Monday, March 27, 2017

Brits in America

The British first settled along America's Atlantic coast. Today their population is well dispersed beyond the original 13 colonies:



British Ancestry


British Ancestry as a Percentage of Total Population

United States
1,181,340
1
Utah
1.25%
1
California
146,509
2
Alaska
0.92%
2
Florida
90,277
3
Vermont
0.71%
3
Texas
86,053
4
District of Columbia
0.68%
4
New York
57,978
5
Virginia
0.67%
5
Virginia
53,465
6
Washington
0.63%
6
North Carolina
43,299
7
Oregon
0.60%
7
Washington
42,472
8
Colorado
0.57%
8
Georgia
40,350
9
Florida
0.48%
9
Pennsylvania
39,548
10
Maine
0.48%
10
Ohio
39,286
11
Delaware
0.48%
11
Utah
34,620
12
New Hampshire
0.47%
12
Illinois
33,086
13
Massachusetts
0.45%
13
Massachusetts
29,713
14
North Carolina
0.45%
14
Colorado
28,859
15
Maryland
0.45%
15
Michigan
28,767
16
Idaho
0.44%
16
Tennessee
27,319
17
Connecticut
0.44%
17
Maryland
25,794
18
Tennessee
0.43%
18
New Jersey
25,676
19
Georgia
0.42%
19
Oregon
23,102
20
South Carolina
0.40%
20
Arizona
22,883
21
California
0.39%
21
Indiana
22,294
22
Wyoming
0.39%
22
South Carolina
18,468

United States
0.38%
23
Missouri
17,124
23
Kansas
0.38%
24
Kentucky
16,418
24
Kentucky
0.38%
25
Connecticut
15,742
25
Montana
0.37%
26
Alabama
14,951
26
Arizona
0.36%
27
Minnesota
13,502
27
Indiana
0.34%
28
Oklahoma
12,616
28
Texas
0.34%
29
Wisconsin
11,818
29
Ohio
0.34%
30
Kansas
10,854
30
Nevada
0.34%
31
Nevada
9,210
31
New Mexico
0.34%
32
Louisiana
9,041
32
Oklahoma
0.34%
33
Arkansas
7,840
33
Alabama
0.31%
34
Iowa
7,595
34
Pennsylvania
0.31%
35
New Mexico
6,975
35
New York
0.30%
36
Idaho
6,925
36
New Jersey
0.29%
37
Alaska
6,574
37
Michigan
0.29%
38
Maine
6,356
38
Rhode Island
0.29%
39
New Hampshire
6,229
39
Missouri
0.29%
40
Mississippi
6,124
40
Hawaii
0.28%
41
Vermont
4,432
41
Arkansas
0.27%
42
Delaware
4,306
42
Illinois
0.26%
43
Nebraska
4,227
43
Minnesota
0.25%
44
District of Columbia
4,134
44
Iowa
0.25%
45
West Virginia
3,955
45
Nebraska
0.23%
46
Hawaii
3,760
46
West Virginia
0.21%
47
Montana
3,691
47
Wisconsin
0.21%
48
Rhode Island
3,065
48
Mississippi
0.21%
49
Wyoming
2,203
49
Louisiana
0.20%
50
South Dakota
1,252
50
South Dakota
0.15%
51
North Dakota
603
51
North Dakota
0.09%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey

B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates