Distribution of Subsaharan African: South African People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Subsaharan African: South African

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Jerauld County, South Dakota	1.08%
2	Lemhi County, Idaho	0.78%
3	Sheridan County, Kansas	0.76%
4	Kent County, Maryland	0.54%
5	Culebra Municipio, Puerto Rico	0.53%
6	Logan County, North Dakota	0.47%
7	Edmunds County, South Dakota	0.43%
8	Jefferson County, Iowa	0.42%
9	Cavalier County, North Dakota	0.39%
10	Monroe County, Iowa	0.36%
11	Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska	0.33%
12	Dunn County, North Dakota	0.32%
13	Parmer County, Texas	0.31%
14	Summit County, Utah	0.28%
15	Walton County, Georgia	0.28%
16	Garfield County, Colorado	0.25%
17	Kittson County, Minnesota	0.25%
18	Catoosa County, Georgia	0.25%
19	Clay County, North Carolina	0.24%
20	Phillips County, Kansas	0.24%

Top Counties by Population of Subsaharan African: South African

#	County	Population
1	Los Angeles County, California	2,893
2	San Diego County, California	1,757
3	Orange County, California	1,757
4	Palm Beach County, Florida	1,583
5	King County, Washington	1,196
6	Harris County, Texas	1,184
7	Maricopa County, Arizona	939
8	New York County, New York	927
9	Broward County, Florida	906
10	Cook County, Illinois	812
11	Middlesex County, Massachusetts	803
12	Dallas County, Texas	793
13	Hillsborough County, Florida	782
14	Clark County, Nevada	776
15	Travis County, Texas	775
16	Fulton County, Georgia	676
17	Collin County, Texas	579
18	Alameda County, California	572
19	Kings County, New York	540
20	Fairfax County, Virginia	522

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	District of Columbia	0.04%	297
2	Florida	0.03%	6,984
3	Georgia	0.03%	3,340
4	Nevada	0.03%	929
5	Vermont	0.03%	197
6	Colorado	0.03%	1,739
7	North Dakota	0.03%	220
8	Utah	0.03%	869
9	Washington	0.03%	2,079
10	California	0.03%	10,794
11	Massachusetts	0.03%	1,838
12	Maryland	0.03%	1,602
13	South Carolina	0.03%	1,252
14	Connecticut	0.03%	894
15	Virginia	0.03%	2,100
16	New Jersey	0.02%	2,199
17	Delaware	0.02%	229
18	North Carolina	0.02%	2,284
19	Texas	0.02%	5,575
20	Arizona	0.02%	1,352
21	New York	0.02%	3,796
22	Oregon	0.02%	728
23	New Hampshire	0.02%	228
24	Tennessee	0.02%	1,040
25	Michigan	0.02%	1,558
26	Minnesota	0.02%	834
27	Kentucky	0.01%	662
28	Hawaii	0.01%	209
29	Alaska	0.01%	108
30	Illinois	0.01%	1,828
31	Pennsylvania	0.01%	1,717
32	Alabama	0.01%	653
33	South Dakota	0.01%	108
34	Arkansas	0.01%	372
35	Missouri	0.01%	730
36	Kansas	0.01%	307
37	Oklahoma	0.01%	394
38	Ohio	0.01%	1,148
39	Nebraska	0.01%	187
40	Iowa	0.01%	301
41	Louisiana	0.01%	350
42	Wisconsin	0.01%	398
43	Idaho	0.01%	111
44	New Mexico	0.01%	137
45	Maine	0.01%	70
46	Montana	0%	42
47	Rhode Island	0%	36
48	Indiana	0%	228
49	Wyoming	0%	18
50	Mississippi	0%	57
51	West Virginia	0%	34
52	Puerto Rico	0%	62

Top States and Territories by Population of Subsaharan African: South African

#	State	Population
1	California	10,794
2	Florida	6,984
3	Texas	5,575
4	New York	3,796
5	Georgia	3,340
6	North Carolina	2,284
7	New Jersey	2,199
8	Virginia	2,100
9	Washington	2,079
10	Massachusetts	1,838
11	Illinois	1,828
12	Colorado	1,739
13	Pennsylvania	1,717
14	Maryland	1,602
15	Michigan	1,558
16	Arizona	1,352
17	South Carolina	1,252
18	Ohio	1,148
19	Tennessee	1,040
20	Nevada	929
21	Connecticut	894
22	Utah	869
23	Minnesota	834
24	Missouri	730
25	Oregon	728
26	Kentucky	662
27	Alabama	653
28	Wisconsin	398
29	Oklahoma	394
30	Arkansas	372
31	Louisiana	350
32	Kansas	307
33	Iowa	301
34	District of Columbia	297
35	Delaware	229
36	New Hampshire	228
37	Indiana	228
38	North Dakota	220
39	Hawaii	209
40	Vermont	197
41	Nebraska	187
42	New Mexico	137
43	Idaho	111
44	Alaska	108
45	South Dakota	108
46	Maine	70
47	Puerto Rico	62
48	Mississippi	57
49	Montana	42
50	Rhode Island	36
51	West Virginia	34
52	Wyoming	18

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.