!! Various|African !! Portuguese !! Persian !! Gujarati !! German !! Japanese !! Other|Slavic !! Other|Pacific Island !! Hungarian !! Thai !! Vietnamese !! All|non-English |-style="text-align:right" | 905,890 || 493,462 || 166,570 || 71,054 || 56,701 || 34,596 || 32,268 || 31,922 || 31,651 || 27,345 || 24,118 || 19,868 || 19,262 || 18,931 || 16,435 || 14,685 || 12,505 || 10,008 || 9,410 || 8,787 || 7,364 || 7,308 || 6,942 || 6,927 || 6,723 || 4,884 || 4,667 || 3,053 || 2,830 || 2,636 || 1,160,483 |-style="text-align:right" | 43.84 || 23.88 || 8.06 || 3.44 || 2.74 || 1.67 || 1.56 || 1.54 || 1.53 || 1.32 || 1.17 || 0.96 || 0.93 || 0.92 || 0.80 || 0.71 || 0.61 || 0.48 || 0.46 || 0.43 || 0.36 || 0.35 || 0.34 || 0.34 || 0.33 || 0.24 || 0.23 || 0.15 || 0.14 || 0.13 || 56.16 |- |colspan=31 | Religion In 2010 statistics, the largest religious group in Queens was the Diocese of Brooklyn, with 677,520 Roman Catholics worshiping at 100 parishes, followed by an estimated 81,456 Muslims with 57 congregations, 80,000 Orthodox Jews with 110 congregations, 33,325 non-denominational Christian adherents with 129 congregations, 28,085 AME Methodists with 14 congregations, 24,250 Greek Orthodox with 6 congregations, 16,775 Hindus with 18 congregations, 13,989 AoG Pentecostals with 64 congregations, 13,507 Seventh-day Adventists with 45 congregations, and 12,957 Mahayana Buddhists with 26 congregations. Altogether, 49.4% of the population was claimed as members by religious congregations, although members of historically African American denominations were underrepresented due to incomplete information. In 2014, Queens had 738 religious organizations, the thirteenth most out of all U.S. counties. Culture Queens has been the center of the punk rock movement, particularly in New York; Ramones originated out of Forest Hills, it has also been the home of such notable artists as Tony Bennett, Francis Ford Coppola, Paul Simon, and Robert Mapplethorpe. Queens Poet Laureates (generally, 3-year appointments): 1997–2001: Stephen Stepanchev (inaugural Poet Laureate) 2001–2004: Hal Sirowitz (born 1949) 2004–2007: Ishle Yi Park 2007–2010: Julio Marzan 2010–2014: Paolo Javier 2015–2019: Maria Lisella Queens has notably fostered African American culture, with establishments such as The Afrikan Poetry Theatre and the Black Spectrum Theater Company catering specifically to African Americans in Queens. In the 1940s, Queens was an important center of jazz; such jazz luminaries as Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, and Ella Fitzgerald took up residence in