Distribution of Guyanese People in the US

Explore the map and tables to see where people of this ethnic group have settled in the United States by county and state. Ethnic and ancestry information for these tables includes people of partial descent and is based on self identification.

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Guyanese

  • KEY
  • 0.25%
  • 0.5%
  • 0.75%
  • 1%
  • 1.5%
  • 2%
  • 2.5%

Percent of County
Ethnic Group Pop
County Pop

Top 20 Counties by % Population

# County Percentage
1Queens County, New York2.89%
2Schenectady County, New York2.11%
3Kings County, New York1.73%
4Essex County, New Jersey1.17%
5Rockdale County, Georgia0.77%
6Walton County, Georgia0.72%
7Bronx County, New York0.67%
8Nassau County, New York0.6%
9Hudson County, New Jersey0.57%
10Lake County, Colorado0.47%
11Franklin County, Vermont0.43%
12Clayton County, Georgia0.42%
13Monroe County, Pennsylvania0.41%
14Orange County, Florida0.41%
15Prince George's County, Maryland0.4%
16Lake County, Florida0.38%
17Indian River County, Florida0.34%
18Bullock County, Alabama0.32%
19Union County, New Jersey0.31%
20Broward County, Florida0.31%

Top Counties by Population of Guyanese

# County Population
1Queens County, New York66,344
2Kings County, New York44,983
3Bronx County, New York9,636
4Essex County, New Jersey9,265
5Nassau County, New York8,123
6Broward County, Florida5,959
7Orange County, Florida5,378
8Hudson County, New Jersey3,827
9Suffolk County, New York3,705
10Prince George's County, Maryland3,619
11Schenectady County, New York3,272
12New York County, New York2,791
13Hartford County, Connecticut2,411
14Westchester County, New York2,301
15Miami-Dade County, Florida2,103
16DeKalb County, Georgia1,932
17Bergen County, New Jersey1,780
18Gwinnett County, Georgia1,768
19Union County, New Jersey1,736
20Montgomery County, Maryland1,648

Top States and Territories by Percentage

# State Percentage Population
1New York0.75%147,522
2New Jersey0.25%22,482
3Maryland0.13%7,911
4Florida0.13%26,729
5District of Columbia0.12%852
6Connecticut0.12%4,200
7Georgia0.09%9,547
8Delaware0.07%641
9Minnesota0.05%2,511
10Vermont0.04%229
11Pennsylvania0.04%4,648
12Massachusetts0.03%2,043
13Virginia0.03%2,503
14North Carolina0.02%2,323
15Rhode Island0.02%227
16Texas0.01%3,535
17Hawaii0.01%173
18Tennessee0.01%750
19Ohio0.01%1,153
20California0.01%3,820
21Kentucky0.01%395
22Alaska0.01%63
23South Carolina0.01%398
24Arizona0.01%523
25Nevada0.01%211
26Alabama0.01%333
27Illinois0.01%831
28Colorado0.01%356
29Washington0.01%439
30West Virginia0.01%102
31Missouri0%296
32New Mexico0%90
33Michigan0%410
34Idaho0%67
35New Hampshire0%53
36Nebraska0%72
37Maine0%44
38Mississippi0%90
39Indiana0%193
40Louisiana0%129
41Wisconsin0%158
42Arkansas0%81
43Iowa0%79
44Kansas0%57
45Montana0%18
46Oregon0%71
47Utah0%46
48South Dakota0%11
49North Dakota0%8
50Puerto Rico0%30
51Wyoming0%5
52Oklahoma0%32

Top States and Territories by Population of Guyanese

# State Population
1New York147,522
2Florida26,729
3New Jersey22,482
4Georgia9,547
5Maryland7,911
6Pennsylvania4,648
7Connecticut4,200
8California3,820
9Texas3,535
10Minnesota2,511
11Virginia2,503
12North Carolina2,323
13Massachusetts2,043
14Ohio1,153
15District of Columbia852
16Illinois831
17Tennessee750
18Delaware641
19Arizona523
20Washington439
21Michigan410
22South Carolina398
23Kentucky395
24Colorado356
25Alabama333
26Missouri296
27Vermont229
28Rhode Island227
29Nevada211
30Indiana193
31Hawaii173
32Wisconsin158
33Louisiana129
34West Virginia102
35Mississippi90
36New Mexico90
37Arkansas81
38Iowa79
39Nebraska72
40Oregon71
41Idaho67
42Alaska63
43Kansas57
44New Hampshire53
45Utah46
46Maine44
47Oklahoma32
48Puerto Rico30
49Montana18
50South Dakota11
51North Dakota8
52Wyoming5

Source Data

This data was sourced from the 2013-2018 American Communities Survey. As this is freely available government data, feel free to use and share these numbers and metrics.

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