools-1.1144470|title=Glen Rock residents seek Diwali observance at district schools|author=Richard De Santa|work=northjersey.com|date=December 1, 2014|access-date=December 1, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035458/http://www.northjersey.com/community-news/community-events-and-announcements/glen-rock-residents-seek-diwali-observance-at-district-schools-1.1144470|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> In February 2015, the board of education of the [[Glen Rock Public Schools]] voted to designate the Hindu holy day [[Diwali]] as an annual school holiday, making it the first district in the county to close for the holiday,<ref>Harris, Chris. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/glen-rock-schools-to-close-for-diwali-1.1276918 "Glen Rock schools to close for Diwali"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224221006/http://www.northjersey.com/news/glen-rock-schools-to-close-for-diwali-1.1276918 |date=February 24, 2015 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', February 24, 2015. Accessed September 4, 2016. "Schools in the borough will be closed on Nov. 11, since the Board of Education voted to add Diwali, a Hindu holy day, to the district's calendar. District officials claim Glen Rock, which has a burgeoning Indian community, is the first district in Bergen County to formally recognize Diwali with an instruction-free day."</ref> while thousands celebrated the first county-wide celebration of Diwali under a unified sponsorship banner in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/thousands-attend-countywide-celebration-of-diwali-the-hindu-festival-of-lights-1.1681840|title=Thousands attend countywide celebration of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights|author=Monsy Alvarado|publisher=NorthJersey.com, part of the USA Today Network|date=October 23, 2016|access-date=October 23, 2016|quote="This is the first time in Bergen County that all religious organizations and community organizations are participating under this banner, the Indian Heritage Center," said Dinesh Khosla, president and one of the founders of the temple in Mahwah. "Ten families started the temple 20 years ago and we have over 3,000 members now."|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024085937/http://www.northjersey.com/news/thousands-attend-countywide-celebration-of-diwali-the-hindu-festival-of-lights-1.1681840|archive-date=October 24, 2016}}</ref> An annual "[[Holi]] in the Village" festival of colors has been launched in Ridgewood.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/ridgewood/2018/04/21/ridgewood-holi-festival-fun-everyone/505022002/|title=Ridgewood Holi festival is fun for everyone|author=Jai Agnish|publisher=northjersey.com - part of the USA TODAY network|date=April 21, 2018|access-date=April 21, 2018}}</ref>

====Russian (and other former Soviet) American====
{{see also|Russian Americans in New York City}}
[[Fair Lawn, New Jersey|Fair Lawn]], [[Tenafly, New Jersey|Tenafly]], [[Alpine, New Jersey|Alpine]], and Fort Lee are hubs for [[Russian Americans]], including a growing community of [[Russian Jews]].<ref>[http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Russian.html Russian Ancestry by City.], [[EPodunk]]. Accessed April 6, 2007.</ref> [[Garfield, New Jersey|Garfield]] is home to an architecturally prominent [[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox]] church.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://3saints.com/|title=Moscow Patriarchate, Patriarchal Parish in the USA|publisher=Russian Orthodox Church of Three Saints, Garfield, NJ|access-date=October 12, 2013}}</ref> Likewise, [[Ukrainian American]]s, [[Georgian American]]s, and [[Uzbek American]]s have more recently followed the path of their Russian American predecessors to Bergen County, particularly to Fair Lawn. The size of Fair Lawn's Russian American presence has prompted an [[April Fool's]] satire titled, "[[Vladimir Putin|Putin]] Moves Against Fair Lawn".<ref>Rooney, Matt. [http://savejersey.com/2014/04/putin-russia-invasion-new-jersey-christie/ "Putin Moves Against Fair Lawn"], Save Jersey, April 1, 2014. Accessed May 30, 2016. "In a move certain to carry dire geopolitical consequences for the world, the Russian Federation has moved troops into the 32,000-person borough of Fair Lawn, New Jersey, only days after annexing Crimea and strengthening its troop positions along the Ukrainian border."</ref> The [[Armenian American]] population in Bergen is dispersed throughout the county, but its most significant concentration is in the southeastern towns near the George Washington Bridge. The victims of the [[Armenian genocide]] are recognized annually at the [[Bergen County Court House|Bergen County Courthouse]] in Hackensack.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/05/10/april-24-observed-at-bergen-county-courthouse/|title=April 24 Observed at Bergen County Courthouse|publisher=TheArmenianWeekly – Hairenik Association|date=May 10, 2013|access-date=July 22, 2014}}</ref>

====Filipino American====
{{see also|Filipinos in New Jersey|Filipinos in the New York metropolitan area}}
[[Bergenfield, New Jersey|Bergenfield]], along with [[Paramus, New Jersey|Paramus]], [[Hackensack, New Jersey|Hackensack]],<ref>[https://archive.today/20200212101452/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0600000US3400328680 DP-1 – Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Hackensack city, Bergen County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed October 8, 2014.</ref> [[New Milford, New Jersey|New Milford]], [[Dumont, New Jersey|Dumont]],<ref name=TyphoonHaiyan/> [[Fair Lawn, New Jersey|Fair Lawn]], and [[Teaneck, New Jersey|Teaneck]],<ref name="Housing Characteristics 2014"/> have become growing hubs for [[Filipino American]]s. Taken as a whole, these municipalities are home to a significant proportion of Bergen County's Philippine population.<ref name="DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1 2007" /><ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-geo_id=16000US3451660&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on Profile of General Demographic Characteristics for New Milford borough, New Jersey: 2000] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212042805/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-geo_id=16000US3451660&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 17, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-geo_id=16000US3418400&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on Profile of General Demographic Characteristics for Dumont borough, New Jersey: 2000] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212044046/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-geo_id=16000US3418400&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 17, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-geo_id=06000US3400372360&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on Profile of General Demographic Characteristics for Teaneck township, New Jersey: 2000] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212212827/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-geo_id=06000US3400372360&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 17, 2007.</ref> A census-estimated 20,859 Filipino Americans resided in Bergen County as of 2013,<ref name="http">{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_1YR_DP05&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150104214440/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_1YR_DP05&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 4, 2015|title=Geographies – Bergen County, New Jersey – ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates – 2013 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 29, 2014}}</ref> embodying an increase from the 19,155 counted in 2010.<ref name=BergenCountyQuickLinks>{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34/34003lk.html|title=Bergen County, New Jersey QuickLinks|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 29, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030040635/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34/34003lk.html|archive-date=October 30, 2014}}</ref> Between 2000 and 2010, the Filipino-American population of Bergenfield grew from 11.7%, or 3,081 residents, to 17.1%, or 4,569,<ref name=FilipinoLawyer>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/filipino-born-lawyer-savors-council-victory-1.1128811|title=Filipino-born lawyer savors council victory in Bergenfield|author=Nicholas Pugliese|date=November 7, 2014|access-date=December 2, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141203033750/http://www.northjersey.com/news/filipino-born-lawyer-savors-council-victory-1.1128811|archive-date=December 3, 2014}}</ref> and increasing further to 5,062 (18.4%) by 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_5YR/DP05/1600000US3405170|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates - Bergenfield borough, New Jersey|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 29, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213092415/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_5YR/DP05/1600000US3405170|archive-date=February 13, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> Bergenfield is informally known as the ''[[Filipinos in New Jersey|Little Manila]]'' of Bergen County, with a significant concentration of Filipino residents and businesses.<ref>Stevens, Jean. "Popular roast pig finds a following in North Jersey", ''[[Herald News]]'', September 12, 2007. "One might find more lechon in Passaic these days. The city may be North Jersey's next so-called Little Manila, following Bergenfield, Bloomfield and Belleville." Accessed April 29, 2018.</ref><ref>Pizarro, Max. [http://observer.com/2009/07/rivas-and-soriano-champion-corzine-and-christie-respectively-in-bergenfield/ "Rivas and Soriano champion Corzine and Christie respectively in Bergenfield"], [[PolitickerNJ]], July 12, 2009. Accessed April 29, 2018. "'I think people see him as an everyday man who is upset about the situation we are facing in New Jersey,' the reverend said today as he made the rounds with Christie from one vendor's booth to the next in a town dubbed Bergen's little Manila, home to 15,000 Filipino-Americans."</ref> In the late 1990s, Bergenfield became the first municipality on the [[East Coast of the United States]] to elect a Filipino mayor, Robert C. Rivas.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} The annual Filipino American Festival is held in Bergenfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://asianjournal.com/news/2nd-filipino-american-festival-in-bergenfield-ready-to-go/|title=2nd Filipino American Festival in Bergenfield ready to go|publisher=Asian Journal – The Filipino Community Newspaper since 1991|date=June 26, 2014|access-date=June 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214020515/http://asianjournal.com/news/2nd-filipino-american-festival-in-bergenfield-ready-to-go/|archive-date=December 14, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Philippine-American Community of Bergen County (PACBC) organization is based in Paramus,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pacbc.org/contact|title=Helping to build our diverse community!|publisher=Philippine-American Community of Bergen County (PACBC)|access-date=June 1, 2015|archive-date=June 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607055542/http://pacbc.org/contact|url-status=dead}}</ref> while other Filipino organizations are based in Fair Lawn<ref name=TyphoonHaiyan/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://faafl.org/|title=Filipino-American Association of Fair Lawn – "Committed to Community"|access-date=August 17, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084420/http://faafl.org/|archive-date=August 19, 2014}}</ref><ref name=FilipinoAmericanFestival>{{cite web|url=http://www.filipinoamericanfestival.com/about-us-29/mission-statement|title=Mission Statement|publisher=The Filipino American Festival, Inc|access-date=December 13, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211080857/http://www.filipinoamericanfestival.com/about-us-29/mission-statement|archive-date=December 11, 2014}}</ref> and Bergenfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manta.com/c/mmg9tqt/filipino-american-tennis-association|title=Filipino American Tennis Association|access-date=August 17, 2014}}</ref> Bergen County's culturally active Filipino community repatriated significant financial assistance to victims of [[Typhoon Haiyan]], which ravaged the [[Philippines]] in November 2013.<ref name=TyphoonHaiyan>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/community/North_Jersey_Filipinos_marshal_aid_for_typhoon_relief.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131116222507/http://www.northjersey.com/community/North_Jersey_Filipinos_marshal_aid_for_typhoon_relief.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 16, 2013|title=North Jersey Filipinos marshal aid for typhoon relief|author1=Mary Diduch|author2=Christopher Maag|name-list-style=amp|work=northjersey.com|date=November 10, 2013|access-date=June 1, 2015}}</ref> Between 2011 and 2017, Fair Lawn's Filipino population was estimated to have more than doubled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP05/1600000US3422470|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2013-2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates - Fair Lawn borough, New Jersey|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=October 13, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213114343/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP05/1600000US3422470|archive-date=February 13, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2021, the multinational [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]] [[Jollibee]] restaurant chain based in [[Metro Manila]], planned to open its first Bergen County location in [[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/business/2021/06/jollibee-is-opening-2-more-restaurants-in-nj.html|title=Jollibee is opening 2 more restaurants in N.J.|author=Christopher Burch|publisher=[[NJ Advance Media]]|date=June 25, 2021|access-date=June 25, 2021}}</ref>

====Chinese American====
{{see also|Chinese Americans in New York City}}
The [[Chinese American]] population is also spread out, with sizable populations in Fort Lee, Paramus, [[Ridgewood, New Jersey|Ridgewood]], River Edge, and Englewood Cliffs.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-geo_id=16000US3421510&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on Profile of General Demographic Characteristics for Englewood Cliffs borough, New Jersey: 2000] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212042652/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-geo_id=16000US3421510&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-_sse=on |date=February 12, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed March 17, 2007.</ref> Fort Lee and Paramus have the highest total number of Chinese among Bergen municipalities, while Englewood Cliffs has the highest percentage (8.42%). Several school districts throughout the county have added [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] to their curricula.

====Japanese American====
{{see also|Japanese in New York City}}
The Japanese community, which includes a significant number of Japanese nationals, has long had a presence in Fort Lee, with over a quarter of the county's total Japanese population living in that borough alone. Adjacent [[Edgewater, New Jersey|Edgewater]] has also developed an active [[Japanese American]] community, particularly after the construction of the largest Japanese-oriented commercial center on the [[East Coast of the United States|U.S. East Coast]] in this borough. As of March 2011, about 2,500 Japanese Americans lived in Fort Lee and Edgewater combined; this is the largest concentration of Japanese Americans in New Jersey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/japanese-americans_in_fort_lee.html|title=Japanese-Americans in Fort Lee, Edgewater describe frantic calls to loved ones in quake's wake|author=Stirling, Stephen|date=March 12, 2011|access-date=April 1, 2014}}</ref> The remainder of Bergen County's Japanese residents are concentrated in northern communities, including Ridgewood. The Japanese-American Society of New Jersey is based in Fort Lee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jasofnj.com/english/|title=JAS of New Jersey|publisher=The Japanese-American Society of New Jersey|access-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>

====Balkan American====
[[Greek American]]s have had a fairly sizable presence in Bergen for several decades, and according to 2000 census data, the Greek community numbered 13,247 county-wide.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=05000US34003&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US34%7C05000US34003&_street=&_county=bergen+county&_cityTown=bergen+county&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=536&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050&reg=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050%3A536&_keyword=&_industry= Census 2000 Demographic Profile Highlights – Selected Population Group: Greek] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206171816/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=05000US34003&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US34%7C05000US34003&_street=&_county=bergen+county&_cityTown=bergen+county&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=536&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050&reg=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050%3A536&_keyword=&_industry= |date=December 6, 2007 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed April 9, 2007.</ref> Greek restaurants are abundant in Bergen County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/food-and-dining-news/restaurant-reviews/last-word-in-classic-greek-1.1152234|title=Restaurant review: Syros Taverna in Englewood|author=Elisa Ung|work=northjersey.com|date=December 12, 2014|access-date=December 13, 2014}}</ref> The largest concentrations of Greeks by percentage in the county are in [[Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey|Englewood Cliffs]] (7.2%), [[Alpine, New Jersey|Alpine]] (5.2%), [[Fort Lee, New Jersey|Fort Lee]] (3.7%), and [[Palisades Park, New Jersey|Palisades Park]] (3.5%).<ref>[http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Greek.html Greek Ancestry by City.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220022932/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Greek.html |date=February 20, 2007 }}, [[EPodunk]]. Accessed April 6, 2007.</ref> [[Macedonian American]]s and [[Albanian American]]s have arrived relatively recently in New Jersey<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/yearbook-immigration-statistics-2012-legal-permanent-residents|title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2012 Supplemental Table 1|publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security|access-date=July 2, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/publications/LPR11.shtm|title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2011 Supplemental Table 1|publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security|access-date=July 2, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/publications/LPR10.shtm|title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2010 Supplemental Table 1|publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security|access-date=July 2, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/publications/LPR09.shtm|title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2009 Supplemental Table 1|publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security|access-date=July 2, 2013}}</ref> but have quickly established Bergen County enclaves, roughly in tandem, in Garfield, Elmwood Park, and Fair Lawn.

====Iranian American====
A relatively recent community of [[Iranian American]]s has emerged in Bergen County,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/n-j-iranians-celebrate-persian-new-year-with-music-dance-in-englewood-1.747010|title=N.J. Iranians celebrate Persian New Year with music, dance in Englewood|author=Monsy Alvarado|work=northjersey.com|date=March 20, 2014|access-date=March 21, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322001657/http://www.northjersey.com/news/n-j-iranians-celebrate-persian-new-year-with-music-dance-in-englewood-1.747010|archive-date=March 22, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/iranian-americans-gather-for-yalda-a-holiday-with-special-meaning-this-year/|title=Iranian-Americans gather for Yalda, a holiday with special meaning this year|author=Christine Sloan|work=[[CBS News]]|date=December 21, 2022|access-date=August 31, 2023}}</ref> including those in [[professional]] occupations scattered throughout the county.

====Same-sex couples====
{{main|Same-sex marriage in New Jersey}}
[[Domestic partnership|Same-sex couples]] headed one in 160 households in 2010,<ref>Lipman, Harvy; and Sheingold, Dave. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/127675238_NORTH_JERSEY_SEES_30__GROWTH_IN_SAME-SEX_COUPLES___Census_shows_shift_in_suburbs.html "North Jersey sees 30% growth in same-sex couples"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203212228/http://www.northjersey.com/news/127675238_NORTH_JERSEY_SEES_30__GROWTH_IN_SAME-SEX_COUPLES___Census_shows_shift_in_suburbs.html |date=February 3, 2013 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', August 14, 2011. Accessed November 16, 2013.</ref> prior to the commencement of same-sex marriages in New Jersey on October 21, 2013.<ref name=DroppedAppeal>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/state/Christie_administration_withdraws_appeal_of_ruling_allowing_gay_marriage_in_NJ.html?page=all|title=Christie drops appeal of ruling allowing gay marriage in NJ|author1=Melissa Hayes |author2=Kibret Markos |author3=Chris Harris |author4=Scott Fallon |work=northjersey.com|date=October 21, 2013|access-date=November 16, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209185716/http://www.northjersey.com/news/state/Christie_administration_withdraws_appeal_of_ruling_allowing_gay_marriage_in_NJ.html?page=all|archive-date=February 9, 2014}}</ref> On June 28, 2016, Bergen County officials for the first time raised the rainbow-colored [[gay pride]] flag at the county administration building in Hackensack to commemorate the [[LGBT rights in the United States|gay rights]] movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen-county-officials-raise-gay-pride-flag-1.1623133|title=Bergen County officials raise gay-pride flag|author=Todd South|work=northjersey.com|date=June 28, 2016|access-date=June 29, 2016}}</ref>

====Muslims====
Bergen County also has a moderate-sized [[Muslim]] population, which numbered 6,473 as of the 2000 census.<ref name=ARDA>[http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/counties/34003_2000.asp County Membership Report for Bergen County, New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091504/http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/counties/34003_2000.asp |date=September 29, 2007 }}, [[Association of Religion Data Archives]]. Accessed April 6, 2007.</ref> Teaneck and Hackensack have emerged as the two most significant Muslim enclaves in the county, with the American Muslim Union's 18th annual brunch gathering held in Teaneck in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/muslim-unity-is-teaneck-event-s-focus-1.1523392|title=Muslim unity is Teaneck event's focus|author=Jean Rimbach|work=northjersey.com|date=March 6, 2016|access-date=March 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>Troncone, Tom. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140610181453/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-99565322.html "A passion for politics"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', September 27, 2004. Accessed December 24, 2013.</ref> Bergen's Muslim population primarily consists of [[Arab American]]s, [[South Asian]] Americans, African Americans, and more recently, Macedonian Americans and Albanian Americans, although many members of these groups practice other religions.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070202043434/http://www.allied-media.com/Arab-American/Arab%20american%20Demographics.htm Arab American Demographics], Allied Media Corp. Archived from [http://www.allied-media.com/Arab-American/Arab%20american%20Demographics.htm the original] on February 2, 2007. Accessed April 9, 2007.</ref> While Arab Americans have not established a significant presence in any particular municipality, in total there are 11,755 county residents who indicated [[Arab]] ancestry in the 2000 census.<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=05000US34003&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US34%7C05000US34003&_street=&_county=bergen+county&_cityTown=bergen+county&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=504&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050&reg=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050%3A504&_keyword=&_industry= Census 2000 Demographic Profile Highlights – Selected Population Group: Arab] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206103710/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=05000US34003&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US34%7C05000US34003&_street=&_county=bergen+county&_cityTown=bergen+county&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=504&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050&reg=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050%3A504&_keyword=&_industry= |date=December 6, 2007 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed April 9, 2007.</ref> The overwhelming majority of Bergen's Arab American population (64.3%) is constituted by persons of [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] (2,576),<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=05000US34003&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US34%7C05000US34003&_street=&_county=bergen+county&_cityTown=bergen+county&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=509&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050&reg=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050%3A509&_keyword=&_industry= Census 2000 Demographic Profile Highlights – Selected Population Group: Lebanese] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206134510/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=05000US34003&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US34%7C05000US34003&_street=&_county=bergen+county&_cityTown=bergen+county&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=509&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050&reg=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050%3A509&_keyword=&_industry= |date=December 6, 2007 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed April 9, 2007.</ref> [[Demographics of Syria|Syrian]] (2,568),<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=05000US34003&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US34%7C05000US34003&_street=&_county=bergen+county&_cityTown=bergen+county&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=512&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050&reg=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050%3A512&_keyword=&_industry= Census 2000 Demographic Profile Highlights – Selected Population Group: Syrian] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206171815/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=05000US34003&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US34%7C05000US34003&_street=&_county=bergen+county&_cityTown=bergen+county&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=512&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050&reg=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050%3A512&_keyword=&_industry= |date=December 6, 2007 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed April 9, 2007.</ref> and [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] (2,417)<ref>[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=05000US34003&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US34%7C05000US34003&_street=&_county=bergen+county&_cityTown=bergen+county&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=506&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050&reg=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050%3A506&_keyword=&_industry= Census 2000 Demographic Profile Highlights – Selected Population Group: Egyptian] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206084406/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFIteratedFacts?_event=&geo_id=05000US34003&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US34%7C05000US34003&_street=&_county=bergen+county&_cityTown=bergen+county&_state=04000US34&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_2&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=506&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050&reg=DEC_2000_SAFF_A1050%3A506&_keyword=&_industry= |date=December 6, 2007 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed April 9, 2007.</ref> descent. The county's [[diner]]s provide late-night and pre-dawn dining options during the Islamic holy month of [[Ramadan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/diners-help-put-n-j-spin-on-ramadan-observance-1.1374114|title=Diners help put N.J. spin on Ramadan observance|author=Hannan Adely|work=northjersey.com|date=July 15, 2015|access-date=July 15, 2015}}</ref>