Schenectady County, NY Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on November 5, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Foreign-Born population of Schenectady County, NY was 16,089, which was 10.21% of the population of Schenectady County, NY.
The highest percentage of the Schenectady County foreign-born population were born in Guyana (34.98%), followed by India (5.73%), and China (4.74%).
The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the Schenectady County Foreign-born population as a percentage of the total Schenectady County foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the Schenectady County foreign-born population for many different place of birth countries.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Schenectady County, NY Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
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| Country of Birth | Number of People | Percentage of Foreign-Born (%) |
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| Guyana | 5628 | 34.98 |
| India | 922 | 5.73 |
| China | 762 | 4.74 |
| Italy | 460 | 2.86 |
| Afghanistan | 422 | 2.62 |
| Pakistan | 405 | 2.52 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 367 | 2.28 |
| Peru | 346 | 2.15 |
| Dominican Republic | 336 | 2.09 |
| Jamaica | 334 | 2.08 |
| Canada | 318 | 1.98 |
| Philippines | 285 | 1.77 |
| Germany | 275 | 1.71 |
| Korea | 253 | 1.57 |
| Mexico | 232 | 1.44 |
| Vietnam | 209 | 1.30 |
| Chile | 203 | 1.26 |
| England | 176 | 1.09 |
| Guatemala | 168 | 1.04 |
| Kazakhstan | 153 | 0.95 |
| Russia | 150 | 0.93 |
| Hong Kong | 126 | 0.78 |
| Venezuela | 126 | 0.78 |
| Ukraine | 120 | 0.75 |
| Colombia | 108 | 0.67 |
| Haiti | 104 | 0.65 |
| Ghana | 102 | 0.63 |
| Bangladesh | 97 | 0.60 |
| Kuwait | 90 | 0.56 |
| Ireland | 86 | 0.54 |
| Ecuador | 84 | 0.52 |
| Sri Lanka | 83 | 0.52 |
| Hungary | 82 | 0.51 |
| Poland | 82 | 0.51 |
| Burma | 79 | 0.49 |
| Singapore | 74 | 0.46 |
| Costa Rica | 74 | 0.46 |
| Malaysia | 71 | 0.44 |
| Cameroon | 68 | 0.42 |
| Belarus | 60 | 0.37 |
| Greece | 59 | 0.37 |
| Egypt | 59 | 0.37 |
| El Salvador | 59 | 0.37 |
| Israel | 57 | 0.35 |
| Taiwan | 52 | 0.32 |
| Saudi Arabia | 52 | 0.32 |
| Scotland | 50 | 0.31 |
| Sweden | 47 | 0.29 |
| Dominica | 47 | 0.29 |
| France | 46 | 0.29 |
| Brazil | 43 | 0.27 |
| Albania | 42 | 0.26 |
| Nigeria | 39 | 0.24 |
| Panama | 39 | 0.24 |
| Romania | 38 | 0.24 |
| Morocco | 37 | 0.23 |
| Sudan | 34 | 0.21 |
| Portugal | 30 | 0.19 |
| Turkey | 30 | 0.19 |
| Barbados | 29 | 0.18 |
| Latvia | 28 | 0.17 |
| Nicaragua | 28 | 0.17 |
| Yemen | 27 | 0.17 |
| Switzerland | 23 | 0.14 |
| Cuba | 23 | 0.14 |
| Jordan | 22 | 0.14 |
| Nepal | 21 | 0.13 |
| Iran | 20 | 0.12 |
| Thailand | 19 | 0.12 |
| Laos | 17 | 0.11 |
| Spain | 15 | 0.09 |
| Japan | 14 | 0.09 |
| Lebanon | 14 | 0.09 |
| Argentina | 13 | 0.08 |
| Liberia | 12 | 0.08 |
| Moldova | 11 | 0.07 |
| Norway | 10 | 0.06 |
| Australia | 10 | 0.06 |
| Czechoslovakia | 9 | 0.06 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 0.04 |
| Serbia | 6 | 0.04 |
| Austria | 5 | 0.03 |
| Uzbekistan | 5 | 0.03 |
| Honduras | 1 | 0.01 |