Distribution of Icelander People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Icelander

KEY
0.65%
1.3%
1.95%
2.6%
3.9%
5.2%
6.5%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Pembina County, North Dakota	7.53%
2	Walsh County, North Dakota	2.63%
3	Cavalier County, North Dakota	1.83%
4	Burke County, North Dakota	1.58%
5	Adams County, North Dakota	1.45%
6	Kidder County, North Dakota	0.89%
7	Emery County, Utah	0.59%
8	Grand Forks County, North Dakota	0.56%
9	Traill County, North Dakota	0.54%
10	Clay County, Minnesota	0.53%
11	Carbon County, Utah	0.49%
12	Petroleum County, Montana	0.46%
13	McHenry County, North Dakota	0.46%
14	Towner County, North Dakota	0.45%
15	Whatcom County, Washington	0.44%
16	Juab County, Utah	0.43%
17	Burnet County, Texas	0.41%
18	Roseau County, Minnesota	0.41%
19	Cass County, North Dakota	0.38%
20	Adair County, Iowa	0.37%

Top Counties by Population of Icelander

#	County	Population
1	Utah County, Utah	2,095
2	King County, Washington	1,955
3	Snohomish County, Washington	1,247
4	Los Angeles County, California	1,102
5	Whatcom County, Washington	959
6	Maricopa County, Arizona	902
7	Hennepin County, Minnesota	868
8	Salt Lake County, Utah	841
9	San Diego County, California	729
10	Cass County, North Dakota	663
11	Riverside County, California	636
12	Orange County, California	544
13	Pembina County, North Dakota	528
14	Pierce County, Washington	526
15	Harris County, Texas	434
16	Cook County, Illinois	427
17	Middlesex County, Massachusetts	420
18	Grand Forks County, North Dakota	391
19	Wayne County, Michigan	367
20	Davis County, Utah	360

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	North Dakota	0.33%	2,500
2	Utah	0.14%	4,163
3	Washington	0.09%	6,437
4	Minnesota	0.07%	3,612
5	Idaho	0.06%	929
6	Alaska	0.05%	352
7	Oregon	0.04%	1,487
8	Montana	0.03%	303
9	Colorado	0.02%	1,328
10	District of Columbia	0.02%	141
11	Nevada	0.02%	566
12	Arizona	0.02%	1,318
13	Wisconsin	0.02%	1,060
14	California	0.02%	6,636
15	Rhode Island	0.02%	169
16	Iowa	0.02%	474
17	Virginia	0.01%	1,159
18	Massachusetts	0.01%	889
19	Connecticut	0.01%	443
20	South Dakota	0.01%	106
21	Nebraska	0.01%	217
22	Kansas	0.01%	321
23	Wyoming	0.01%	60
24	New Mexico	0.01%	214
25	Michigan	0.01%	1,006
26	Florida	0.01%	2,034
27	Maryland	0.01%	573
28	Oklahoma	0.01%	360
29	Illinois	0.01%	1,090
30	Hawaii	0.01%	121
31	New Jersey	0.01%	705
32	New York	0.01%	1,548
33	West Virginia	0.01%	138
34	North Carolina	0.01%	732
35	Texas	0.01%	1,880
36	Kentucky	0.01%	297
37	Georgia	0.01%	675
38	Ohio	0.01%	769
39	South Carolina	0.01%	316
40	Maine	0.01%	84
41	Tennessee	0.01%	398
42	Louisiana	0.01%	255
43	Vermont	0.01%	33
44	Pennsylvania	0.01%	668
45	Mississippi	0.01%	154
46	Missouri	0%	290
47	Indiana	0%	300
48	Delaware	0%	41
49	New Hampshire	0%	52
50	Arkansas	0%	71
51	Alabama	0%	85
52	Puerto Rico	0%	0

Top States and Territories by Population of Icelander

#	State	Population
1	California	6,636
2	Washington	6,437
3	Utah	4,163
4	Minnesota	3,612
5	North Dakota	2,500
6	Florida	2,034
7	Texas	1,880
8	New York	1,548
9	Oregon	1,487
10	Colorado	1,328
11	Arizona	1,318
12	Virginia	1,159
13	Illinois	1,090
14	Wisconsin	1,060
15	Michigan	1,006
16	Idaho	929
17	Massachusetts	889
18	Ohio	769
19	North Carolina	732
20	New Jersey	705
21	Georgia	675
22	Pennsylvania	668
23	Maryland	573
24	Nevada	566
25	Iowa	474
26	Connecticut	443
27	Tennessee	398
28	Oklahoma	360
29	Alaska	352
30	Kansas	321
31	South Carolina	316
32	Montana	303
33	Indiana	300
34	Kentucky	297
35	Missouri	290
36	Louisiana	255
37	Nebraska	217
38	New Mexico	214
39	Rhode Island	169
40	Mississippi	154
41	District of Columbia	141
42	West Virginia	138
43	Hawaii	121
44	South Dakota	106
45	Alabama	85
46	Maine	84
47	Arkansas	71
48	Wyoming	60
49	New Hampshire	52
50	Delaware	41
51	Vermont	33
52	Puerto Rico	0

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.