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Guyanese Americans
Total population
208,899 (±11,894)
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.

Guyanese diaspora

Brazil Canada India United Kingdom United States

Caribbean Americans

Anglo-Caribbean	Antiguan and Barbudan Bahamian Barbadian Belizean Garifuna Bermudian Dominican (Dominica) Grenadian Guyanese Jamaican Kittian and Nevisian Saint Lucian Trinidadian and Tobagonian Vincentian

Americo-Caribbean	Puerto Rican Virgin Islands

Franco-Caribbean	Haitian Guadeloupean Martiniquan

Hispano-Caribbean	Cuban Dominican (Dominican Republic) Panamanian Puerto Rican

Dutch Caribbean	Dutch West Indians Surinamese

Ethnic groups	Indo-Caribbean Americans

Demographics of the United States

Demographic history

Economic and social	Affluence Educational attainment Emigration Home-ownership Household income Immigration Income inequality Language LGBT Middle classes Personal income Poverty Social class Unemployment by state Wealth

Religion	Buddhists Christians Catholics Coptic Protestants Hindus Jainism Jews Muslims Neopagans Non-religious Sikhs

Race and ethnicity	People of the United States / Americans American ethnicity Maps of American ancestries 2010 Census Race and ethnicity in the Census Race and ethnicity in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Racism African immigrants to the United States Central Africans in the United States Horn Africans in the United States North Africans in the United States Southeast Africans in the United States Southern Africans in the United States West Africans in the United States White Americans: European Americans Basque Americans English Americans French Americans German Americans Irish Americans Italian Americans Euro Oceanic American Australian American New Zealand American Middle Eastern Americans Arab Americans Iranian Americans Israeli Americans Non-Hispanic whites White Hispanic and Latino Americans Afro-American peoples of the Americas African Americans Afro-Caribbean / West Indian Americans Black Hispanic and Latino Americans Asian Americans Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans Chinese Americans Filipino Americans Indian Americans Japanese Americans Pakistani Americans Vietnamese Americans Americans from other parts of the Americas: Canadian Belizean American Guyanese American Hispanic and Latino Americans Colombian Americans Cuban Americans Mexican Americans Puerto Ricans (Stateside) Native Americans and Alaska Natives Oceanian American: Euro Oceanic and Pacific Islands Americans Chamorro Americans Native Hawaiians Samoan Americans Tongan Americans Other ethnic groups Melungeon Romani people Multiracial Americans

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The New York City Metropolitan Area is home to the largest Guyanese population in the United States.

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