Distribution of Nepalese People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Nepalese

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0.15%
0.3%
0.45%
0.6%
0.9%
1.2%
1.5%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Moore County, Tennessee	1.69%
2	Manassas Park city, Virginia	1.39%
3	Fairfax city, Virginia	1.16%
4	Chittenden County, Vermont	0.93%
5	Coleman County, Texas	0.89%
6	Titus County, Texas	0.71%
7	Dauphin County, Pennsylvania	0.64%
8	Caldwell County, Texas	0.62%
9	Jefferson County, Iowa	0.58%
10	Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania	0.55%
11	Merrimack County, New Hampshire	0.53%
12	Wyandotte County, Kansas	0.52%
13	McDonough County, Illinois	0.51%
14	Grand Forks County, North Dakota	0.46%
15	Lewis County, Idaho	0.44%
16	Roanoke city, Virginia	0.41%
17	Cass County, North Dakota	0.4%
18	Hillsborough County, New Hampshire	0.4%
19	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	0.39%
20	Grand County, Utah	0.36%

Top Counties by Population of Nepalese

#	County	Population
1	Queens County, New York	7,712
2	Tarrant County, Texas	6,148
3	Dallas County, Texas	3,850
4	Middlesex County, Massachusetts	3,694
5	Franklin County, Ohio	3,598
6	Harris County, Texas	3,524
7	Fairfax County, Virginia	3,082
8	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina	2,970
9	DeKalb County, Georgia	2,684
10	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	2,656
11	King County, Washington	2,363
12	Alameda County, California	2,249
13	Los Angeles County, California	2,158
14	Hamilton County, Ohio	2,156
15	Montgomery County, Maryland	2,154
16	Contra Costa County, California	2,076
17	Baltimore County, Maryland	1,960
18	Cook County, Illinois	1,863
19	Santa Clara County, California	1,860
20	Dauphin County, Pennsylvania	1,744

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Vermont	0.25%	1,548
2	New Hampshire	0.21%	2,775
3	North Dakota	0.15%	1,137
4	Maryland	0.11%	6,794
5	Nebraska	0.11%	2,001
6	Virginia	0.1%	8,294
7	Massachusetts	0.1%	6,706
8	Colorado	0.1%	5,428
9	Ohio	0.09%	10,946
10	South Dakota	0.09%	794
11	New York	0.08%	15,490
12	Pennsylvania	0.08%	9,624
13	Texas	0.07%	20,409
14	District of Columbia	0.07%	476
15	Kentucky	0.07%	2,920
16	North Carolina	0.06%	6,187
17	Kansas	0.06%	1,704
18	Iowa	0.05%	1,720
19	Minnesota	0.05%	2,923
20	Utah	0.05%	1,547
21	Washington	0.05%	3,677
22	Georgia	0.05%	5,086
23	California	0.04%	14,235
24	Connecticut	0.04%	1,288
25	Arizona	0.03%	2,374
26	Missouri	0.03%	1,951
27	Oklahoma	0.03%	1,217
28	Rhode Island	0.03%	326
29	Nevada	0.03%	895
30	Tennessee	0.03%	2,022
31	Idaho	0.03%	509
32	Illinois	0.03%	3,660
33	Hawaii	0.03%	369
34	Montana	0.02%	255
35	Wisconsin	0.02%	1,407
36	Alaska	0.02%	178
37	Michigan	0.02%	2,136
38	Maine	0.02%	276
39	New Jersey	0.02%	1,794
40	Oregon	0.02%	801
41	Delaware	0.02%	184
42	Wyoming	0.02%	97
43	New Mexico	0.02%	323
44	Mississippi	0.02%	460
45	Louisiana	0.02%	703
46	Alabama	0.01%	640
47	Indiana	0.01%	591
48	West Virginia	0.01%	141
49	Arkansas	0.01%	178
50	Florida	0.01%	1,219
51	South Carolina	0%	191
52	Puerto Rico	0%	5

Top States and Territories by Population of Nepalese

#	State	Population
1	Texas	20,409
2	New York	15,490
3	California	14,235
4	Ohio	10,946
5	Pennsylvania	9,624
6	Virginia	8,294
7	Maryland	6,794
8	Massachusetts	6,706
9	North Carolina	6,187
10	Colorado	5,428
11	Georgia	5,086
12	Washington	3,677
13	Illinois	3,660
14	Minnesota	2,923
15	Kentucky	2,920
16	New Hampshire	2,775
17	Arizona	2,374
18	Michigan	2,136
19	Tennessee	2,022
20	Nebraska	2,001
21	Missouri	1,951
22	New Jersey	1,794
23	Iowa	1,720
24	Kansas	1,704
25	Vermont	1,548
26	Utah	1,547
27	Wisconsin	1,407
28	Connecticut	1,288
29	Florida	1,219
30	Oklahoma	1,217
31	North Dakota	1,137
32	Nevada	895
33	Oregon	801
34	South Dakota	794
35	Louisiana	703
36	Alabama	640
37	Indiana	591
38	Idaho	509
39	District of Columbia	476
40	Mississippi	460
41	Hawaii	369
42	Rhode Island	326
43	New Mexico	323
44	Maine	276
45	Montana	255
46	South Carolina	191
47	Delaware	184
48	Alaska	178
49	Arkansas	178
50	West Virginia	141
51	Wyoming	97
52	Puerto Rico	5

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.