Distribution of Basque People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Basque

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0.35%
0.7%
1.05%
1.4%
2.1%
2.8%
3.5%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Johnson County, Wyoming	4.25%
2	Humboldt County, Nevada	2.57%
3	Gooding County, Idaho	2.16%
4	Eureka County, Nevada	1.97%
5	Haakon County, South Dakota	1.83%
6	Lander County, Nevada	1.74%
7	Payette County, Idaho	1.55%
8	Owyhee County, Idaho	1.41%
9	Sweet Grass County, Montana	1.34%
10	White Pine County, Nevada	1.26%
11	Elko County, Nevada	1.18%
12	Gem County, Idaho	1.12%
13	Malheur County, Oregon	0.97%
14	Treasure County, Montana	0.9%
15	Ada County, Idaho	0.86%
16	Sevier County, Arkansas	0.83%
17	Adams County, Idaho	0.72%
18	Churchill County, Nevada	0.7%
19	Camas County, Idaho	0.68%
20	Pershing County, Nevada	0.62%

Top Counties by Population of Basque

#	County	Population
1	Ada County, Idaho	3,819
2	Los Angeles County, California	2,547
3	Washoe County, Nevada	2,267
4	San Diego County, California	1,429
5	Kern County, California	1,428
6	Salt Lake County, Utah	1,256
7	Orange County, California	1,220
8	Canyon County, Idaho	972
9	Santa Clara County, California	927
10	Sacramento County, California	919
11	Alameda County, California	893
12	Maricopa County, Arizona	874
13	Riverside County, California	700
14	King County, Washington	694
15	Fresno County, California	681
16	Clark County, Nevada	673
17	Contra Costa County, California	656
18	San Francisco County, California	645
19	Sonoma County, California	619
20	Elko County, Nevada	615

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Idaho	0.45%	7,667
2	Wyoming	0.19%	1,108
3	Nevada	0.17%	4,852
4	Oregon	0.08%	3,380
5	Montana	0.07%	778
6	Utah	0.07%	2,120
7	California	0.05%	19,048
8	Colorado	0.04%	2,471
9	New Mexico	0.04%	852
10	Washington	0.04%	2,959
11	Arizona	0.03%	1,872
12	Rhode Island	0.02%	233
13	Alaska	0.02%	154
14	Hawaii	0.02%	291
15	District of Columbia	0.02%	121
16	South Dakota	0.02%	148
17	Florida	0.01%	2,312
18	Arkansas	0.01%	265
19	Virginia	0.01%	723
20	New York	0.01%	1,677
21	Texas	0.01%	2,117
22	Nebraska	0.01%	143
23	Massachusetts	0.01%	490
24	Maine	0.01%	93
25	Connecticut	0.01%	248
26	Oklahoma	0.01%	270
27	North Dakota	0.01%	52
28	Maryland	0.01%	389
29	New Jersey	0.01%	520
30	Louisiana	0.01%	270
31	Vermont	0.01%	35
32	South Carolina	0.01%	255
33	Minnesota	0%	257
34	New Hampshire	0%	60
35	Iowa	0%	128
36	North Carolina	0%	408
37	Georgia	0%	378
38	Tennessee	0%	249
39	Kentucky	0%	142
40	Michigan	0%	316
41	Indiana	0%	209
42	Illinois	0%	391
43	Wisconsin	0%	170
44	Kansas	0%	76
45	Pennsylvania	0%	261
46	Missouri	0%	122
47	Puerto Rico	0%	62
48	Delaware	0%	10
49	Mississippi	0%	27
50	Ohio	0%	97
51	Alabama	0%	37
52	West Virginia	0%	13

Top States and Territories by Population of Basque

#	State	Population
1	California	19,048
2	Idaho	7,667
3	Nevada	4,852
4	Oregon	3,380
5	Washington	2,959
6	Colorado	2,471
7	Florida	2,312
8	Utah	2,120
9	Texas	2,117
10	Arizona	1,872
11	New York	1,677
12	Wyoming	1,108
13	New Mexico	852
14	Montana	778
15	Virginia	723
16	New Jersey	520
17	Massachusetts	490
18	North Carolina	408
19	Illinois	391
20	Maryland	389
21	Georgia	378
22	Michigan	316
23	Hawaii	291
24	Louisiana	270
25	Oklahoma	270
26	Arkansas	265
27	Pennsylvania	261
28	Minnesota	257
29	South Carolina	255
30	Tennessee	249
31	Connecticut	248
32	Rhode Island	233
33	Indiana	209
34	Wisconsin	170
35	Alaska	154
36	South Dakota	148
37	Nebraska	143
38	Kentucky	142
39	Iowa	128
40	Missouri	122
41	District of Columbia	121
42	Ohio	97
43	Maine	93
44	Kansas	76
45	Puerto Rico	62
46	New Hampshire	60
47	North Dakota	52
48	Alabama	37
49	Vermont	35
50	Mississippi	27
51	West Virginia	13
52	Delaware	10

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.