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