Distribution of Hispanic or Latino: Central American People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Hispanic or Latino: Central American

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1.8%
3.6%
5.4%
7.2%
10.8%
14.4%
18%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Manassas city, Virginia	21.79%
2	Manassas Park city, Virginia	21.64%
3	Colfax County, Nebraska	18.43%
4	Nobles County, Minnesota	13.13%
5	Prince George's County, Maryland	12.09%
6	Prince William County, Virginia	11.8%
7	Montgomery County, Maryland	10.31%
8	Saline County, Nebraska	9.43%
9	Dawson County, Nebraska	9.12%
10	Alexandria city, Virginia	9.12%
11	Miami-Dade County, Florida	8.96%
12	Stewart County, Georgia	8.64%
13	Crawford County, Iowa	8.55%
14	Los Angeles County, California	8.05%
15	Jefferson Parish, Louisiana	8%
16	Fairfax County, Virginia	7.52%
17	Fairfax city, Virginia	7.37%
18	Harrisonburg city, Virginia	7.31%
19	Clark County, Idaho	7.06%
20	Seward County, Kansas	7.02%

Top Counties by Population of Hispanic or Latino: Central American

#	County	Population
1	Los Angeles County, California	813,030
2	Harris County, Texas	306,538
3	Miami-Dade County, Florida	243,255
4	Prince George's County, Maryland	109,595
5	Montgomery County, Maryland	107,264
6	Dallas County, Texas	101,894
7	Suffolk County, New York	90,159
8	Fairfax County, Virginia	85,978
9	Nassau County, New York	80,680
10	San Bernardino County, California	77,616
11	Broward County, Florida	65,930
12	Clark County, Nevada	65,103
13	Queens County, New York	63,344
14	Orange County, California	61,754
15	Palm Beach County, Florida	58,736
16	Prince William County, Virginia	53,901
17	Riverside County, California	53,745
18	Cook County, Illinois	52,339
19	Kings County, New York	51,513
20	Contra Costa County, California	51,441

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Maryland	4.85%	291,217
2	District of Columbia	4.43%	30,331
3	California	3.61%	1,412,750
4	Virginia	3.39%	285,546
5	Rhode Island	2.77%	29,272
6	Florida	2.71%	559,043
7	Nevada	2.7%	79,029
8	New Jersey	2.49%	221,371
9	Texas	2.23%	622,189
10	New York	2.15%	422,635
11	Massachusetts	1.91%	130,604
12	Louisiana	1.58%	73,900
13	North Carolina	1.46%	148,065
14	Nebraska	1.44%	27,349
15	Georgia	1.42%	146,603
16	Connecticut	1.36%	48,660
17	Delaware	1.23%	11,682
18	Arkansas	1.15%	34,513
19	Utah	0.93%	28,355
20	Tennessee	0.81%	54,174
21	Kansas	0.79%	22,945
22	Washington	0.76%	55,728
23	South Carolina	0.73%	36,028
24	Arizona	0.7%	48,308
25	Colorado	0.7%	38,457
26	Illinois	0.67%	86,031
27	Alabama	0.65%	31,523
28	Oregon	0.63%	25,903
29	Oklahoma	0.62%	24,372
30	Minnesota	0.57%	31,264
31	Iowa	0.56%	17,434
32	Indiana	0.53%	35,307
33	South Dakota	0.47%	4,058
34	Kentucky	0.46%	20,492
35	Pennsylvania	0.46%	59,007
36	New Mexico	0.43%	8,924
37	Missouri	0.38%	23,254
38	Alaska	0.36%	2,666
39	New Hampshire	0.34%	4,590
40	Mississippi	0.34%	10,039
41	Wyoming	0.33%	1,926
42	Hawaii	0.32%	4,525
43	Ohio	0.3%	34,804
44	Michigan	0.26%	25,915
45	Idaho	0.26%	4,375
46	Wisconsin	0.24%	13,766
47	Maine	0.16%	2,130
48	Vermont	0.15%	964
49	West Virginia	0.13%	2,412
50	Montana	0.13%	1,333
51	North Dakota	0.12%	930
52	Puerto Rico	0.1%	3,519

Top States and Territories by Population of Hispanic or Latino: Central American

#	State	Population
1	California	1,412,750
2	Texas	622,189
3	Florida	559,043
4	New York	422,635
5	Maryland	291,217
6	Virginia	285,546
7	New Jersey	221,371
8	North Carolina	148,065
9	Georgia	146,603
10	Massachusetts	130,604
11	Illinois	86,031
12	Nevada	79,029
13	Louisiana	73,900
14	Pennsylvania	59,007
15	Washington	55,728
16	Tennessee	54,174
17	Connecticut	48,660
18	Arizona	48,308
19	Colorado	38,457
20	South Carolina	36,028
21	Indiana	35,307
22	Ohio	34,804
23	Arkansas	34,513
24	Alabama	31,523
25	Minnesota	31,264
26	District of Columbia	30,331
27	Rhode Island	29,272
28	Utah	28,355
29	Nebraska	27,349
30	Michigan	25,915
31	Oregon	25,903
32	Oklahoma	24,372
33	Missouri	23,254
34	Kansas	22,945
35	Kentucky	20,492
36	Iowa	17,434
37	Wisconsin	13,766
38	Delaware	11,682
39	Mississippi	10,039
40	New Mexico	8,924
41	New Hampshire	4,590
42	Hawaii	4,525
43	Idaho	4,375
44	South Dakota	4,058
45	Puerto Rico	3,519
46	Alaska	2,666
47	West Virginia	2,412
48	Maine	2,130
49	Wyoming	1,926
50	Montana	1,333
51	Vermont	964
52	North Dakota	930

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.