Distribution of Scottish People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Scottish

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0.9%
1.8%
2.7%
3.6%
5.4%
7.2%
9%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Rich County, Utah	14.6%
2	Lexington city, Virginia	8.65%
3	Lincoln County, Nevada	8.6%
4	Gilliam County, Oregon	8.23%
5	Lincoln County, Maine	6.62%
6	Knox County, Maine	6.55%
7	Emery County, Utah	6.52%
8	Carroll County, New Hampshire	6.49%
9	Wheatland County, Montana	6.42%
10	Park County, Colorado	6.38%
11	Avery County, North Carolina	6.38%
12	Tooele County, Utah	6.24%
13	Haines Borough, Alaska	6.04%
14	Wheeler County, Oregon	5.89%
15	Shackelford County, Texas	5.89%
16	San Juan County, Washington	5.86%
17	Washington County, Vermont	5.83%
18	Caledonia County, Vermont	5.82%
19	Hancock County, Maine	5.74%
20	Lincoln County, Wyoming	5.74%

Top Counties by Population of Scottish

#	County	Population
1	Los Angeles County, California	76,427
2	Maricopa County, Arizona	69,825
3	King County, Washington	57,136
4	San Diego County, California	52,803
5	Harris County, Texas	49,770
6	Salt Lake County, Utah	42,361
7	Orange County, California	42,147
8	Cook County, Illinois	36,155
9	Tarrant County, Texas	35,177
10	Middlesex County, Massachusetts	34,188
11	Oakland County, Michigan	33,578
12	Utah County, Utah	29,894
13	Dallas County, Texas	29,580
14	Riverside County, California	29,413
15	Wake County, North Carolina	27,313
16	Clark County, Nevada	26,739
17	Wayne County, Michigan	26,288
18	Franklin County, Ohio	25,314
19	Snohomish County, Washington	24,219
20	Multnomah County, Oregon	23,902

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Maine	4.93%	65,671
2	Vermont	4.36%	27,276
3	Utah	4.36%	132,869
4	New Hampshire	4.13%	55,536
5	Idaho	3.17%	53,536
6	Wyoming	3.06%	17,800
7	Oregon	3.01%	122,876
8	Montana	3%	31,303
9	Washington	2.82%	205,485
10	Colorado	2.55%	141,081
11	North Carolina	2.36%	239,304
12	Alaska	2.35%	17,344
13	South Carolina	2.31%	114,375
14	Massachusetts	2.18%	148,859
15	Michigan	2.17%	216,031
16	Tennessee	2.11%	140,277
17	Virginia	2.08%	175,219
18	West Virginia	2.07%	37,788
19	Kansas	1.97%	57,313
20	Kentucky	1.95%	86,397
21	Ohio	1.81%	210,803
22	Alabama	1.79%	86,946
23	Georgia	1.77%	181,747
24	Missouri	1.74%	105,669
25	Arizona	1.73%	119,939
26	Indiana	1.72%	113,901
27	Rhode Island	1.71%	18,063
28	Arkansas	1.69%	50,486
29	Oklahoma	1.67%	65,455
30	Connecticut	1.66%	59,452
31	Nevada	1.59%	46,501
32	Maryland	1.55%	93,148
33	Delaware	1.53%	14,520
34	Florida	1.53%	314,688
35	Mississippi	1.52%	45,463
36	Iowa	1.51%	47,258
37	Pennsylvania	1.49%	190,678
38	New Mexico	1.48%	31,049
39	Texas	1.39%	387,187
40	District of Columbia	1.33%	9,116
41	Nebraska	1.29%	24,501
42	California	1.26%	492,521
43	North Dakota	1.2%	9,045
44	Minnesota	1.19%	65,731
45	South Dakota	1.16%	10,061
46	Illinois	1.14%	146,564
47	Wisconsin	1.08%	62,155
48	Hawaii	1.07%	15,214
49	New York	1.03%	201,190
50	New Jersey	1.01%	89,295
51	Louisiana	0.99%	46,248
52	Puerto Rico	0.01%	173

Top States and Territories by Population of Scottish

#	State	Population
1	California	492,521
2	Texas	387,187
3	Florida	314,688
4	North Carolina	239,304
5	Michigan	216,031
6	Ohio	210,803
7	Washington	205,485
8	New York	201,190
9	Pennsylvania	190,678
10	Georgia	181,747
11	Virginia	175,219
12	Massachusetts	148,859
13	Illinois	146,564
14	Colorado	141,081
15	Tennessee	140,277
16	Utah	132,869
17	Oregon	122,876
18	Arizona	119,939
19	South Carolina	114,375
20	Indiana	113,901
21	Missouri	105,669
22	Maryland	93,148
23	New Jersey	89,295
24	Alabama	86,946
25	Kentucky	86,397
26	Minnesota	65,731
27	Maine	65,671
28	Oklahoma	65,455
29	Wisconsin	62,155
30	Connecticut	59,452
31	Kansas	57,313
32	New Hampshire	55,536
33	Idaho	53,536
34	Arkansas	50,486
35	Iowa	47,258
36	Nevada	46,501
37	Louisiana	46,248
38	Mississippi	45,463
39	West Virginia	37,788
40	Montana	31,303
41	New Mexico	31,049
42	Vermont	27,276
43	Nebraska	24,501
44	Rhode Island	18,063
45	Wyoming	17,800
46	Alaska	17,344
47	Hawaii	15,214
48	Delaware	14,520
49	South Dakota	10,061
50	District of Columbia	9,116
51	North Dakota	9,045
52	Puerto Rico	173

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.