Distribution of Hispanic or Latino: Central American: Salvadoran People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Hispanic or Latino: Central American: Salvadoran

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1.25%
2.5%
3.75%
5%
7.5%
10%
12.5%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Manassas city, Virginia	14.7%
2	Manassas Park city, Virginia	13.6%
3	Prince George's County, Maryland	8%
4	Prince William County, Virginia	7.96%
5	Montgomery County, Maryland	6.86%
6	Fairfax County, Virginia	4.86%
7	Winchester city, Virginia	4.79%
8	Fairfax city, Virginia	4.74%
9	Alexandria city, Virginia	4.5%
10	Los Angeles County, California	4.24%
11	Suffolk County, New York	4.16%
12	Harrisonburg city, Virginia	4.14%
13	Nobles County, Minnesota	4.1%
14	Nassau County, New York	3.95%
15	Saline County, Missouri	3.89%
16	Loudoun County, Virginia	3.73%
17	Harris County, Texas	3.58%
18	Suffolk County, Massachusetts	3.54%
19	Arlington County, Virginia	3.5%
20	White County, Indiana	3.49%

Top Counties by Population of Hispanic or Latino: Central American: Salvadoran

#	County	Population
1	Los Angeles County, California	427,674
2	Harris County, Texas	164,922
3	Prince George's County, Maryland	72,532
4	Montgomery County, Maryland	71,364
5	Dallas County, Texas	62,480
6	Suffolk County, New York	61,845
7	Fairfax County, Virginia	55,535
8	Nassau County, New York	53,534
9	San Bernardino County, California	36,959
10	Prince William County, Virginia	36,346
11	Clark County, Nevada	35,985
12	Contra Costa County, California	29,010
13	Orange County, California	28,651
14	Suffolk County, Massachusetts	28,061
15	Queens County, New York	25,650
16	Alameda County, California	23,149
17	Riverside County, California	22,497
18	San Mateo County, California	21,145
19	District of Columbia, District of Columbia	20,164
20	Miami-Dade County, Florida	19,967

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Maryland	3.03%	182,053
2	District of Columbia	2.95%	20,164
3	Virginia	2%	168,136
4	California	1.82%	713,703
5	Nevada	1.48%	43,326
6	Texas	1.15%	320,316
7	New York	0.92%	181,301
8	Massachusetts	0.86%	58,665
9	New Jersey	0.83%	73,352
10	Arkansas	0.74%	22,270
11	North Carolina	0.5%	51,246
12	Georgia	0.43%	44,752
13	Utah	0.43%	13,064
14	Rhode Island	0.4%	4,218
15	Nebraska	0.37%	7,111
16	Florida	0.36%	73,174
17	Colorado	0.28%	15,291
18	Connecticut	0.27%	9,706
19	Washington	0.27%	19,704
20	Oregon	0.26%	10,668
21	Kansas	0.25%	7,133
22	Minnesota	0.22%	12,224
23	Tennessee	0.22%	14,383
24	Delaware	0.21%	2,039
25	Arizona	0.21%	14,421
26	Iowa	0.2%	6,253
27	Louisiana	0.19%	8,691
28	Indiana	0.18%	12,171
29	New Mexico	0.16%	3,336
30	South Dakota	0.16%	1,373
31	Oklahoma	0.15%	6,039
32	Alaska	0.13%	967
33	Illinois	0.13%	16,508
34	Idaho	0.12%	2,006
35	South Carolina	0.12%	5,763
36	Wyoming	0.11%	631
37	Pennsylvania	0.11%	13,526
38	Missouri	0.1%	6,353
39	Kentucky	0.09%	4,064
40	Ohio	0.09%	10,482
41	Maine	0.08%	1,001
42	Alabama	0.07%	3,645
43	New Hampshire	0.07%	997
44	West Virginia	0.06%	1,044
45	Hawaii	0.05%	765
46	Michigan	0.05%	4,653
47	Vermont	0.05%	288
48	Wisconsin	0.04%	2,458
49	Mississippi	0.04%	1,134
50	North Dakota	0.03%	189
51	Montana	0.02%	182
52	Puerto Rico	0.01%	485

Top States and Territories by Population of Hispanic or Latino: Central American: Salvadoran

#	State	Population
1	California	713,703
2	Texas	320,316
3	Maryland	182,053
4	New York	181,301
5	Virginia	168,136
6	New Jersey	73,352
7	Florida	73,174
8	Massachusetts	58,665
9	North Carolina	51,246
10	Georgia	44,752
11	Nevada	43,326
12	Arkansas	22,270
13	District of Columbia	20,164
14	Washington	19,704
15	Illinois	16,508
16	Colorado	15,291
17	Arizona	14,421
18	Tennessee	14,383
19	Pennsylvania	13,526
20	Utah	13,064
21	Minnesota	12,224
22	Indiana	12,171
23	Oregon	10,668
24	Ohio	10,482
25	Connecticut	9,706
26	Louisiana	8,691
27	Kansas	7,133
28	Nebraska	7,111
29	Missouri	6,353
30	Iowa	6,253
31	Oklahoma	6,039
32	South Carolina	5,763
33	Michigan	4,653
34	Rhode Island	4,218
35	Kentucky	4,064
36	Alabama	3,645
37	New Mexico	3,336
38	Wisconsin	2,458
39	Delaware	2,039
40	Idaho	2,006
41	South Dakota	1,373
42	Mississippi	1,134
43	West Virginia	1,044
44	Maine	1,001
45	New Hampshire	997
46	Alaska	967
47	Hawaii	765
48	Wyoming	631
49	Puerto Rico	485
50	Vermont	288
51	North Dakota	189
52	Montana	182

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.