Total population | |
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208,899 (±11,894)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
New York · New Jersey · Florida · Georgia · California · Texas · Pennsylvania · Maryland | |
Languages | |
English · Guyanese Creole · Guyanese Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) · Portuguese · Chinese · Akawaio · Macushi · Waiwai · Arawak · Patamona · Warrau · Carib · Wapishana · Arekuna | |
Religion | |
Christianity · Hinduism · Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Trinidadian and Tobagonian Americans · Surinamese Americans · Caribbean Americans · Indo-Caribbean Americans · African Americans · Chinese Americans · Portuguese Americans |
Guyanese Americans are an ethnic group of Americans who can trace their ancestry back to Guyana. As of 2011, there are 208,899 Guyanese Americans currently living in the United States. The majority of Guyanese live in New York City – some 140,000 – making them the fifth-largest foreign-born population in the city.[2]