Distribution of American People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: American

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4.65%
9.3%
13.95%
18.6%
27.9%
37.2%
46.5%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Owsley County, Kentucky	62.13%
2	Jackson County, Kentucky	59.99%
3	Northampton County, Virginia	58.77%
4	Lee County, Kentucky	53.59%
5	Chattooga County, Georgia	53.13%
6	Accomack County, Virginia	51.13%
7	Holmes County, Florida	50.99%
8	Clay County, Alabama	46.83%
9	Lincoln County, Kentucky	45.68%
10	Perry County, Tennessee	44.87%
11	Dickenson County, Virginia	44.81%
12	Marion County, Texas	44.78%
13	Russell County, Virginia	44.37%
14	Elliott County, Kentucky	44.19%
15	Spalding County, Georgia	43.6%
16	Transylvania County, North Carolina	43.6%
17	Cass County, Texas	43.51%
18	Choctaw County, Alabama	42.31%
19	Coosa County, Alabama	41.96%
20	Washington County, Florida	41.83%

Top Counties by Population of American

#	County	Population
1	Los Angeles County, California	294,845
2	Harris County, Texas	193,214
3	Maricopa County, Arizona	169,521
4	Broward County, Florida	166,964
5	Orange County, California	157,425
6	Kings County, New York	152,752
7	Tarrant County, Texas	120,224
8	Cook County, Illinois	117,867
9	Miami-Dade County, Florida	116,531
10	Wake County, North Carolina	106,032
11	Hillsborough County, Florida	103,485
12	Orange County, Florida	102,547
13	Wayne County, Michigan	102,093
14	Dallas County, Texas	100,530
15	Lee County, Florida	100,277
16	San Diego County, California	90,990
17	Polk County, Florida	89,691
18	Palm Beach County, Florida	84,784
19	Collin County, Texas	81,793
20	Queens County, New York	81,422

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Alabama	16.36%	796,096
2	Kentucky	16.11%	715,314
3	Tennessee	14.16%	941,705
4	West Virginia	11.59%	212,041
5	Georgia	11.31%	1,164,649
6	North Carolina	11.27%	1,144,898
7	Mississippi	11.12%	332,231
8	South Carolina	11.09%	549,628
9	Arkansas	10.63%	317,786
10	Virginia	9.61%	808,638
11	Indiana	8.77%	581,832
12	Missouri	8.62%	525,152
13	Louisiana	8.41%	392,018
14	Florida	8.35%	1,719,135
15	Oklahoma	8.23%	322,430
16	Vermont	8.16%	50,974
17	Ohio	7.21%	839,104
18	Maine	7.18%	95,675
19	Idaho	7.15%	120,604
20	Kansas	6.59%	191,694
21	Delaware	6.37%	60,454
22	Montana	6.2%	64,562
23	Michigan	5.67%	564,831
24	Texas	5.61%	1,565,571
25	Utah	5.35%	162,837
26	New York	5.3%	1,039,031
27	Wyoming	5.14%	29,921
28	Iowa	5.02%	157,235
29	Oregon	4.99%	203,871
30	Maryland	4.71%	282,597
31	Pennsylvania	4.63%	591,990
32	New Hampshire	4.58%	61,482
33	Colorado	4.3%	238,069
34	New Mexico	4.3%	89,978
35	Illinois	4.15%	532,551
36	Nevada	4.12%	120,452
37	Washington	4.11%	299,567
38	Connecticut	4.01%	143,472
39	Arizona	3.95%	274,613
40	Massachusetts	3.88%	264,870
41	Alaska	3.82%	28,241
42	New Jersey	3.8%	337,457
43	South Dakota	3.7%	31,966
44	Nebraska	3.68%	70,169
45	Rhode Island	3.67%	38,808
46	Wisconsin	3.23%	186,713
47	Minnesota	3.18%	175,886
48	California	3.03%	1,186,047
49	North Dakota	2.64%	19,850
50	District of Columbia	2.29%	15,695
51	Puerto Rico	1.66%	56,081
52	Hawaii	1.28%	18,223

Top States and Territories by Population of American

#	State	Population
1	Florida	1,719,135
2	Texas	1,565,571
3	California	1,186,047
4	Georgia	1,164,649
5	North Carolina	1,144,898
6	New York	1,039,031
7	Tennessee	941,705
8	Ohio	839,104
9	Virginia	808,638
10	Alabama	796,096
11	Kentucky	715,314
12	Pennsylvania	591,990
13	Indiana	581,832
14	Michigan	564,831
15	South Carolina	549,628
16	Illinois	532,551
17	Missouri	525,152
18	Louisiana	392,018
19	New Jersey	337,457
20	Mississippi	332,231
21	Oklahoma	322,430
22	Arkansas	317,786
23	Washington	299,567
24	Maryland	282,597
25	Arizona	274,613
26	Massachusetts	264,870
27	Colorado	238,069
28	West Virginia	212,041
29	Oregon	203,871
30	Kansas	191,694
31	Wisconsin	186,713
32	Minnesota	175,886
33	Utah	162,837
34	Iowa	157,235
35	Connecticut	143,472
36	Idaho	120,604
37	Nevada	120,452
38	Maine	95,675
39	New Mexico	89,978
40	Nebraska	70,169
41	Montana	64,562
42	New Hampshire	61,482
43	Delaware	60,454
44	Puerto Rico	56,081
45	Vermont	50,974
46	Rhode Island	38,808
47	South Dakota	31,966
48	Wyoming	29,921
49	Alaska	28,241
50	North Dakota	19,850
51	Hawaii	18,223
52	District of Columbia	15,695

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.