Summary Approximately 235,000 Ghanaian immigrants and their children (the first and second gen- erations) live in the United States, and Ghana-born individuals account for a small fraction of the total U.S. foreign-born population: 0.3 percent. The Ghana-born population in the United States grew from an even more modest base; in 1980, fewer than 10,000 Ghanaian immigrants resided in the United States. The majority of Ghanaian immigrants arrived in the United States during or after 2000, and they are the second most recently settled population in the 15-group Rockefeller Foundation-Aspen Institute Diaspora Program (RAD) analysis (after Ethiopia). 1 A relatively low proportion of Ghanaian immigrants are U.S. citizens (40 percent), but given their short period of settlement in the United States and the length of residence required for naturalization, this population’s low citizenship rate is to be expected. Like most other populations in the RAD analysis, Ghanaian immigrants in the United States are nearly all working age (88 percent are between 18 and 64), and have a median age of 40. The children of Ghanaian immigrants (the second generation) have a median age of 8 and 83 percent of the population is below age 18, making the Ghanaian second generation one of the youngest of the 15 second-generation populations in the RAD analysis. Ghanaian diaspora members (the first and second generations) are more likely to be in the U.S. labor force and are about as likely to be employed as the general U.S. population over- all; they also have similar educational attainment. Nonetheless, the Ghanaian population has a lower income than the general U.S. population. The median annual income for Ghana- ian diaspora households is $6,000 below the U.S. average of $50,000, and only 18 percent of these households have annual incomes over $90,000, the threshold for the top quarter of the U.S. household income distribution. U.S.-born children of Ghanaian immigrants (the second generation) make up a relatively small and young population group. Immigrant populations from Ghana are widely distributed across the United States, with the largest number in New York State followed by Virginia, New Jersey, and Maryland. By metropolitan area, New York City has the largest Ghanaian immigrant population, although Washington, DC is also home to a significant number of Ghana-born residents. Of their top ten destinations, Worcester (MA) has the highest concentration of Ghanaian immigrants, but they comprise only 0.5 percent of the population. 1 All Rights Reserved. © 2015 Migration Policy Institute. Information for reproducing excerpts from this report can be found at www.migrationpolicy.org/about/copyright-policy . The RAD Diaspora Profile series covers U.S.-based Bangla- deshi, Colombian, Egyptian, Ethiopian, Filipino, Ghanaian, Haitian, Indian, Kenyan, Mexican, Moroccan, Nigerian, Paki- stani, Salvadoran, and Vietnamese diaspora populations. This updates the initial July 2014 diaspora profile to correct an error. G hanaian diaspora RAD Diaspora Profile The Ghanaian Diaspora in the United States May 2015 Revised Prepared for the Rockefeller Foundation-Aspen Institute Diaspora Program (RAD)