Distribution of Welsh People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Welsh

KEY
1.35%
2.7%
4.05%
5.4%
8.1%
10.8%
13.5%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Oneida County, Idaho	16.48%
2	Wyoming County, Pennsylvania	5.25%
3	Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania	4.94%
4	Jackson County, Ohio	4.81%
5	Beaver County, Utah	4.66%
6	Luzerne County, Pennsylvania	4.18%
7	Harper County, Oklahoma	4.08%
8	Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania	3.99%
9	Montour County, Pennsylvania	3.67%
10	Garfield County, Utah	3.63%
11	Butte County, Idaho	3.57%
12	Piute County, Utah	3.47%
13	Haakon County, South Dakota	3.46%
14	Sanpete County, Utah	3.27%
15	Harney County, Oregon	3.24%
16	Mineral County, Colorado	3.04%
17	Morrow County, Ohio	2.97%
18	Millard County, Utah	2.96%
19	Carter County, Montana	2.96%
20	Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania	2.94%

Top Counties by Population of Welsh

#	County	Population
1	Maricopa County, Arizona	25,469
2	Los Angeles County, California	24,574
3	King County, Washington	20,588
4	Salt Lake County, Utah	18,831
5	San Diego County, California	17,144
6	Franklin County, Ohio	16,787
7	Utah County, Utah	14,031
8	Orange County, California	14,013
9	Harris County, Texas	13,606
10	Luzerne County, Pennsylvania	13,293
11	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	13,232
12	Cook County, Illinois	12,414
13	Clark County, Nevada	10,725
14	Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania	10,437
15	Tarrant County, Texas	9,561
16	Riverside County, California	8,766
17	Wake County, North Carolina	8,662
18	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	8,301
19	Cuyahoga County, Ohio	8,292
20	Multnomah County, Oregon	8,234

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Utah	1.95%	59,487
2	Idaho	1.32%	22,307
3	Pennsylvania	1.24%	158,035
4	Vermont	1.11%	6,948
5	Wyoming	1.1%	6,384
6	Ohio	1.03%	120,160
7	Oregon	1.01%	41,293
8	Montana	1%	10,428
9	Washington	0.96%	70,293
10	Maine	0.86%	11,459
11	Colorado	0.86%	47,453
12	Alaska	0.81%	6,003
13	West Virginia	0.79%	14,414
14	New Hampshire	0.76%	10,215
15	Kansas	0.74%	21,664
16	Delaware	0.73%	6,912
17	Iowa	0.7%	21,816
18	Virginia	0.66%	55,620
19	Arizona	0.63%	43,497
20	Missouri	0.61%	37,210
21	Maryland	0.61%	36,519
22	Kentucky	0.58%	25,929
23	Indiana	0.57%	38,044
24	Nevada	0.57%	16,583
25	Nebraska	0.57%	10,766
26	North Carolina	0.55%	56,344
27	Tennessee	0.53%	35,505
28	South Carolina	0.52%	25,755
29	Wisconsin	0.5%	29,048
30	Oklahoma	0.48%	18,941
31	Michigan	0.47%	47,283
32	New Mexico	0.47%	9,818
33	Florida	0.47%	96,303
34	South Dakota	0.46%	3,989
35	District of Columbia	0.44%	3,042
36	Arkansas	0.44%	13,222
37	Minnesota	0.42%	23,306
38	Georgia	0.42%	42,772
39	Alabama	0.4%	19,692
40	California	0.4%	156,848
41	New York	0.39%	76,887
42	Connecticut	0.39%	13,875
43	Illinois	0.38%	48,853
44	Texas	0.37%	102,472
45	Massachusetts	0.36%	24,844
46	New Jersey	0.35%	31,067
47	Mississippi	0.33%	9,857
48	North Dakota	0.29%	2,158
49	Hawaii	0.26%	3,675
50	Louisiana	0.25%	11,679
51	Rhode Island	0.25%	2,640
52	Puerto Rico	0%	78

Top States and Territories by Population of Welsh

#	State	Population
1	Pennsylvania	158,035
2	California	156,848
3	Ohio	120,160
4	Texas	102,472
5	Florida	96,303
6	New York	76,887
7	Washington	70,293
8	Utah	59,487
9	North Carolina	56,344
10	Virginia	55,620
11	Illinois	48,853
12	Colorado	47,453
13	Michigan	47,283
14	Arizona	43,497
15	Georgia	42,772
16	Oregon	41,293
17	Indiana	38,044
18	Missouri	37,210
19	Maryland	36,519
20	Tennessee	35,505
21	New Jersey	31,067
22	Wisconsin	29,048
23	Kentucky	25,929
24	South Carolina	25,755
25	Massachusetts	24,844
26	Minnesota	23,306
27	Idaho	22,307
28	Iowa	21,816
29	Kansas	21,664
30	Alabama	19,692
31	Oklahoma	18,941
32	Nevada	16,583
33	West Virginia	14,414
34	Connecticut	13,875
35	Arkansas	13,222
36	Louisiana	11,679
37	Maine	11,459
38	Nebraska	10,766
39	Montana	10,428
40	New Hampshire	10,215
41	Mississippi	9,857
42	New Mexico	9,818
43	Vermont	6,948
44	Delaware	6,912
45	Wyoming	6,384
46	Alaska	6,003
47	South Dakota	3,989
48	Hawaii	3,675
49	District of Columbia	3,042
50	Rhode Island	2,640
51	North Dakota	2,158
52	Puerto Rico	78

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.