Identity & heritage community ranking

Top Sierra Leone communities in U.S. city markets.

Explore where this community is largest and where it represents the greatest share of the local city market. The default ranking lens is 2024 ACS birthplace (B05006_126E).

Identity discovery only — never a score. Census ancestry, ethnicity, origin, race, and birthplace measures can overlap. V3.4.3 keeps those lenses separate and never adds them together. Identity context never changes the Follow Your Heart Index or any component score.

Top 10 by population

Largest communities

Estimated population under the governed default identity lens.

Rank	City and state	Community population	City-market population
#1	New York, New York	2,400	8,468,353
#2	Silver Spring, Maryland	1,283	309,699
#3	Houston, Texas	1,117	3,320,004
#4	Woodbridge, Virginia	1,032	215,005
#5	Alexandria, Virginia	966	206,790
#6	Columbus, Ohio	817	626,444
#7	Upper Marlboro, Maryland	701	106,135
#8	Bowie, Maryland	676	105,324
#9	Durham, North Carolina	634	316,299
#10	Laurel, Maryland	620	123,707

Top 10 by representation

Highest community share

Share of the full city-market population under the same governed lens.

Rank	City and state	Community share	City-market population
#1	Upper Marlboro, Maryland	0.66%	106,135
#2	Bowie, Maryland	0.64%	105,324
#3	Westerville, Ohio	0.58%	99,583
#4	Stafford, Virginia	0.57%	97,279
#5	Laurel, Maryland	0.50%	123,707
#6	Woodbridge, Virginia	0.48%	215,005
#7	Alexandria, Virginia	0.47%	206,790
#8	Johns Creek, Georgia	0.47%	64,546
#9	Silver Spring, Maryland	0.41%	309,699
#10	Dearborn Heights, Michigan	0.41%	61,771

Governed identity lenses

One community can have more than one Census lens.

Birthplace: 2024 ACS birthplace (B05006_126E) — default ranking lens

The default lens controls this page's rankings. Secondary lenses remain preserved in the publication contract and are not combined with the default measure.

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