Distribution of Iranian People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Iranian

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Twiggs County, Georgia	1.29%
2	Mineral County, Colorado	1.09%
3	Orange County, California	1.09%
4	Haines Borough, Alaska	1.03%
5	Montgomery County, Maryland	0.95%
6	Fairfax County, Virginia	0.94%
7	Santa Clara County, California	0.89%
8	Los Angeles County, California	0.84%
9	Loudoun County, Virginia	0.8%
10	Contra Costa County, California	0.78%
11	Marin County, California	0.75%
12	Nassau County, New York	0.71%
13	Collin County, Texas	0.66%
14	Lincoln County, Kansas	0.65%
15	Franklin County, Alabama	0.55%
16	Fairfax city, Virginia	0.54%
17	San Mateo County, California	0.53%
18	Yolo County, California	0.52%
19	Montgomery County, Virginia	0.51%
20	Dallas County, Missouri	0.51%

Top Counties by Population of Iranian

#	County	Population
1	Los Angeles County, California	84,557
2	Orange County, California	34,440
3	Santa Clara County, California	17,076
4	San Diego County, California	14,529
5	Fairfax County, Virginia	10,787
6	Harris County, Texas	10,670
7	Montgomery County, Maryland	9,829
8	Nassau County, New York	9,616
9	Contra Costa County, California	8,872
10	Maricopa County, Arizona	7,877
11	King County, Washington	7,189
12	Alameda County, California	6,647
13	Collin County, Texas	6,207
14	Cook County, Illinois	6,074
15	New York County, New York	5,097
16	Clark County, Nevada	5,061
17	Sacramento County, California	5,023
18	San Mateo County, California	4,083
19	Riverside County, California	4,071
20	Middlesex County, Massachusetts	3,926

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	California	0.52%	205,315
2	District of Columbia	0.34%	2,320
3	Maryland	0.27%	15,981
4	Virginia	0.25%	20,998
5	Nevada	0.2%	5,973
6	Washington	0.16%	11,895
7	Texas	0.14%	39,332
8	New York	0.14%	27,615
9	Arizona	0.14%	9,745
10	Oregon	0.14%	5,698
11	Massachusetts	0.13%	8,578
12	New Jersey	0.11%	9,428
13	Colorado	0.1%	5,467
14	Georgia	0.09%	9,453
15	Oklahoma	0.09%	3,467
16	Illinois	0.08%	10,702
17	Utah	0.08%	2,444
18	Kansas	0.08%	2,218
19	Florida	0.07%	14,451
20	Connecticut	0.07%	2,359
21	Delaware	0.07%	624
22	Tennessee	0.06%	4,203
23	Alaska	0.06%	459
24	Minnesota	0.06%	3,137
25	Missouri	0.06%	3,423
26	New Hampshire	0.06%	750
27	Hawaii	0.05%	781
28	Pennsylvania	0.05%	6,906
29	North Carolina	0.05%	5,472
30	West Virginia	0.05%	964
31	New Mexico	0.05%	1,089
32	Ohio	0.05%	5,820
33	Kentucky	0.05%	2,141
34	Michigan	0.05%	4,749
35	Wyoming	0.05%	273
36	Rhode Island	0.05%	490
37	Nebraska	0.04%	852
38	Vermont	0.04%	276
39	Indiana	0.04%	2,606
40	Alabama	0.03%	1,613
41	Wisconsin	0.03%	1,886
42	South Carolina	0.03%	1,611
43	Louisiana	0.03%	1,449
44	Maine	0.03%	403
45	North Dakota	0.03%	211
46	Montana	0.03%	290
47	Iowa	0.03%	826
48	Idaho	0.02%	420
49	Arkansas	0.02%	640
50	Mississippi	0.02%	469
51	South Dakota	0.01%	61
52	Puerto Rico	0.01%	197

Top States and Territories by Population of Iranian

#	State	Population
1	California	205,315
2	Texas	39,332
3	New York	27,615
4	Virginia	20,998
5	Maryland	15,981
6	Florida	14,451
7	Washington	11,895
8	Illinois	10,702
9	Arizona	9,745
10	Georgia	9,453
11	New Jersey	9,428
12	Massachusetts	8,578
13	Pennsylvania	6,906
14	Nevada	5,973
15	Ohio	5,820
16	Oregon	5,698
17	North Carolina	5,472
18	Colorado	5,467
19	Michigan	4,749
20	Tennessee	4,203
21	Oklahoma	3,467
22	Missouri	3,423
23	Minnesota	3,137
24	Indiana	2,606
25	Utah	2,444
26	Connecticut	2,359
27	District of Columbia	2,320
28	Kansas	2,218
29	Kentucky	2,141
30	Wisconsin	1,886
31	Alabama	1,613
32	South Carolina	1,611
33	Louisiana	1,449
34	New Mexico	1,089
35	West Virginia	964
36	Nebraska	852
37	Iowa	826
38	Hawaii	781
39	New Hampshire	750
40	Arkansas	640
41	Delaware	624
42	Rhode Island	490
43	Mississippi	469
44	Alaska	459
45	Idaho	420
46	Maine	403
47	Montana	290
48	Vermont	276
49	Wyoming	273
50	North Dakota	211
51	Puerto Rico	197
52	South Dakota	61

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.