TX Regional team
Counting Albanian Americans in Texas.
NAR — the National Albanian Registry — is the community-led count. 43 counted in Texas so far.
2 ambassadors organizing the count locally.
Director of Outreach
Texas's outreach director.
Sets Texas strategy and coordinates the ambassadors below.
Marsel Alickolli
Director of Outreach · Texas
Texas ambassadors report to Marsel.
Ambassadors in Texas
Led by 1 state outreach lead.
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Marsel Alickolli
Outreach · Plano / DFW + Houston outreach
Albania-born Entrepreneur; runs the DFW Albanian network.
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Enri Zhulati
Regional Ambassador
NAR product & web — designed and built the registry site and certificate flow. Founder of Albania Visit.
Why Texas matters
A real count is where the work starts.
ACS 2024 estimate
5,275
Federal count
Community estimate
21,100–26,375
Methodology page
On NAR today
43
From Texas
Capture rate
0.82%
vs. ACS
As Texas's Albanian community becomes visible in the data systems institutions actually use, the recognition story gets stronger — for bilingual-ballot petitions in jurisdictions with significant limited-English Albanian populations, for hospital interpreter staffing, for school home-language reporting, and for university heritage programs. None of these unlock automatically from a count; they come from sustained organizing on top of one. The Census ACS stays the official federal source; NAR builds the parallel community count alongside it.
Texas concentrations
Plano / DFW + Houston outreach
Texas Albanian-Americans cluster in DFW (Plano, Frisco) and Houston metro. Smaller absolute count but rapid growth — community is positioning to be visible by the next ACS cycle.
Texas ranks in the published ACS Albanian-ancestry counts at 5,275 (2024). Nationwide the Census counts 224,000 Albanian Americans while community estimates put us close to a million — and the same gap shows up here. NAR is the community-led parallel count that sits alongside the ACS, one self-attestation at a time.
Organizations in Texas
13 Albanian organizations.
Religious institutions, charities, schools, and cultural associations — free to list, claimable by the people who run them.
- Active Albanians Charities & foundations
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Albanian American Cultural Center of Texas Cultural & community - Albanian American Education Foundation (McKinney, TX) Charities & foundations
- Albanian American Student Organization of Houston (AASOHTX) Student & youth
- Albanian Cultural Legacy Center Education & Albanian schools
- Albanian Student Association at University of Houston (ALSA UH) Student & youth
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Albanians For America Civic & advocacy - Arberia Inc Cultural & community
- Arberia Inc (Albanian-American Association of Greater Houston) Cultural & community
- Hope For Albania Inc Charities & foundations
- Lighthouse Albania Religious institutions
- Struge Cultural Center Inc Religious institutions
- Xhamia Shqiptare DFW Inc Religious institutions
Businesses in Texas
6 Albanian-owned businesses.
Added by the owners themselves. Listing is free.
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- Real estate
Argyle, TX
Real estate business in Argyle, TX.
- Restaurant / café
Lewisville, TX
Restaurant and café in Lewisville, TX.
- Restaurant / café
Frisco, TX
Restaurant and café in Frisco, TX.
- Professional services
Dallas, TX
Professional services business in Dallas, TX.
- Professional services
Keller, TX
Professional services business in Keller, TX.
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Each state seats up to three Regional Ambassadors plus one state outreach lead. Volunteer role. Listed publicly. Reimbursed expenses for one local event a year.
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