Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Ghanaian Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 31.77K people in New York with Ghanaian ancestry (0.16% of New York population). Among all New York cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Nanuet CDP had the highest percentage of its population with Ghanaian ancestry (1.78%), followed by Brentwood CDP (0.86%), and Mount Vernon city (0.66%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Ghanaian ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in New York.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Ghanaian Ancestry in 2021
Nanuet CDP
Brentwood CDP
Mount Vernon city
Yonkers city
Stony Point CDP
Patchogue village
Valley Stream village
Troy city
Riverhead CDP
Woodbury village
Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Ghanaian Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Nanuet CDP 1.78
2 Brentwood CDP 0.86
3 Mount Vernon city 0.66
4 Yonkers city 0.65
5 Stony Point CDP 0.63
6 Patchogue village 0.56
7 Valley Stream village 0.55
8 Troy city 0.54
9 Riverhead CDP 0.46
10 Woodbury village 0.38
11 Rye city 0.37
12 New York city 0.28
13 Albany city 0.25
14 Binghamton city 0.23
14 Melville CDP 0.23
14 Watervliet city 0.23
15 Chestnut Ridge village 0.22
15 Ossining village 0.22
15 Spring Valley village 0.22
16 Jefferson Valley-Yorktown CDP 0.20
17 Newburgh city 0.18
18 Brighton CDP 0.17
18 Central Islip CDP 0.17
19 Syracuse city 0.15
20 Baldwin CDP 0.14
20 Roosevelt CDP 0.14
21 New City CDP 0.12
22 Glen Cove city 0.08
23 Freeport village 0.07
24 Lockport city 0.06
25 Niagara Falls city 0.05
25 Utica city 0.05
26 Deer Park CDP 0.04
27 Cortland city 0.03
27 Niskayuna CDP 0.03
27 Ogdensburg city 0.03
28 Mastic Beach CDP 0.01
29 Port Chester village 0.003