Distribution of Subsaharan African: Cape Verdean People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Subsaharan African: Cape Verdean

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0.4%
0.8%
1.2%
1.6%
2.4%
3.2%
4%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Plymouth County, Massachusetts	4.71%
2	Bristol County, Massachusetts	3.15%
3	Providence County, Rhode Island	3.07%
4	Suffolk County, Massachusetts	1.96%
5	Barnstable County, Massachusetts	1.2%
6	Norfolk County, Massachusetts	0.8%
7	Dukes County, Massachusetts	0.68%
8	Harding County, New Mexico	0.65%
9	Newport County, Rhode Island	0.62%
10	Kent County, Rhode Island	0.39%
11	Hampshire County, Massachusetts	0.38%
12	Effingham County, Georgia	0.36%
13	Washington County, Rhode Island	0.32%
14	Fredericksburg city, Virginia	0.21%
15	Orange County, Vermont	0.2%
16	New Haven County, Connecticut	0.18%
17	Worcester County, Massachusetts	0.17%
18	Pratt County, Kansas	0.16%
19	New London County, Connecticut	0.15%
20	Stone County, Mississippi	0.15%

Top Counties by Population of Subsaharan African: Cape Verdean

#	County	Population
1	Plymouth County, Massachusetts	24,141
2	Providence County, Rhode Island	19,503
3	Bristol County, Massachusetts	17,617
4	Suffolk County, Massachusetts	15,542
5	Norfolk County, Massachusetts	5,559
6	Barnstable County, Massachusetts	2,558
7	Middlesex County, Massachusetts	2,188
8	New Haven County, Connecticut	1,530
9	Worcester County, Massachusetts	1,398
10	Fairfield County, Connecticut	1,236
11	Essex County, Massachusetts	906
12	Sacramento County, California	652
13	Kent County, Rhode Island	637
14	Hampshire County, Massachusetts	618
15	Los Angeles County, California	530
16	Newport County, Rhode Island	518
17	Maricopa County, Arizona	421
18	New London County, Connecticut	411
19	Hartford County, Connecticut	410
20	Washington County, Rhode Island	409

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Rhode Island	2%	21,111
2	Massachusetts	1.04%	71,084
3	Connecticut	0.11%	3,762
4	District of Columbia	0.04%	272
5	Vermont	0.03%	193
6	New Hampshire	0.03%	398
7	Florida	0.01%	2,811
8	Georgia	0.01%	1,397
9	Virginia	0.01%	1,059
10	Maryland	0.01%	706
11	Maine	0.01%	119
12	New Jersey	0.01%	768
13	California	0.01%	3,085
14	Hawaii	0.01%	105
15	Arizona	0.01%	480
16	New York	0.01%	1,293
17	Delaware	0.01%	58
18	North Carolina	0.01%	609
19	Nevada	0%	141
20	Kentucky	0%	166
21	Pennsylvania	0%	477
22	Mississippi	0%	106
23	Ohio	0%	340
24	Washington	0%	207
25	North Dakota	0%	21
26	Minnesota	0%	150
27	Louisiana	0%	121
28	Utah	0%	71
29	Alabama	0%	106
30	Oklahoma	0%	79
31	Texas	0%	533
32	Oregon	0%	72
33	Tennessee	0%	105
34	Missouri	0%	90
35	Illinois	0%	181
36	Montana	0%	13
37	Michigan	0%	117
38	Indiana	0%	82
39	New Mexico	0%	24
40	Wisconsin	0%	62
41	Iowa	0%	27
42	West Virginia	0%	17
43	Idaho	0%	14
44	Alaska	0%	5
45	South Carolina	0%	35
46	Puerto Rico	0%	19
47	Kansas	0%	15
48	Arkansas	0%	16
49	Colorado	0%	12
50	South Dakota	0%	0
51	Nebraska	0%	0
52	Wyoming	0%	0

Top States and Territories by Population of Subsaharan African: Cape Verdean

#	State	Population
1	Massachusetts	71,084
2	Rhode Island	21,111
3	Connecticut	3,762
4	California	3,085
5	Florida	2,811
6	Georgia	1,397
7	New York	1,293
8	Virginia	1,059
9	New Jersey	768
10	Maryland	706
11	North Carolina	609
12	Texas	533
13	Arizona	480
14	Pennsylvania	477
15	New Hampshire	398
16	Ohio	340
17	District of Columbia	272
18	Washington	207
19	Vermont	193
20	Illinois	181
21	Kentucky	166
22	Minnesota	150
23	Nevada	141
24	Louisiana	121
25	Maine	119
26	Michigan	117
27	Mississippi	106
28	Alabama	106
29	Tennessee	105
30	Hawaii	105
31	Missouri	90
32	Indiana	82
33	Oklahoma	79
34	Oregon	72
35	Utah	71
36	Wisconsin	62
37	Delaware	58
38	South Carolina	35
39	Iowa	27
40	New Mexico	24
41	North Dakota	21
42	Puerto Rico	19
43	West Virginia	17
44	Arkansas	16
45	Kansas	15
46	Idaho	14
47	Montana	13
48	Colorado	12
49	Alaska	5
50	South Dakota	0
51	Nebraska	0
52	Wyoming	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.