Distribution of Afghan People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Afghan

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0.6%
0.8%
1%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Manassas Park city, Virginia	1.4%
2	Alexandria city, Virginia	1.09%
3	Prince William County, Virginia	0.92%
4	Yolo County, California	0.75%
5	Fredericksburg city, Virginia	0.72%
6	Sutter County, California	0.7%
7	Fairfax city, Virginia	0.69%
8	Fairfax County, Virginia	0.69%
9	Colorado County, Texas	0.64%
10	Sacramento County, California	0.53%
11	San Joaquin County, California	0.53%
12	Emery County, Utah	0.51%
13	Alameda County, California	0.5%
14	Del Norte County, California	0.47%
15	Charlottesville city, Virginia	0.43%
16	Manassas city, Virginia	0.33%
17	Albemarle County, Virginia	0.32%
18	Contra Costa County, California	0.31%
19	Loudoun County, Virginia	0.31%
20	Henrico County, Virginia	0.26%

Top Counties by Population of Afghan

#	County	Population
1	Alameda County, California	8,139
2	Sacramento County, California	8,029
3	Fairfax County, Virginia	7,849
4	Prince William County, Virginia	4,215
5	San Joaquin County, California	3,878
6	Orange County, California	3,747
7	San Diego County, California	3,662
8	Queens County, New York	3,587
9	Contra Costa County, California	3,561
10	Los Angeles County, California	3,007
11	Riverside County, California	2,351
12	Tarrant County, Texas	1,739
13	Gwinnett County, Georgia	1,718
14	Alexandria city, Virginia	1,713
15	Maricopa County, Arizona	1,626
16	Yolo County, California	1,607
17	Harris County, Texas	1,446
18	Bexar County, Texas	1,320
19	Santa Clara County, California	1,288
20	King County, Washington	1,220

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Virginia	0.23%	19,019
2	California	0.12%	46,067
3	New York	0.04%	8,797
4	Connecticut	0.04%	1,454
5	Colorado	0.04%	2,019
6	Washington	0.04%	2,633
7	Maryland	0.04%	2,117
8	Nebraska	0.03%	612
9	Alaska	0.03%	221
10	Utah	0.03%	874
11	Oregon	0.03%	1,109
12	Georgia	0.03%	2,773
13	Arizona	0.03%	1,861
14	Texas	0.03%	7,200
15	New Mexico	0.02%	517
16	Maine	0.02%	312
17	Nevada	0.02%	678
18	Idaho	0.02%	385
19	New Jersey	0.02%	2,003
20	Kansas	0.02%	465
21	Pennsylvania	0.01%	1,810
22	Kentucky	0.01%	616
23	Missouri	0.01%	827
24	Illinois	0.01%	1,603
25	Delaware	0.01%	109
26	Hawaii	0.01%	148
27	Massachusetts	0.01%	642
28	Wisconsin	0.01%	509
29	Florida	0.01%	1,680
30	North Dakota	0.01%	60
31	Minnesota	0.01%	437
32	Tennessee	0.01%	516
33	North Carolina	0.01%	784
34	South Dakota	0.01%	63
35	Ohio	0.01%	838
36	District of Columbia	0.01%	49
37	Iowa	0.01%	177
38	Michigan	0.01%	549
39	Indiana	0%	249
40	New Hampshire	0%	40
41	Oklahoma	0%	104
42	South Carolina	0%	135
43	Mississippi	0%	52
44	Alabama	0%	80
45	Montana	0%	7
46	Louisiana	0%	21
47	Arkansas	0%	16
48	West Virginia	0%	5
49	Rhode Island	0%	0
50	Vermont	0%	0
51	Puerto Rico	0%	0
52	Wyoming	0%	0

Top States and Territories by Population of Afghan

#	State	Population
1	California	46,067
2	Virginia	19,019
3	New York	8,797
4	Texas	7,200
5	Georgia	2,773
6	Washington	2,633
7	Maryland	2,117
8	Colorado	2,019
9	New Jersey	2,003
10	Arizona	1,861
11	Pennsylvania	1,810
12	Florida	1,680
13	Illinois	1,603
14	Connecticut	1,454
15	Oregon	1,109
16	Utah	874
17	Ohio	838
18	Missouri	827
19	North Carolina	784
20	Nevada	678
21	Massachusetts	642
22	Kentucky	616
23	Nebraska	612
24	Michigan	549
25	New Mexico	517
26	Tennessee	516
27	Wisconsin	509
28	Kansas	465
29	Minnesota	437
30	Idaho	385
31	Maine	312
32	Indiana	249
33	Alaska	221
34	Iowa	177
35	Hawaii	148
36	South Carolina	135
37	Delaware	109
38	Oklahoma	104
39	Alabama	80
40	South Dakota	63
41	North Dakota	60
42	Mississippi	52
43	District of Columbia	49
44	New Hampshire	40
45	Louisiana	21
46	Arkansas	16
47	Montana	7
48	West Virginia	5
49	Vermont	0
50	Rhode Island	0
51	Puerto Rico	0
52	Wyoming	0

Source Data

This data was sourced from the 2013-2018 American Communities Survey. As this is freely available government data, feel free to use and share these numbers and metrics.