Distribution of Sri Lankan People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Sri Lankan

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0.07%
0.105%
0.14%
0.21%
0.28%
0.35%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Dewey County, Oklahoma	0.41%
2	Richmond County, New York	0.36%
3	Haines Borough, Alaska	0.32%
4	Montgomery County, Maryland	0.22%
5	Jackson County, Illinois	0.2%
6	Coryell County, Texas	0.2%
7	Pend Oreille County, Washington	0.2%
8	Kerr County, Texas	0.19%
9	Nodaway County, Missouri	0.19%
10	Howard County, Maryland	0.15%
11	Nacogdoches County, Texas	0.15%
12	Stewart County, Georgia	0.15%
13	Beltrami County, Minnesota	0.15%
14	Fairfax city, Virginia	0.15%
15	Marshall County, Iowa	0.14%
16	Allegan County, Michigan	0.14%
17	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	0.14%
18	Howell County, Missouri	0.14%
19	Hampshire County, Massachusetts	0.13%
20	Arlington County, Virginia	0.12%

Top Counties by Population of Sri Lankan

#	County	Population
1	Los Angeles County, California	5,879
2	Montgomery County, Maryland	2,310
3	Orange County, California	1,955
4	Queens County, New York	1,831
5	Richmond County, New York	1,696
6	Harris County, Texas	1,473
7	Santa Clara County, California	972
8	New York County, New York	847
9	Cook County, Illinois	818
10	Middlesex County, New Jersey	788
11	Tarrant County, Texas	741
12	Fairfax County, Virginia	724
13	Alameda County, California	673
14	Clark County, Nevada	668
15	DeKalb County, Georgia	622
16	Middlesex County, Massachusetts	560
17	Westchester County, New York	551
18	Hillsborough County, Florida	542
19	King County, Washington	514
20	Riverside County, California	504

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Maryland	0.06%	3,621
2	District of Columbia	0.05%	321
3	New York	0.04%	7,201
4	California	0.03%	12,691
5	Connecticut	0.03%	1,134
6	New Jersey	0.03%	2,538
7	Nevada	0.03%	783
8	Massachusetts	0.03%	1,781
9	Virginia	0.02%	1,861
10	Hawaii	0.02%	280
11	Texas	0.02%	5,361
12	Delaware	0.02%	173
13	Minnesota	0.02%	916
14	Michigan	0.02%	1,559
15	Washington	0.02%	1,136
16	North Dakota	0.02%	116
17	Georgia	0.01%	1,491
18	Illinois	0.01%	1,778
19	Kansas	0.01%	375
20	Oregon	0.01%	518
21	Ohio	0.01%	1,395
22	Arizona	0.01%	807
23	Florida	0.01%	2,367
24	Iowa	0.01%	348
25	Pennsylvania	0.01%	1,251
26	Nebraska	0.01%	175
27	New Mexico	0.01%	178
28	Missouri	0.01%	425
29	Louisiana	0.01%	318
30	North Carolina	0.01%	650
31	Colorado	0.01%	343
32	Tennessee	0.01%	407
33	Utah	0.01%	181
34	Wisconsin	0.01%	343
35	Alabama	0.01%	283
36	Rhode Island	0.01%	61
37	West Virginia	0.01%	102
38	Oklahoma	0.01%	215
39	Kentucky	0.01%	228
40	Indiana	0.01%	331
41	New Hampshire	0%	62
42	Alaska	0%	32
43	South Dakota	0%	30
44	Vermont	0%	18
45	Mississippi	0%	84
46	South Carolina	0%	131
47	Arkansas	0%	72
48	Montana	0%	23
49	Maine	0%	19
50	Wyoming	0%	5
51	Puerto Rico	0%	0
52	Idaho	0%	0

Top States and Territories by Population of Sri Lankan

#	State	Population
1	California	12,691
2	New York	7,201
3	Texas	5,361
4	Maryland	3,621
5	New Jersey	2,538
6	Florida	2,367
7	Virginia	1,861
8	Massachusetts	1,781
9	Illinois	1,778
10	Michigan	1,559
11	Georgia	1,491
12	Ohio	1,395
13	Pennsylvania	1,251
14	Washington	1,136
15	Connecticut	1,134
16	Minnesota	916
17	Arizona	807
18	Nevada	783
19	North Carolina	650
20	Oregon	518
21	Missouri	425
22	Tennessee	407
23	Kansas	375
24	Iowa	348
25	Wisconsin	343
26	Colorado	343
27	Indiana	331
28	District of Columbia	321
29	Louisiana	318
30	Alabama	283
31	Hawaii	280
32	Kentucky	228
33	Oklahoma	215
34	Utah	181
35	New Mexico	178
36	Nebraska	175
37	Delaware	173
38	South Carolina	131
39	North Dakota	116
40	West Virginia	102
41	Mississippi	84
42	Arkansas	72
43	New Hampshire	62
44	Rhode Island	61
45	Alaska	32
46	South Dakota	30
47	Montana	23
48	Maine	19
49	Vermont	18
50	Wyoming	5
51	Puerto Rico	0
52	Idaho	0

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.