Distribution of Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac People in the US

Explore the map and tables to see where people of this ethnic group have settled in the United States by county and state. Ethnic and ancestry information for these tables includes people of partial descent and is based on self identification.

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac

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

Percent of County
Ethnic Group Pop
County Pop

Top 20 Counties by % Population

# County Percentage
1Macomb County, Michigan2.87%
2Stanislaus County, California1.43%
3Oakland County, Michigan1.43%
4Clare County, Michigan0.43%
5San Diego County, California0.38%
6Benzie County, Michigan0.32%
7Cook County, Illinois0.23%
8Major County, Oklahoma0.21%
9Beaver County, Oklahoma0.2%
10Tom Green County, Texas0.2%
11Marquette County, Michigan0.2%
12Santa Clara County, California0.16%
13Cass County, Iowa0.13%
14Graves County, Kentucky0.13%
15Shiawassee County, Michigan0.13%
16Boone County, Illinois0.12%
17Genesee County, Michigan0.11%
18Calaveras County, California0.11%
19Sanilac County, Michigan0.1%
20Bay County, Michigan0.1%

Top Counties by Population of Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac

# County Population
1Macomb County, Michigan24,960
2Oakland County, Michigan17,865
3San Diego County, California12,540
4Cook County, Illinois12,189
5Stanislaus County, California7,711
6Los Angeles County, California3,727
7Maricopa County, Arizona3,366
8Santa Clara County, California3,167
9Wayne County, Michigan946
10Bergen County, New Jersey866
11Clark County, Nevada734
12DuPage County, Illinois651
13Orange County, California644
14Genesee County, Michigan447
15Alameda County, California429
16Lake County, Illinois416
17Fresno County, California354
18Westchester County, New York331
19Placer County, California329
20Hartford County, Connecticut323

Top States and Territories by Percentage

# State Percentage Population
1Michigan0.46%45,929
2Illinois0.11%14,020
3California0.08%31,726
4Arizona0.06%3,912
5Nevada0.03%767
6New Jersey0.02%1,501
7Vermont0.01%83
8Connecticut0.01%432
9District of Columbia0.01%56
10Massachusetts0.01%401
11Virginia0.01%437
12Florida0%824
13New York0%771
14Delaware0%37
15Oregon0%153
16Wisconsin0%191
17Maryland0%196
18Idaho0%50
19Kentucky0%131
20Washington0%201
21North Carolina0%267
22Indiana0%163
23Texas0%691
24Colorado0%134
25Missouri0%129
26Pennsylvania0%261
27Hawaii0%29
28Nebraska0%35
29Arkansas0%54
30Rhode Island0%18
31Alabama0%81
32Montana0%18
33Iowa0%47
34Minnesota0%75
35South Carolina0%68
36Georgia0%132
37Tennessee0%81
38Ohio0%123
39Louisiana0%49
40Oklahoma0%39
41Maine0%11
42Kansas0%17
43New Mexico0%10
44Mississippi0%16
45Utah0%15
46West Virginia0%0
47Wyoming0%0
48South Dakota0%0
49Puerto Rico0%0
50North Dakota0%0
51New Hampshire0%0
52Alaska0%0

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

# State Population
1Michigan45,929
2California31,726
3Illinois14,020
4Arizona3,912
5New Jersey1,501
6Florida824
7New York771
8Nevada767
9Texas691
10Virginia437
11Connecticut432
12Massachusetts401
13North Carolina267
14Pennsylvania261
15Washington201
16Maryland196
17Wisconsin191
18Indiana163
19Oregon153
20Colorado134
21Georgia132
22Kentucky131
23Missouri129
24Ohio123
25Vermont83
26Alabama81
27Tennessee81
28Minnesota75
29South Carolina68
30District of Columbia56
31Arkansas54
32Idaho50
33Louisiana49
34Iowa47
35Oklahoma39
36Delaware37
37Nebraska35
38Hawaii29
39Montana18
40Rhode Island18
41Kansas17
42Mississippi16
43Utah15
44Maine11
45New Mexico10
46West Virginia0
47Wyoming0
48South Dakota0
49Puerto Rico0
50North Dakota0
51New Hampshire0
52Alaska0

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.

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