Distribution of Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac

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0.25%
0.5%
0.75%
1%
1.5%
2%
2.5%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Macomb County, Michigan	2.87%
2	Stanislaus County, California	1.43%
3	Oakland County, Michigan	1.43%
4	Clare County, Michigan	0.43%
5	San Diego County, California	0.38%
6	Benzie County, Michigan	0.32%
7	Cook County, Illinois	0.23%
8	Major County, Oklahoma	0.21%
9	Beaver County, Oklahoma	0.2%
10	Tom Green County, Texas	0.2%
11	Marquette County, Michigan	0.2%
12	Santa Clara County, California	0.16%
13	Cass County, Iowa	0.13%
14	Graves County, Kentucky	0.13%
15	Shiawassee County, Michigan	0.13%
16	Boone County, Illinois	0.12%
17	Genesee County, Michigan	0.11%
18	Calaveras County, California	0.11%
19	Sanilac County, Michigan	0.1%
20	Bay County, Michigan	0.1%

Top Counties by Population of Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac

#	County	Population
1	Macomb County, Michigan	24,960
2	Oakland County, Michigan	17,865
3	San Diego County, California	12,540
4	Cook County, Illinois	12,189
5	Stanislaus County, California	7,711
6	Los Angeles County, California	3,727
7	Maricopa County, Arizona	3,366
8	Santa Clara County, California	3,167
9	Wayne County, Michigan	946
10	Bergen County, New Jersey	866
11	Clark County, Nevada	734
12	DuPage County, Illinois	651
13	Orange County, California	644
14	Genesee County, Michigan	447
15	Alameda County, California	429
16	Lake County, Illinois	416
17	Fresno County, California	354
18	Westchester County, New York	331
19	Placer County, California	329
20	Hartford County, Connecticut	323

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Michigan	0.46%	45,929
2	Illinois	0.11%	14,020
3	California	0.08%	31,726
4	Arizona	0.06%	3,912
5	Nevada	0.03%	767
6	New Jersey	0.02%	1,501
7	Vermont	0.01%	83
8	Connecticut	0.01%	432
9	District of Columbia	0.01%	56
10	Massachusetts	0.01%	401
11	Virginia	0.01%	437
12	Florida	0%	824
13	New York	0%	771
14	Delaware	0%	37
15	Oregon	0%	153
16	Wisconsin	0%	191
17	Maryland	0%	196
18	Idaho	0%	50
19	Kentucky	0%	131
20	Washington	0%	201
21	North Carolina	0%	267
22	Indiana	0%	163
23	Texas	0%	691
24	Colorado	0%	134
25	Missouri	0%	129
26	Pennsylvania	0%	261
27	Hawaii	0%	29
28	Nebraska	0%	35
29	Arkansas	0%	54
30	Rhode Island	0%	18
31	Alabama	0%	81
32	Montana	0%	18
33	Iowa	0%	47
34	Minnesota	0%	75
35	South Carolina	0%	68
36	Georgia	0%	132
37	Tennessee	0%	81
38	Ohio	0%	123
39	Louisiana	0%	49
40	Oklahoma	0%	39
41	Maine	0%	11
42	Kansas	0%	17
43	New Mexico	0%	10
44	Mississippi	0%	16
45	Utah	0%	15
46	West Virginia	0%	0
47	Wyoming	0%	0
48	South Dakota	0%	0
49	Puerto Rico	0%	0
50	North Dakota	0%	0
51	New Hampshire	0%	0
52	Alaska	0%	0

Top States and Territories by Population of Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac

#	State	Population
1	Michigan	45,929
2	California	31,726
3	Illinois	14,020
4	Arizona	3,912
5	New Jersey	1,501
6	Florida	824
7	New York	771
8	Nevada	767
9	Texas	691
10	Virginia	437
11	Connecticut	432
12	Massachusetts	401
13	North Carolina	267
14	Pennsylvania	261
15	Washington	201
16	Maryland	196
17	Wisconsin	191
18	Indiana	163
19	Oregon	153
20	Colorado	134
21	Georgia	132
22	Kentucky	131
23	Missouri	129
24	Ohio	123
25	Vermont	83
26	Alabama	81
27	Tennessee	81
28	Minnesota	75
29	South Carolina	68
30	District of Columbia	56
31	Arkansas	54
32	Idaho	50
33	Louisiana	49
34	Iowa	47
35	Oklahoma	39
36	Delaware	37
37	Nebraska	35
38	Hawaii	29
39	Montana	18
40	Rhode Island	18
41	Kansas	17
42	Mississippi	16
43	Utah	15
44	Maine	11
45	New Mexico	10
46	West Virginia	0
47	Wyoming	0
48	South Dakota	0
49	Puerto Rico	0
50	North Dakota	0
51	New Hampshire	0
52	Alaska	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.