Distribution of Scotch-Irish People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Scotch-Irish

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2.4%
3.6%
4.8%
6%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Daggett County, Utah	11.76%
2	Haywood County, North Carolina	7.73%
3	Mitchell County, North Carolina	7.46%
4	Avery County, North Carolina	6.71%
5	Jackson County, North Carolina	5.94%
6	Highland County, Virginia	5.74%
7	Jeff Davis County, Texas	5.42%
8	Scott County, Virginia	5.4%
9	Madison County, North Carolina	5.36%
10	Esmeralda County, Nevada	5.3%
11	Cherokee County, North Carolina	5.27%
12	Macon County, North Carolina	5.16%
13	Pocahontas County, West Virginia	5.15%
14	McDowell County, North Carolina	5.12%
15	Lane County, Kansas	5.12%
16	Piute County, Utah	5.09%
17	Polk County, North Carolina	5.02%
18	Rutherford County, North Carolina	4.98%
19	Boyd County, Nebraska	4.95%
20	Banner County, Nebraska	4.89%

Top Counties by Population of Scotch-Irish

#	County	Population
1	Los Angeles County, California	32,103
2	Harris County, Texas	31,989
3	Maricopa County, Arizona	28,415
4	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina	26,610
5	King County, Washington	24,033
6	San Diego County, California	23,021
7	Tarrant County, Texas	21,842
8	Wake County, North Carolina	20,598
9	Dallas County, Texas	20,404
10	Knox County, Tennessee	17,905
11	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	17,607
12	Orange County, California	16,841
13	Travis County, Texas	15,981
14	Greenville County, South Carolina	15,514
15	Cook County, Illinois	15,065
16	Riverside County, California	14,341
17	Fairfax County, Virginia	13,974
18	Bexar County, Texas	13,050
19	Shelby County, Tennessee	12,241
20	Davidson County, Tennessee	12,141

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	North Carolina	2.47%	251,319
2	South Carolina	2.34%	115,721
3	Tennessee	2.14%	142,538
4	West Virginia	1.86%	33,940
5	Virginia	1.58%	132,575
6	Maine	1.53%	20,373
7	Mississippi	1.52%	45,369
8	Montana	1.51%	15,701
9	Alabama	1.49%	72,616
10	Wyoming	1.39%	8,085
11	Kentucky	1.38%	61,221
12	Alaska	1.33%	9,833
13	Oregon	1.3%	52,930
14	Washington	1.22%	88,683
15	Arkansas	1.21%	36,178
16	Georgia	1.19%	122,076
17	New Hampshire	1.18%	15,874
18	Colorado	1.18%	65,299
19	Kansas	1.14%	33,081
20	Vermont	1.14%	7,100
21	Pennsylvania	1.13%	144,301
22	Missouri	1.1%	66,824
23	Idaho	1.03%	17,361
24	Oklahoma	1.02%	39,885
25	Texas	0.95%	264,218
26	Ohio	0.94%	109,692
27	Indiana	0.85%	56,166
28	Nebraska	0.8%	15,163
29	Iowa	0.79%	24,782
30	Florida	0.78%	161,682
31	New Mexico	0.78%	16,408
32	Arizona	0.76%	53,037
33	Utah	0.75%	22,791
34	Louisiana	0.74%	34,396
35	Maryland	0.72%	43,053
36	Michigan	0.71%	70,492
37	Delaware	0.69%	6,546
38	Nevada	0.67%	19,714
39	District of Columbia	0.63%	4,278
40	Massachusetts	0.62%	42,171
41	North Dakota	0.61%	4,577
42	Rhode Island	0.56%	5,873
43	Illinois	0.55%	71,045
44	California	0.55%	214,204
45	South Dakota	0.54%	4,692
46	Minnesota	0.51%	28,164
47	Connecticut	0.5%	17,950
48	Hawaii	0.45%	6,461
49	Wisconsin	0.42%	24,256
50	New Jersey	0.37%	32,913
51	New York	0.34%	67,470
52	Puerto Rico	0%	94

Top States and Territories by Population of Scotch-Irish

#	State	Population
1	Texas	264,218
2	North Carolina	251,319
3	California	214,204
4	Florida	161,682
5	Pennsylvania	144,301
6	Tennessee	142,538
7	Virginia	132,575
8	Georgia	122,076
9	South Carolina	115,721
10	Ohio	109,692
11	Washington	88,683
12	Alabama	72,616
13	Illinois	71,045
14	Michigan	70,492
15	New York	67,470
16	Missouri	66,824
17	Colorado	65,299
18	Kentucky	61,221
19	Indiana	56,166
20	Arizona	53,037
21	Oregon	52,930
22	Mississippi	45,369
23	Maryland	43,053
24	Massachusetts	42,171
25	Oklahoma	39,885
26	Arkansas	36,178
27	Louisiana	34,396
28	West Virginia	33,940
29	Kansas	33,081
30	New Jersey	32,913
31	Minnesota	28,164
32	Iowa	24,782
33	Wisconsin	24,256
34	Utah	22,791
35	Maine	20,373
36	Nevada	19,714
37	Connecticut	17,950
38	Idaho	17,361
39	New Mexico	16,408
40	New Hampshire	15,874
41	Montana	15,701
42	Nebraska	15,163
43	Alaska	9,833
44	Wyoming	8,085
45	Vermont	7,100
46	Delaware	6,546
47	Hawaii	6,461
48	Rhode Island	5,873
49	South Dakota	4,692
50	North Dakota	4,577
51	District of Columbia	4,278
52	Puerto Rico	94

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.