With immigrants hailing from more than 125 places around the world, New Jersey represents almost as many countries as the United Nations.

The Garden State, home to 1.9 million foreign-born residents, has one of the highest concentration of immigrants of any state.

Among our state's 565 municipalities, only two — Pine Valley in Camden and Walpack in Sussex — have no immigrant neighbors. But everywhere else in New Jersey, you'll find immigrants.

This week, New Jersey 101.5 explores New Jersey's immigrants — how they've changed our state and how our state has changed them.

We dug deep into the U.S. Census and created an interactive map that shows what the dominant immigrant group is in your town. (You can find the map at the end of this story. It's best viewed on a desktop computer.)

Here's what else we found out:

In Jersey City, with its views of the Statute of Liberty and Ellis Island, immigrants number 105,000. That's more than the population of almost every town in the state.

Towns in green have high number of Asian immigrants. See full map below.
Towns in green have high number of Asian immigrants. See full map below.
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But the folks putting down roots in the city aren't coming from the same countries that sent the immigrants who once passed under Lady Liberty's torch. Most of Jersey City's immigrants today come from Asia, particularly India. Asians — indicated in our map by the color green — also are the dominant immigrant group across Central Jersey.

But no part of the world sends more people to New Jersey than Latin America (indicated on our map with yellow.) More than 872,000 people in New Jersey were born in Latin America.

European immigrants, many who came to the United States decades ago, still remain in New Jersey. They are the dominant immigrant groups in the northwestern corner of the state as well as the Jersey Shore. (They're represented on our map with blue.)

As new immigrants pour in, the ethnic communities we once associated with certain towns have been supplanted by newcomers.

For example, the top country of origin for immigrants in Newark is not Portugal (7,610 immigrants) or Brazil (8,610), but Ecuador (with 13,762). The Portuguese have moved to Elizabeth, Kearny and South River, and they're the most represented country for immigrants in Hillside, Clark and Mountainside.

Cubans no longer dominate in Union City, which is now home to more Dominican immigrants. The new Cuban immigrant communities today include North Bergen, West New York and Elizabeth.

We found only two towns where the top immigrant nationalities were African. The Camden borough of Magnolia had 70 immigrants from Ghana while the Cape May borough of Woodbine had 23 from the West African nation.

Mapping NJ's immigrants

Zoom in and click on a town to see the geographic breakdown of where its immigrants come from as well as that town's top immigrant nationality. The towns are color-coded based on the region of the world where most of the immigrants come from: Yellow for Latin America, green for Asia, blue for Europe and red for Africa. In some cases, the top nationality differs from the top region.

Best viewed on a desktop computer.

Source: U.S. Census 2010-2014 American Community Survey 5-year estimates

The top immigrant nationalities in New Jersey

  • INDIA

    222,458

    The country where the most New Jersey immigrants are from is India, which is the top country of origin of immigrants in 97 municipalities. Most Indian immigrants live in the Central Jersey counties of Somerset and Middlesex.

    The top enclaves:
    Edison — 23,227
    Jersey City — 20,885
    Woodbridge — 12,525
    Piscataway — 7,848
    Parsippany-Troy Hills — 7,612
    South Brunswick — 7,587
    Franklin (Somerset) — 7,014

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  • DOMINICAN REP.

    138,371

    More immigrants in New Jersey come from Latin America than from any other region. The nation in that region that has sent the most immigrants is the Dominican Republican, whose ex-pats are the largest immigrant community in 19 municipalities.

    The cities with the most native Dominicans:
    Paterson — 18,548
    Perth Amboy — 10,784
    Union City — 6,842

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  • Mexico

    126,856

    The second greatest number of Latin American immigrants come from Mexico. Mexican natives are scattered throughout the state and outnumber other immigrants in 79 municipalities.

    Their top cities:
    Passaic — 12,162
    New Brunswick — 9,942
    Lakewood — 5,271

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  • China

    90,636

    Chinese immigrants are the top immigrants in 19 municipalities in the state. China has the fourth highest number of immigrants living in New Jersey.

    Their top enclaves:
    Cherry Hill — 1,357
    Livingston — 1,242
    Princeton — 793
    Bernards — 626

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  • THE REST

    Philippines — 83,847
    Ecuador — 83,106
    Colombia — 78,218
    Korea — 73,241
    Peru — 59,816
    Poland — 52,470
    Cuba — 45,303
    El Salvador — 43,230
    Italy — 43,029
    Guatamala — 41,279
    Haiti — 39,564
    Jamaica — 39,485
    Portugal — 31,809
    Brazil — 30,944
    Honduras — 27,630
    Egypt — 27,590
    United Kingdon — 26,567
    Germany — 23,646
    Pakistan — 22,667
    Guyana — 20,972
    Russia — 20,276
    Vietnam — 19,177
    Ukraine — 19,094
    Canada — 15,842
    Trinidad and Tobago — 15,412
    Nigeria — 14,233
    Costa Rica — 13,350
    Ghana — 12,237
    Turkey — 12,150
    Argentina — 11,698
    Bangladesh — 11,229
    Japan — 10,257
    Greece — 8,884
    Israel — 8,674
    Uruguay — 8,674
    Spain — 8,596
    Ireland — 8,586
    Other Eastern Europe — 7,787
    France — 7,193
    Chile — 7,067
    Romania — 6,584
    Venezuela — 6,504
    Nicaragua — 6,023
    Iran — 6,011
    Liberia — 5,491
    Hungary — 5,374
    Czechoslovakia — 5,234
    Syria — 5,121
    Kenya — 4,977
    Macedonia — 4,150
    Other Western Asia — 4,109
    Lebanon — 3,999
    Other Caribbean — 3,873
    Other Western Africa — 3,833
    Panama — 3,828
    Albania — 3,821
    Jordan — 3,818
    Morocco — 3,654
    Barbados — 3366
    Other Eastern Africa — 3,073
    Sri Lanka — 3,046
    Bulgaria — 3,026
    Belarus — 2,990
    South Africa — 2,926
    Australia and New Zealand — 2,779
    Bolivia — 2,761
    Thailand — 2,704
    Other South America — 2,696
    Croatia — 2,637
    Netherlands — 2,615
    Sierra Leone — 2,11
    Austria — 2,463
    Other Middle Africa — 2,414
    Dominica — 2,363
    Afghanistan — 2,229
    Indonesia — 2,218
    Malaysia — 2,139
    Other Northern Africa — 1,895
    Ethiopia — 1,737
    Switzerland — 1,731
    West Indies — 1,644
    Burma — 1,590
    Uzbekistan — 1,581
    Moldova — 1,577
    Saudi Arabia — 1,552
    Bosnia and Herzegovina — 1,536
    Serbia — 1,524
    Lithuania — 1,482
    Latvia — 1,365
    Sweden — 1,315
    Belize — 1,287
    Singapore — 1,268
    Iraq — 1,233
    Grenada — 1,216
    Belgium — 1,210
    Nepal — 1,160
    Denmark — 1,090
    Kuwait — 1,024
    Norway — 1,001
    Other South Central Asia — 906
    Cameroon — 906
    Armenia — 892
    Cambodia — 788
    Kazakhstan — 759
    St. Vincent & the Grenadines — 753
    Other Northern Europe — 721
    Cabo Verde — 572
    Sudan — 571
    Bahamas — 549
    Yemen — 406
    Laos — 386
    Other Central America — 328
    Other Southern Europe — 310
    Fiji — 280
    Other Northern America — 235
    Eritrea — 230
    Other Western Europe — 173
    Other Eastern Asia — 171
    Other South Eastern Asia — 80
    Other Southern Africa — 61

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