Total population | |
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1,231,651 (2019)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
New York · Massachusetts · Connecticut · New Jersey · Florida · Georgia · California · Texas · Pennsylvania · Maryland | |
Languages | |
English · Guyanese Creole · Guyanese Hindustani · Dutch · Portuguese · Chinese · Akawaio · Macushi · Waiwai · Arawak · Patamona · Warrau · Carib · Wapishana · Arekuna | |
Religion | |
Hinduism · Christianity · Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Trinidadian and Tobagonian Americans · Surinamese Americans · Caribbean Americans · Indo-Caribbean Americans · Indian Americans · South Asian Americans · Afro-Caribbean Americans · African Americans · Chinese Americans · Portuguese Americans |
Guyanese Americans are American people with Guyanese ancestry or immigrants who were born in Guyana. Guyana is home to people of many different national, ethnic and religious origins. As of 2019, there are 231,649 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]