Distribution of British People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: British

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1.5%
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2.5%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska	3.61%
2	Utah County, Utah	2.61%
3	Morgan County, Utah	2.36%
4	Borden County, Texas	2.26%
5	Seminole County, Georgia	2.25%
6	Davis County, Utah	2.23%
7	Franklin County, Idaho	2.21%
8	Lemhi County, Idaho	2.19%
9	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	2.17%
10	Highland County, Virginia	2.03%
11	Teton County, Wyoming	1.93%
12	Caribou County, Idaho	1.92%
13	Garfield County, Utah	1.91%
14	Madison County, Idaho	1.91%
15	Trousdale County, Tennessee	1.89%
16	Sitka City and Borough, Alaska	1.89%
17	Deer Lodge County, Montana	1.86%
18	Salt Lake County, Utah	1.85%
19	Falls Church city, Virginia	1.83%
20	McMullen County, Texas	1.81%

Top Counties by Population of British

#	County	Population
1	Los Angeles County, California	38,177
2	Maricopa County, Arizona	25,562
3	King County, Washington	24,076
4	San Diego County, California	22,001
5	Salt Lake County, Utah	20,754
6	Harris County, Texas	20,526
7	Orange County, California	16,521
8	Utah County, Utah	15,382
9	Cook County, Illinois	13,630
10	New York County, New York	13,579
11	Santa Clara County, California	12,879
12	Tarrant County, Texas	12,480
13	Middlesex County, Massachusetts	12,278
14	Wake County, North Carolina	11,748
15	Fairfax County, Virginia	11,630
16	Dallas County, Texas	11,317
17	Travis County, Texas	11,040
18	Multnomah County, Oregon	10,492
19	Alameda County, California	9,715
20	Hillsborough County, Florida	9,155

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Utah	1.85%	56,291
2	Oregon	0.98%	40,049
3	District of Columbia	0.91%	6,228
4	Washington	0.91%	66,299
5	Idaho	0.87%	14,608
6	Virginia	0.81%	68,066
7	Vermont	0.79%	4,908
8	Maine	0.78%	10,460
9	Colorado	0.76%	41,865
10	New Hampshire	0.73%	9,834
11	Wyoming	0.68%	3,945
12	Alaska	0.67%	4,973
13	North Carolina	0.65%	65,738
14	Maryland	0.61%	36,439
15	Arizona	0.6%	42,015
16	Georgia	0.6%	61,600
17	Tennessee	0.6%	39,700
18	South Carolina	0.59%	29,453
19	Florida	0.59%	122,258
20	Montana	0.59%	6,129
21	Oklahoma	0.55%	21,509
22	Indiana	0.55%	36,425
23	Alabama	0.54%	26,363
24	Connecticut	0.53%	19,082
25	Kentucky	0.53%	23,581
26	Kansas	0.53%	15,376
27	Massachusetts	0.52%	35,642
28	Ohio	0.51%	59,747
29	California	0.51%	197,780
30	New Mexico	0.5%	10,451
31	Missouri	0.5%	30,347
32	Nevada	0.49%	14,332
33	Texas	0.48%	133,476
34	Delaware	0.48%	4,541
35	Arkansas	0.46%	13,810
36	West Virginia	0.46%	8,416
37	Michigan	0.45%	44,742
38	Rhode Island	0.42%	4,488
39	Pennsylvania	0.41%	52,367
40	Iowa	0.39%	12,344
41	Nebraska	0.39%	7,489
42	Minnesota	0.38%	20,818
43	New York	0.36%	71,585
44	Mississippi	0.36%	10,789
45	Illinois	0.36%	45,523
46	Louisiana	0.33%	15,509
47	Wisconsin	0.32%	18,550
48	New Jersey	0.3%	27,069
49	Hawaii	0.28%	4,027
50	North Dakota	0.27%	2,057
51	South Dakota	0.24%	2,114
52	Puerto Rico	0.01%	258

Top States and Territories by Population of British

#	State	Population
1	California	197,780
2	Texas	133,476
3	Florida	122,258
4	New York	71,585
5	Virginia	68,066
6	Washington	66,299
7	North Carolina	65,738
8	Georgia	61,600
9	Ohio	59,747
10	Utah	56,291
11	Pennsylvania	52,367
12	Illinois	45,523
13	Michigan	44,742
14	Arizona	42,015
15	Colorado	41,865
16	Oregon	40,049
17	Tennessee	39,700
18	Maryland	36,439
19	Indiana	36,425
20	Massachusetts	35,642
21	Missouri	30,347
22	South Carolina	29,453
23	New Jersey	27,069
24	Alabama	26,363
25	Kentucky	23,581
26	Oklahoma	21,509
27	Minnesota	20,818
28	Connecticut	19,082
29	Wisconsin	18,550
30	Louisiana	15,509
31	Kansas	15,376
32	Idaho	14,608
33	Nevada	14,332
34	Arkansas	13,810
35	Iowa	12,344
36	Mississippi	10,789
37	Maine	10,460
38	New Mexico	10,451
39	New Hampshire	9,834
40	West Virginia	8,416
41	Nebraska	7,489
42	District of Columbia	6,228
43	Montana	6,129
44	Alaska	4,973
45	Vermont	4,908
46	Delaware	4,541
47	Rhode Island	4,488
48	Hawaii	4,027
49	Wyoming	3,945
50	South Dakota	2,114
51	North Dakota	2,057
52	Puerto Rico	258

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.