Distribution of Arab: Egyptian People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Arab: Egyptian

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0.15%
0.3%
0.45%
0.6%
0.9%
1.2%
1.5%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Hudson County, New Jersey	1.67%
2	Richmond County, New York	1.42%
3	Davidson County, Tennessee	1.08%
4	Sterling County, Texas	1.05%
5	Middlesex County, New Jersey	1.03%
6	Wilson County, Tennessee	0.77%
7	Mariposa County, California	0.71%
8	Floyd County, Virginia	0.71%
9	Monmouth County, New Jersey	0.57%
10	Garfield County, Washington	0.49%
11	Loudoun County, Virginia	0.47%
12	Alexandria city, Virginia	0.46%
13	Fairfax city, Virginia	0.45%
14	Somerset County, New Jersey	0.43%
15	Fairfax County, Virginia	0.41%
16	Montgomery County, Virginia	0.4%
17	Bergen County, New Jersey	0.39%
18	Albany County, Wyoming	0.37%
19	Kings County, New York	0.34%
20	Spotsylvania County, Virginia	0.33%

Top Counties by Population of Arab: Egyptian

#	County	Population
1	Los Angeles County, California	16,795
2	Hudson County, New Jersey	11,169
3	Orange County, California	9,201
4	Kings County, New York	8,928
5	Middlesex County, New Jersey	8,507
6	Davidson County, Tennessee	7,406
7	Queens County, New York	6,832
8	Richmond County, New York	6,753
9	Fairfax County, Virginia	4,709
10	Cook County, Illinois	4,122
11	San Bernardino County, California	3,819
12	Bergen County, New Jersey	3,636
13	Monmouth County, New Jersey	3,553
14	Harris County, Texas	3,337
15	Riverside County, California	2,928
16	New York County, New York	2,505
17	Tarrant County, Texas	2,425
18	San Diego County, California	2,315
19	Wake County, North Carolina	2,294
20	Maricopa County, Arizona	2,204

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	New Jersey	0.44%	39,393
2	New York	0.17%	33,770
3	Tennessee	0.16%	10,837
4	Virginia	0.15%	12,631
5	California	0.12%	47,564
6	District of Columbia	0.09%	646
7	Massachusetts	0.09%	6,401
8	Maryland	0.08%	4,562
9	Florida	0.07%	14,729
10	Connecticut	0.07%	2,498
11	Pennsylvania	0.07%	8,365
12	New Hampshire	0.06%	847
13	Delaware	0.06%	595
14	Minnesota	0.06%	3,421
15	Illinois	0.06%	7,644
16	North Carolina	0.06%	5,821
17	Washington	0.05%	3,896
18	Michigan	0.05%	5,099
19	Rhode Island	0.05%	484
20	Ohio	0.05%	5,301
21	Texas	0.04%	12,505
22	Oregon	0.04%	1,756
23	Arizona	0.04%	2,855
24	Georgia	0.04%	3,946
25	Indiana	0.04%	2,510
26	North Dakota	0.04%	279
27	South Carolina	0.03%	1,714
28	Kansas	0.03%	962
29	Nevada	0.03%	934
30	Louisiana	0.03%	1,448
31	Wyoming	0.03%	155
32	Hawaii	0.03%	376
33	Missouri	0.02%	1,502
34	Vermont	0.02%	150
35	South Dakota	0.02%	201
36	Colorado	0.02%	1,284
37	West Virginia	0.02%	403
38	Utah	0.02%	627
39	Nebraska	0.02%	383
40	Montana	0.02%	206
41	Kentucky	0.02%	878
42	Maine	0.02%	262
43	Alabama	0.02%	929
44	Wisconsin	0.02%	1,074
45	New Mexico	0.02%	386
46	Oklahoma	0.02%	708
47	Iowa	0.02%	561
48	Arkansas	0.02%	471
49	Mississippi	0.01%	212
50	Alaska	0%	34
51	Puerto Rico	0%	89
52	Idaho	0%	42

Top States and Territories by Population of Arab: Egyptian

#	State	Population
1	California	47,564
2	New Jersey	39,393
3	New York	33,770
4	Florida	14,729
5	Virginia	12,631
6	Texas	12,505
7	Tennessee	10,837
8	Pennsylvania	8,365
9	Illinois	7,644
10	Massachusetts	6,401
11	North Carolina	5,821
12	Ohio	5,301
13	Michigan	5,099
14	Maryland	4,562
15	Georgia	3,946
16	Washington	3,896
17	Minnesota	3,421
18	Arizona	2,855
19	Indiana	2,510
20	Connecticut	2,498
21	Oregon	1,756
22	South Carolina	1,714
23	Missouri	1,502
24	Louisiana	1,448
25	Colorado	1,284
26	Wisconsin	1,074
27	Kansas	962
28	Nevada	934
29	Alabama	929
30	Kentucky	878
31	New Hampshire	847
32	Oklahoma	708
33	District of Columbia	646
34	Utah	627
35	Delaware	595
36	Iowa	561
37	Rhode Island	484
38	Arkansas	471
39	West Virginia	403
40	New Mexico	386
41	Nebraska	383
42	Hawaii	376
43	North Dakota	279
44	Maine	262
45	Mississippi	212
46	Montana	206
47	South Dakota	201
48	Wyoming	155
49	Vermont	150
50	Puerto Rico	89
51	Idaho	42
52	Alaska	34

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.