Liberians in America

Prompted by last week's election of Wilmot Collins in Helena, Montana as that state's first Black and first Liberian mayor, let's take a closer look at this ethnic group's distribution across the US. Montana did not count Liberians in the 2010 Census, most likely due to low sampling. Minnesota has the largest number of Liberians, while Rhode Island has the highest percentage of Liberians.

		Liberian-American Population			Liberian-Americans as a Percentage of Total Population
	United States	51,296	1	Rhode Island	0.20%
1	Minnesota	9,449	2	Minnesota	0.18%
2	Pennsylvania	5,799	3	Maryland	0.09%
3	Maryland	5,472	4	Delaware	0.05%
4	Georgia	2,943	5	Pennsylvania	0.05%
5	Massachusetts	2,278	6	Massachusetts	0.03%
6	New Jersey	2,139	7	Georgia	0.03%
7	Rhode Island	2,054	8	Missouri	0.03%
8	New York	1,975	9	New Jersey	0.02%
9	California	1,886	10	Arizona	0.02%
10	North Carolina	1,854	11	Virginia	0.02%
11	Virginia	1,773	12	Iowa	0.02%
12	Florida	1,739	13	North Carolina	0.02%
13	Missouri	1,594	14	New Hampshire	0.02%
14	Arizona	1,468	15	District of Columbia	0.02%
15	Ohio	782		United States	0.02%
16	Texas	725	16	Utah	0.02%
17	Iowa	607	17	Oregon	0.01%
18	South Carolina	607	18	South Carolina	0.01%
19	Wisconsin	529	19	Oklahoma	0.01%
20	Oregon	511	20	New York	0.01%
21	Illinois	480	21	Nebraska	0.01%
22	Delaware	463	22	Wisconsin	0.01%
23	Indiana	456	23	Florida	0.01%
24	Utah	452	24	Colorado	0.01%
25	Oklahoma	409	25	Indiana	0.01%
26	Colorado	384	26	West Virginia	0.01%
27	Michigan	326	27	Kansas	0.01%
28	New Hampshire	252	28	Ohio	0.01%
29	Kansas	195	29	California	0.01%
30	Nebraska	185	30	Illinois	0.00%
31	Louisiana	168	31	Louisiana	0.00%
32	West Virginia	129	32	Michigan	0.00%
33	District of Columbia	104	33	Texas	0.00%
34	Kentucky	90	34	Kentucky	0.00%
35	Connecticut	69	35	Connecticut	0.00%
36	Alabama	0	36	Alabama	0.00%
37	Alaska	0	37	Alaska	0.00%
38	Arkansas	0	38	Arkansas	0.00%
39	Idaho	0	39	Hawaii	0.00%
40	Maine	0	40	Idaho	0.00%
41	Nevada	0	41	Maine	0.00%
42	New Mexico	0	42	Mississippi	0.00%
43	Tennessee	0	43	Montana	0.00%
44	Washington	0	44	Nevada	0.00%
45	Hawaii	0	45	New Mexico	0.00%
46	Mississippi	0	46	North Dakota	0.00%
47	Montana	0	47	South Dakota	0.00%
48	North Dakota	0	48	Tennessee	0.00%
49	South Dakota	0	49	Vermont	0.00%
50	Vermont	0	50	Washington	0.00%
51	Wyoming	0	51	Wyoming	0.00%

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

B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates

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

B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates