Distribution of Italian People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Italian

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Richmond County, New York	29.83%
2	Putnam County, New York	26.97%
3	Gloucester County, New Jersey	25.38%
4	Ocean County, New Jersey	24.95%
5	Suffolk County, New York	24.12%
6	Monmouth County, New Jersey	23.93%
7	Lawrence County, Pennsylvania	23.88%
8	Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania	23.19%
9	Sussex County, New Jersey	23.07%
10	Middlesex County, Connecticut	21.95%
11	Morris County, New Jersey	21.82%
12	Hunterdon County, New Jersey	21.57%
13	Bristol County, Rhode Island	21.06%
14	New Haven County, Connecticut	20.76%
15	Litchfield County, Connecticut	20.66%
16	Kent County, Rhode Island	20.62%
17	Warren County, New Jersey	20.39%
18	Dutchess County, New York	20.35%
19	Washington County, Rhode Island	20.01%
20	Nassau County, New York	19.37%

Top Counties by Population of Italian

#	County	Population
1	Suffolk County, New York	358,926
2	Cook County, Illinois	278,514
3	Nassau County, New York	262,746
4	Los Angeles County, California	258,371
5	Middlesex County, Massachusetts	223,504
6	Maricopa County, Arizona	192,985
7	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	192,736
8	New Haven County, Connecticut	178,371
9	Westchester County, New York	166,540
10	Bergen County, New Jersey	157,106
11	Fairfield County, Connecticut	153,061
12	Monmouth County, New Jersey	149,172
13	Ocean County, New Jersey	147,671
14	Erie County, New York	146,145
15	Richmond County, New York	141,418
16	San Diego County, California	139,548
17	Hartford County, Connecticut	128,691
18	Kings County, New York	128,218
19	Broward County, Florida	127,580
20	Monroe County, New York	127,528

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Connecticut	16.98%	608,220
2	Rhode Island	16.87%	178,207
3	New Jersey	15.67%	1,391,871
4	Massachusetts	12.61%	860,971
5	New York	12.26%	2,405,717
6	Pennsylvania	11.67%	1,493,079
7	New Hampshire	10.32%	138,651
8	Delaware	8.75%	83,042
9	Vermont	7.33%	45,824
10	Ohio	6.27%	730,313
11	Maine	6.01%	80,037
12	Illinois	5.85%	750,070
13	Florida	5.83%	1,200,115
14	Nevada	5.51%	161,028
15	Maryland	5.05%	303,191
16	Colorado	4.84%	267,559
17	Michigan	4.64%	461,974
18	Louisiana	4.62%	215,385
19	West Virginia	4.52%	82,668
20	Arizona	4.17%	289,885
21	Virginia	3.94%	331,127
22	District of Columbia	3.88%	26,586
23	Oregon	3.77%	153,898
24	California	3.72%	1,455,467
25	Montana	3.55%	36,965
26	Wisconsin	3.48%	200,984
27	Missouri	3.46%	211,012
28	Washington	3.46%	252,279
29	North Carolina	3.25%	329,986
30	Wyoming	3.09%	17,975
31	Idaho	3.04%	51,244
32	South Carolina	3.03%	150,158
33	Utah	2.82%	85,812
34	Indiana	2.74%	181,566
35	Alaska	2.69%	19,863
36	Nebraska	2.65%	50,528
37	Minnesota	2.34%	129,142
38	Georgia	2.23%	230,053
39	Tennessee	2.22%	147,920
40	Kansas	2.22%	64,560
41	New Mexico	2.13%	44,651
42	Hawaii	2.13%	30,284
43	Iowa	2.02%	63,121
44	Kentucky	1.97%	87,298
45	Mississippi	1.93%	57,677
46	Texas	1.83%	511,296
47	Oklahoma	1.76%	68,862
48	Alabama	1.66%	80,584
49	Arkansas	1.57%	47,058
50	South Dakota	1.28%	11,025
51	North Dakota	1.22%	9,205
52	Puerto Rico	0.12%	4,082

Top States and Territories by Population of Italian

#	State	Population
1	New York	2,405,717
2	Pennsylvania	1,493,079
3	California	1,455,467
4	New Jersey	1,391,871
5	Florida	1,200,115
6	Massachusetts	860,971
7	Illinois	750,070
8	Ohio	730,313
9	Connecticut	608,220
10	Texas	511,296
11	Michigan	461,974
12	Virginia	331,127
13	North Carolina	329,986
14	Maryland	303,191
15	Arizona	289,885
16	Colorado	267,559
17	Washington	252,279
18	Georgia	230,053
19	Louisiana	215,385
20	Missouri	211,012
21	Wisconsin	200,984
22	Indiana	181,566
23	Rhode Island	178,207
24	Nevada	161,028
25	Oregon	153,898
26	South Carolina	150,158
27	Tennessee	147,920
28	New Hampshire	138,651
29	Minnesota	129,142
30	Kentucky	87,298
31	Utah	85,812
32	Delaware	83,042
33	West Virginia	82,668
34	Alabama	80,584
35	Maine	80,037
36	Oklahoma	68,862
37	Kansas	64,560
38	Iowa	63,121
39	Mississippi	57,677
40	Idaho	51,244
41	Nebraska	50,528
42	Arkansas	47,058
43	Vermont	45,824
44	New Mexico	44,651
45	Montana	36,965
46	Hawaii	30,284
47	District of Columbia	26,586
48	Alaska	19,863
49	Wyoming	17,975
50	South Dakota	11,025
51	North Dakota	9,205
52	Puerto Rico	4,082

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.