Identity & heritage community ranking

Top South Africa 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_117E).

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	4,959	8,468,353
#2	Los Angeles, California	3,339	3,848,831
#3	San Diego, California	2,076	1,411,139
#4	Houston, Texas	1,636	3,320,004
#5	Seattle, Washington	1,017	709,956
#6	Chicago, Illinois	888	2,694,535
#7	Sandy Springs, Georgia	862	108,027
#8	Austin, Texas	859	1,121,713
#9	Dallas, Texas	858	1,224,625
#10	Boca Raton, Florida	771	250,102

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	Sandy Springs, Georgia	0.80%	108,027
#2	Alpharetta, Georgia	0.67%	62,931
#3	Jupiter, Florida	0.62%	83,151
#4	Portland, Maine	0.55%	68,761
#5	Novi, Michigan	0.54%	61,517
#6	Sammamish, Washington	0.52%	56,259
#7	Greenwich, Connecticut	0.46%	63,932
#8	Johns Creek, Georgia	0.45%	64,546
#9	Schaumburg, Illinois	0.40%	77,949
#10	Santee, California	0.40%	59,590

Governed identity lenses

One community can have more than one Census lens.

Birthplace: 2024 ACS birthplace (B05006_117E) — 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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