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.

You can see similar information for other New York counties and for New York.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Schenectady County, NY Percentage of Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021
Guyana
India
China
Italy
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Trinidad and Tobago
Peru
Dominican Republic
Jamaica
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 (%)
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