Distribution of English People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: English

KEY
4.25%
8.5%
12.75%
17%
25.5%
34%
42.5%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Wayne County, Utah	45.58%
2	Daggett County, Utah	43.14%
3	Clinton County, Kentucky	39.33%
4	Rich County, Utah	38.43%
5	Emery County, Utah	35.38%
6	Cumberland County, Kentucky	34.95%
7	Garfield County, Utah	33.65%
8	Piute County, Utah	33.46%
9	Beaver County, Utah	31.52%
10	Juab County, Utah	30.64%
11	Kane County, Utah	30.3%
12	Mathews County, Virginia	30.13%
13	Carter County, Kentucky	29.75%
14	Franklin County, Idaho	29.56%
15	Oneida County, Idaho	29.08%
16	Russell County, Kentucky	28.62%
17	Uinta County, Wyoming	28.53%
18	Sevier County, Utah	28.22%
19	Lawrence County, Kentucky	28.1%
20	Madison County, Idaho	27.42%

Top Counties by Population of English

#	County	Population
1	Maricopa County, Arizona	327,551
2	Los Angeles County, California	319,929
3	Salt Lake County, Utah	226,190
4	San Diego County, California	216,220
5	King County, Washington	203,206
6	Harris County, Texas	202,450
7	Orange County, California	194,929
8	Utah County, Utah	160,995
9	Cook County, Illinois	151,073
10	Middlesex County, Massachusetts	144,509
11	Tarrant County, Texas	139,882
12	Riverside County, California	126,240
13	Dallas County, Texas	123,640
14	Clark County, Nevada	119,616
15	Oakland County, Michigan	110,227
16	Wake County, North Carolina	105,368
17	Sacramento County, California	96,129
18	Franklin County, Ohio	96,007
19	Pinellas County, Florida	95,551
20	Fairfax County, Virginia	93,543

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Utah	23.51%	716,037
2	Maine	19.36%	258,098
3	Idaho	16.66%	281,240
4	Vermont	16.46%	102,853
5	New Hampshire	16.36%	219,820
6	Wyoming	12.43%	72,349
7	Montana	10.99%	114,504
8	Oregon	10.93%	446,051
9	Rhode Island	10.36%	109,487
10	West Virginia	9.96%	182,097
11	Washington	9.85%	718,524
12	Colorado	9.85%	544,797
13	Kentucky	9.79%	434,842
14	Virginia	9.46%	795,928
15	Massachusetts	9.32%	636,877
16	Kansas	9.21%	267,906
17	North Carolina	9.07%	921,138
18	Delaware	8.99%	85,370
19	South Carolina	8.72%	431,914
20	Tennessee	8.55%	568,742
21	Michigan	8.5%	846,234
22	Missouri	8.4%	511,412
23	Connecticut	8.38%	300,242
24	Ohio	8.05%	936,974
25	Indiana	7.99%	530,206
26	Arizona	7.97%	553,580
27	Arkansas	7.94%	237,413
28	Alaska	7.86%	58,078
29	Iowa	7.63%	239,107
30	Nebraska	7.48%	142,521
31	Georgia	7.4%	762,309
32	Oklahoma	7.28%	285,101
33	Alabama	7.12%	346,201
34	Maryland	7.04%	422,883
35	Pennsylvania	6.88%	879,735
36	Nevada	6.83%	199,584
37	Mississippi	6.76%	202,079
38	Florida	6.74%	1,388,550
39	New Mexico	5.84%	122,108
40	Texas	5.83%	1,625,797
41	South Dakota	5.66%	48,936
42	Wisconsin	5.53%	319,579
43	Illinois	5.46%	699,767
44	Minnesota	5.25%	290,182
45	California	5.23%	2,048,539
46	Louisiana	5.13%	239,042
47	District of Columbia	4.98%	34,089
48	New York	4.88%	957,913
49	New Jersey	4.67%	414,757
50	North Dakota	4.27%	32,083
51	Hawaii	3.87%	55,070
52	Puerto Rico	0.03%	981

Top States and Territories by Population of English

#	State	Population
1	California	2,048,539
2	Texas	1,625,797
3	Florida	1,388,550
4	New York	957,913
5	Ohio	936,974
6	North Carolina	921,138
7	Pennsylvania	879,735
8	Michigan	846,234
9	Virginia	795,928
10	Georgia	762,309
11	Washington	718,524
12	Utah	716,037
13	Illinois	699,767
14	Massachusetts	636,877
15	Tennessee	568,742
16	Arizona	553,580
17	Colorado	544,797
18	Indiana	530,206
19	Missouri	511,412
20	Oregon	446,051
21	Kentucky	434,842
22	South Carolina	431,914
23	Maryland	422,883
24	New Jersey	414,757
25	Alabama	346,201
26	Wisconsin	319,579
27	Connecticut	300,242
28	Minnesota	290,182
29	Oklahoma	285,101
30	Idaho	281,240
31	Kansas	267,906
32	Maine	258,098
33	Iowa	239,107
34	Louisiana	239,042
35	Arkansas	237,413
36	New Hampshire	219,820
37	Mississippi	202,079
38	Nevada	199,584
39	West Virginia	182,097
40	Nebraska	142,521
41	New Mexico	122,108
42	Montana	114,504
43	Rhode Island	109,487
44	Vermont	102,853
45	Delaware	85,370
46	Wyoming	72,349
47	Alaska	58,078
48	Hawaii	55,070
49	South Dakota	48,936
50	District of Columbia	34,089
51	North Dakota	32,083
52	Puerto Rico	981

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.