Distribution of European People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: European

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1.35%
2.7%
4.05%
5.4%
8.1%
10.8%
13.5%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Torrance County, New Mexico	15.99%
2	Colleton County, South Carolina	12.52%
3	Rich County, Utah	11.28%
4	Coffey County, Kansas	10.61%
5	Hampton County, South Carolina	10.3%
6	Noble County, Indiana	10.19%
7	Caldwell County, Kentucky	8.87%
8	Osage County, Kansas	8.71%
9	Iron County, Utah	8.51%
10	Lyon County, Kansas	8.41%
11	Trigg County, Kentucky	8.09%
12	Solano County, California	7.97%
13	Christian County, Kentucky	7.67%
14	Chouteau County, Montana	7.32%
15	Steuben County, Indiana	7.16%
16	Livingston County, Kentucky	7.15%
17	Kittitas County, Washington	7.11%
18	Wasatch County, Utah	7.05%
19	Cache County, Utah	7.03%
20	Skagway Municipality, Alaska	6.97%

Top Counties by Population of European

#	County	Population
1	Los Angeles County, California	101,273
2	King County, Washington	74,784
3	Maricopa County, Arizona	66,587
4	San Diego County, California	56,123
5	Salt Lake County, Utah	53,769
6	Travis County, Texas	49,851
7	Orange County, California	47,389
8	Harris County, Texas	41,803
9	Utah County, Utah	40,880
10	Cook County, Illinois	39,061
11	Santa Clara County, California	38,449
12	Riverside County, California	36,382
13	Solano County, California	34,931
14	Tarrant County, Texas	34,154
15	Middlesex County, Massachusetts	32,989
16	Fairfax County, Virginia	30,309
17	Alameda County, California	29,206
18	Sacramento County, California	28,797
19	Kings County, New York	28,602
20	New York County, New York	28,353

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Utah	5.24%	159,564
2	Oregon	3.25%	132,545
3	Washington	2.87%	209,646
4	Idaho	2.61%	44,020
5	Montana	2.55%	26,611
6	Alaska	2.45%	18,083
7	Colorado	2.32%	128,517
8	District of Columbia	2.27%	15,537
9	Kansas	2.23%	64,741
10	Vermont	2.03%	12,670
11	Wyoming	2.02%	11,774
12	New Mexico	1.95%	40,735
13	Virginia	1.9%	160,128
14	Tennessee	1.79%	118,826
15	California	1.69%	661,760
16	Indiana	1.65%	109,498
17	Kentucky	1.65%	73,202
18	Nevada	1.59%	46,461
19	Missouri	1.58%	96,272
20	South Carolina	1.58%	78,223
21	Arizona	1.57%	108,815
22	North Carolina	1.55%	157,102
23	Minnesota	1.53%	84,291
24	Oklahoma	1.47%	57,496
25	Maryland	1.43%	86,093
26	Michigan	1.43%	141,904
27	Georgia	1.41%	145,127
28	Alabama	1.39%	67,520
29	Arkansas	1.37%	40,914
30	Nebraska	1.37%	26,052
31	New Hampshire	1.33%	17,925
32	Iowa	1.3%	40,805
33	Maine	1.25%	16,634
34	Massachusetts	1.22%	83,566
35	Ohio	1.21%	141,091
36	Florida	1.2%	248,066
37	Texas	1.2%	334,947
38	Mississippi	1.15%	34,471
39	Wisconsin	1.14%	66,047
40	Illinois	1.11%	142,693
41	West Virginia	1.1%	20,182
42	Hawaii	0.99%	14,118
43	South Dakota	0.99%	8,526
44	New York	0.97%	189,344
45	Delaware	0.91%	8,674
46	Pennsylvania	0.9%	114,900
47	Connecticut	0.83%	29,581
48	Louisiana	0.75%	34,761
49	North Dakota	0.73%	5,482
50	New Jersey	0.73%	64,626
51	Rhode Island	0.65%	6,885
52	Puerto Rico	0.03%	887

Top States and Territories by Population of European

#	State	Population
1	California	661,760
2	Texas	334,947
3	Florida	248,066
4	Washington	209,646
5	New York	189,344
6	Virginia	160,128
7	Utah	159,564
8	North Carolina	157,102
9	Georgia	145,127
10	Illinois	142,693
11	Michigan	141,904
12	Ohio	141,091
13	Oregon	132,545
14	Colorado	128,517
15	Tennessee	118,826
16	Pennsylvania	114,900
17	Indiana	109,498
18	Arizona	108,815
19	Missouri	96,272
20	Maryland	86,093
21	Minnesota	84,291
22	Massachusetts	83,566
23	South Carolina	78,223
24	Kentucky	73,202
25	Alabama	67,520
26	Wisconsin	66,047
27	Kansas	64,741
28	New Jersey	64,626
29	Oklahoma	57,496
30	Nevada	46,461
31	Idaho	44,020
32	Arkansas	40,914
33	Iowa	40,805
34	New Mexico	40,735
35	Louisiana	34,761
36	Mississippi	34,471
37	Connecticut	29,581
38	Montana	26,611
39	Nebraska	26,052
40	West Virginia	20,182
41	Alaska	18,083
42	New Hampshire	17,925
43	Maine	16,634
44	District of Columbia	15,537
45	Hawaii	14,118
46	Vermont	12,670
47	Wyoming	11,774
48	Delaware	8,674
49	South Dakota	8,526
50	Rhode Island	6,885
51	North Dakota	5,482
52	Puerto Rico	887

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.