Distribution of Guyanese People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Guyanese

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1.5%
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2.5%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Queens County, New York	2.89%
2	Schenectady County, New York	2.11%
3	Kings County, New York	1.73%
4	Essex County, New Jersey	1.17%
5	Rockdale County, Georgia	0.77%
6	Walton County, Georgia	0.72%
7	Bronx County, New York	0.67%
8	Nassau County, New York	0.6%
9	Hudson County, New Jersey	0.57%
10	Lake County, Colorado	0.47%
11	Franklin County, Vermont	0.43%
12	Clayton County, Georgia	0.42%
13	Monroe County, Pennsylvania	0.41%
14	Orange County, Florida	0.41%
15	Prince George's County, Maryland	0.4%
16	Lake County, Florida	0.38%
17	Indian River County, Florida	0.34%
18	Bullock County, Alabama	0.32%
19	Union County, New Jersey	0.31%
20	Broward County, Florida	0.31%

Top Counties by Population of Guyanese

#	County	Population
1	Queens County, New York	66,344
2	Kings County, New York	44,983
3	Bronx County, New York	9,636
4	Essex County, New Jersey	9,265
5	Nassau County, New York	8,123
6	Broward County, Florida	5,959
7	Orange County, Florida	5,378
8	Hudson County, New Jersey	3,827
9	Suffolk County, New York	3,705
10	Prince George's County, Maryland	3,619
11	Schenectady County, New York	3,272
12	New York County, New York	2,791
13	Hartford County, Connecticut	2,411
14	Westchester County, New York	2,301
15	Miami-Dade County, Florida	2,103
16	DeKalb County, Georgia	1,932
17	Bergen County, New Jersey	1,780
18	Gwinnett County, Georgia	1,768
19	Union County, New Jersey	1,736
20	Montgomery County, Maryland	1,648

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	New York	0.75%	147,522
2	New Jersey	0.25%	22,482
3	Maryland	0.13%	7,911
4	Florida	0.13%	26,729
5	District of Columbia	0.12%	852
6	Connecticut	0.12%	4,200
7	Georgia	0.09%	9,547
8	Delaware	0.07%	641
9	Minnesota	0.05%	2,511
10	Vermont	0.04%	229
11	Pennsylvania	0.04%	4,648
12	Massachusetts	0.03%	2,043
13	Virginia	0.03%	2,503
14	North Carolina	0.02%	2,323
15	Rhode Island	0.02%	227
16	Texas	0.01%	3,535
17	Hawaii	0.01%	173
18	Tennessee	0.01%	750
19	Ohio	0.01%	1,153
20	California	0.01%	3,820
21	Kentucky	0.01%	395
22	Alaska	0.01%	63
23	South Carolina	0.01%	398
24	Arizona	0.01%	523
25	Nevada	0.01%	211
26	Alabama	0.01%	333
27	Illinois	0.01%	831
28	Colorado	0.01%	356
29	Washington	0.01%	439
30	West Virginia	0.01%	102
31	Missouri	0%	296
32	New Mexico	0%	90
33	Michigan	0%	410
34	Idaho	0%	67
35	New Hampshire	0%	53
36	Nebraska	0%	72
37	Maine	0%	44
38	Mississippi	0%	90
39	Indiana	0%	193
40	Louisiana	0%	129
41	Wisconsin	0%	158
42	Arkansas	0%	81
43	Iowa	0%	79
44	Kansas	0%	57
45	Montana	0%	18
46	Oregon	0%	71
47	Utah	0%	46
48	South Dakota	0%	11
49	North Dakota	0%	8
50	Puerto Rico	0%	30
51	Wyoming	0%	5
52	Oklahoma	0%	32

Top States and Territories by Population of Guyanese

#	State	Population
1	New York	147,522
2	Florida	26,729
3	New Jersey	22,482
4	Georgia	9,547
5	Maryland	7,911
6	Pennsylvania	4,648
7	Connecticut	4,200
8	California	3,820
9	Texas	3,535
10	Minnesota	2,511
11	Virginia	2,503
12	North Carolina	2,323
13	Massachusetts	2,043
14	Ohio	1,153
15	District of Columbia	852
16	Illinois	831
17	Tennessee	750
18	Delaware	641
19	Arizona	523
20	Washington	439
21	Michigan	410
22	South Carolina	398
23	Kentucky	395
24	Colorado	356
25	Alabama	333
26	Missouri	296
27	Vermont	229
28	Rhode Island	227
29	Nevada	211
30	Indiana	193
31	Hawaii	173
32	Wisconsin	158
33	Louisiana	129
34	West Virginia	102
35	Mississippi	90
36	New Mexico	90
37	Arkansas	81
38	Iowa	79
39	Nebraska	72
40	Oregon	71
41	Idaho	67
42	Alaska	63
43	Kansas	57
44	New Hampshire	53
45	Utah	46
46	Maine	44
47	Oklahoma	32
48	Puerto Rico	30
49	Montana	18
50	South Dakota	11
51	North Dakota	8
52	Wyoming	5

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.