Distribution of Russian People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Russian

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1.5%
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6%
9%
12%
15%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Campbell County, South Dakota	18.12%
2	Logan County, North Dakota	16.45%
3	McIntosh County, North Dakota	16.32%
4	McPherson County, South Dakota	11.17%
5	Emmons County, North Dakota	9.28%
6	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska	8.94%
7	Mercer County, North Dakota	7.92%
8	Edmunds County, South Dakota	7.82%
9	Morton County, North Dakota	7.31%
10	Grant County, North Dakota	6.93%
11	Oliver County, North Dakota	6.75%
12	Rush County, Kansas	6.51%
13	Borden County, Texas	6.32%
14	Hettinger County, North Dakota	6.25%
15	Burleigh County, North Dakota	6.19%
16	Billings County, North Dakota	6.03%
17	Walworth County, South Dakota	5.21%
18	Stark County, North Dakota	4.64%
19	Cheyenne County, Kansas	4.52%
20	Adams County, North Dakota	4.38%

Top Counties by Population of Russian

#	County	Population
1	Los Angeles County, California	130,336
2	Kings County, New York	74,667
3	New York County, New York	63,761
4	Cook County, Illinois	62,241
5	Nassau County, New York	46,489
6	Palm Beach County, Florida	46,347
7	Queens County, New York	39,081
8	Broward County, Florida	34,573
9	King County, Washington	32,307
10	Middlesex County, Massachusetts	32,237
11	Maricopa County, Arizona	31,968
12	San Diego County, California	31,966
13	Orange County, California	29,229
14	Suffolk County, New York	28,869
15	Bergen County, New Jersey	28,454
16	Montgomery County, Maryland	26,850
17	Westchester County, New York	24,780
18	Sacramento County, California	23,056
19	Oakland County, Michigan	22,343
20	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	22,078

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	North Dakota	2.82%	21,194
2	New York	1.93%	377,859
3	New Jersey	1.85%	164,548
4	Connecticut	1.56%	55,914
5	Massachusetts	1.5%	102,108
6	District of Columbia	1.44%	9,868
7	Pennsylvania	1.32%	169,257
8	Alaska	1.26%	9,324
9	South Dakota	1.22%	10,582
10	Oregon	1.19%	48,523
11	Maryland	1.19%	71,226
12	Vermont	1.18%	7,384
13	Washington	1.17%	85,464
14	Colorado	1.05%	58,078
15	California	1.01%	393,488
16	Florida	0.98%	201,724
17	Rhode Island	0.93%	9,826
18	Montana	0.92%	9,624
19	New Hampshire	0.9%	12,118
20	Illinois	0.87%	111,967
21	Nevada	0.85%	24,906
22	Wyoming	0.83%	4,816
23	Delaware	0.75%	7,155
24	Minnesota	0.75%	41,305
25	Arizona	0.7%	48,874
26	Michigan	0.69%	68,522
27	Maine	0.68%	9,056
28	Wisconsin	0.67%	38,781
29	Kansas	0.62%	17,987
30	Ohio	0.6%	70,416
31	Nebraska	0.6%	11,506
32	Virginia	0.6%	50,757
33	Idaho	0.46%	7,762
34	Missouri	0.44%	26,908
35	North Carolina	0.44%	44,270
36	New Mexico	0.42%	8,844
37	Georgia	0.4%	41,683
38	Hawaii	0.4%	5,690
39	Utah	0.38%	11,545
40	South Carolina	0.35%	17,340
41	West Virginia	0.31%	5,706
42	Indiana	0.31%	20,363
43	Texas	0.3%	84,779
44	Tennessee	0.29%	19,010
45	Iowa	0.27%	8,590
46	Oklahoma	0.27%	10,616
47	Kentucky	0.23%	10,426
48	Alabama	0.17%	8,098
49	Louisiana	0.17%	7,708
50	Arkansas	0.16%	4,927
51	Mississippi	0.12%	3,573
52	Puerto Rico	0.01%	219

Top States and Territories by Population of Russian

#	State	Population
1	California	393,488
2	New York	377,859
3	Florida	201,724
4	Pennsylvania	169,257
5	New Jersey	164,548
6	Illinois	111,967
7	Massachusetts	102,108
8	Washington	85,464
9	Texas	84,779
10	Maryland	71,226
11	Ohio	70,416
12	Michigan	68,522
13	Colorado	58,078
14	Connecticut	55,914
15	Virginia	50,757
16	Arizona	48,874
17	Oregon	48,523
18	North Carolina	44,270
19	Georgia	41,683
20	Minnesota	41,305
21	Wisconsin	38,781
22	Missouri	26,908
23	Nevada	24,906
24	North Dakota	21,194
25	Indiana	20,363
26	Tennessee	19,010
27	Kansas	17,987
28	South Carolina	17,340
29	New Hampshire	12,118
30	Utah	11,545
31	Nebraska	11,506
32	Oklahoma	10,616
33	South Dakota	10,582
34	Kentucky	10,426
35	District of Columbia	9,868
36	Rhode Island	9,826
37	Montana	9,624
38	Alaska	9,324
39	Maine	9,056
40	New Mexico	8,844
41	Iowa	8,590
42	Alabama	8,098
43	Idaho	7,762
44	Louisiana	7,708
45	Vermont	7,384
46	Delaware	7,155
47	West Virginia	5,706
48	Hawaii	5,690
49	Arkansas	4,927
50	Wyoming	4,816
51	Mississippi	3,573
52	Puerto Rico	219

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.