Ranking of New Jersey 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 12.80K people in New Jersey with Ghanaian ancestry (0.14% of New Jersey population). Among all New Jersey cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Iselin CDP had the highest percentage of its population with Ghanaian ancestry (1.58%), followed by Parsippany CDP (1.46%), and Hillsborough CDP (1.06%).

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 Jersey.

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Related Topics: New Jersey ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.

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

Iselin CDP

Parsippany CDP

Hillsborough CDP

East Orange city

Hackensack city

Newark city

Carteret borough

Short Hills CDP

Elizabeth city

Avenel CDP

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

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Rank	Ciy or Place	Percentage of Pop. (%)
1	Iselin CDP	1.58
2	Parsippany CDP	1.46
3	Hillsborough CDP	1.06
4	East Orange city	0.90
5	Hackensack city	0.82
6	Newark city	0.76
7	Carteret borough	0.68
8	Short Hills CDP	0.67
9	Elizabeth city	0.64
10	Avenel CDP	0.63
11	Phillipsburg town	0.58
12	Pleasantville city	0.38
13	Princeton Meadows CDP	0.35
13	Somerset CDP	0.35
14	Collingswood borough	0.33
15	Englewood city	0.31
16	Dumont borough	0.29
17	Metuchen borough	0.27
18	Elmwood Park borough	0.25
19	Franklin Park CDP	0.24
19	Mercerville CDP	0.24
20	Fords CDP	0.23
20	Hoboken city	0.23
21	Bergenfield borough	0.22
22	Sayreville borough	0.20
23	Maywood borough	0.19
24	Jersey City city	0.18
25	Atlantic City city	0.16
26	Highland Park borough	0.15
26	Rahway city	0.15
27	Old Bridge CDP	0.14
27	South River borough	0.14
28	Paterson city	0.10
29	Toms River CDP	0.09
30	Glassboro borough	0.08
30	Martinsville CDP	0.08
31	New Brunswick city	0.07
32	Linden city	0.05
33	Bradley Gardens CDP	0.04
33	Fort Lee borough	0.04
33	Secaucus town	0.04