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Albanian Ancestry in United States

Albanian Americans are Americans who have full or partial Albanian ancestry. People of Albanian ancestry form an important group in several countries in North and South America. They trace their ancestry to the territories with a large Albanian population in the Balkans among others to Albania, Italy, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Montenegro. The Albanian diaspora is large and continues to grow, with Albanians now present in significant numbers in numerous countries, primarily in Europe and the Americas.

The largest communities of the Albanian diaspora in the Americas are particularly found in the United States, Argentina, Brazil, and Canada  According to the United States Census 2020, there were 202,192 (0.06% of the U.S. population) people of Albanian descent in the U.S.

Top US States by Albanian Population

Population wise New York (53,010) has the largest number of people with Albanian Ancestry followed by Michigan  (24,212), Massachusetts (17,432), Florida (15,529), and New Jersey (12,691).

List of States by Albanian Ancestry Population

#StatesPopulation
1New York53,010
2Michigan24,212
3Massachusetts17,432
4Florida15,529
5New Jersey12,691
6Connecticut12,047
7Illinois11,818
8Pennsylvania10,383
9Texas6,577
10California4,110
11Wisconsin3,984
12Ohio3,861
13Virginia2,517
14Arizona2,297
15Maryland1,951
16Georgia1,631
17New Hampshire1,624
18North Carolina1,592
19Washington1,489
20Missouri1,463
21South Carolina1,406
22Colorado1,188
23Tennessee1,181
24Indiana876
25Kentucky800
26District of Columbia763
27Minnesota622
28Rhode Island563
29Maine525
30Nevada476
31Iowa421
32Idaho357
33Oklahoma348
34Oregon337
35Alaska263
36Utah226
37Kansas221
38Delaware173
39Vermont160
40Louisiana156
41Alabama155
42New Mexico139
43Nebraska114
44West Virginia106
45North Dakota103
46Montana91
47Hawaii69
48Arkansas51
49South Dakota37
50Mississippi34
51Wyoming13

Source: US Census estimates 2020

Top U.S Cities by Albanian population

New York Metro area with 75,479 people of ancestry, has the largest population of Albanian Americans. It’s followed by Detroit (27,037) and the Chicago metro area (19,894).

Top Metro Areas by Population

# Metro Area Population
1 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA  75,479
2 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI  27,037
3 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI  19,894
4 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH  18,495
5 Jacksonville, FL  8,449
6 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD  8,138
7 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL  7,397
8 Worcester, MA-CT  7,288
9 New Haven-Milford, CT  6,946
10 Cleveland-Elyria, OH  5,239
11 Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT  4,174
12 St. Louis, MO-IL  3,344
13 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT  2,704
14 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX  2,357
15 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ  2,315
16 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA  2,145
17 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI  2,109
18 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA  2,094
19 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV  2,068
20 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX  1,894

Source: US Census Estimates

Albanian Canadians

Albanian Canadians are Canadians who have full or partial Albanian ancestry. Albanian Canadians account for about  0.11%  of the total population of Canada.  According to the Canadian Census 2020, there were 36,185 people of Albanian descent in Canada.

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