Distribution of Hispanic or Latino: South American People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Hispanic or Latino: South American

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1.05%
2.1%
3.15%
4.2%
6.3%
8.4%
10.5%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Miami-Dade County, Florida	12.49%
2	Hudson County, New Jersey	11.45%
3	Broward County, Florida	10.28%
4	Queens County, New York	10.13%
5	Union County, New Jersey	9.47%
6	Passaic County, New Jersey	8.06%
7	Osceola County, Florida	7.21%
8	Essex County, New Jersey	6.41%
9	Westchester County, New York	6.1%
10	Bergen County, New Jersey	5.96%
11	Fairfax city, Virginia	5.27%
12	Orange County, Florida	5.25%
13	Manassas Park city, Virginia	5.23%
14	Arlington County, Virginia	5.13%
15	Morris County, New Jersey	4.97%
16	Fairfield County, Connecticut	4.93%
17	Palm Beach County, Florida	4.7%
18	Fairfax County, Virginia	4.52%
19	Falls Church city, Virginia	4.42%
20	Somerset County, New Jersey	4.39%

Top Counties by Population of Hispanic or Latino: South American

#	County	Population
1	Miami-Dade County, Florida	339,130
2	Queens County, New York	232,736
3	Broward County, Florida	196,178
4	Los Angeles County, California	128,440
5	Hudson County, New Jersey	76,550
6	Orange County, Florida	69,339
7	Harris County, Texas	68,689
8	Palm Beach County, Florida	67,923
9	Cook County, Illinois	60,592
10	Westchester County, New York	59,110
11	Kings County, New York	58,221
12	Bergen County, New Jersey	55,417
13	Union County, New Jersey	52,377
14	Suffolk County, New York	51,852
15	Fairfax County, Virginia	51,736
16	Essex County, New Jersey	50,853
17	Nassau County, New York	49,781
18	New York County, New York	47,389
19	Fairfield County, Connecticut	46,593
20	Bronx County, New York	44,227

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Florida	4.4%	906,670
2	New Jersey	4.39%	389,972
3	New York	3.07%	603,072
4	Connecticut	2.53%	90,778
5	District of Columbia	1.72%	11,754
6	Rhode Island	1.61%	17,009
7	Virginia	1.53%	128,941
8	Maryland	1.3%	78,200
9	Massachusetts	1.25%	85,534
10	Utah	1.19%	36,223
11	California	0.9%	351,997
12	Nevada	0.83%	24,180
13	Georgia	0.72%	73,641
14	Texas	0.69%	193,649
15	Illinois	0.66%	84,629
16	North Carolina	0.62%	62,666
17	Delaware	0.56%	5,293
18	Colorado	0.54%	30,053
19	Alaska	0.52%	3,805
20	South Carolina	0.51%	25,343
21	Pennsylvania	0.5%	64,190
22	New Hampshire	0.45%	6,005
23	Minnesota	0.43%	23,974
24	Arizona	0.41%	28,538
25	Washington	0.4%	29,518
26	Hawaii	0.38%	5,409
27	Oregon	0.34%	13,925
28	Puerto Rico	0.34%	11,376
29	Idaho	0.33%	5,590
30	New Mexico	0.31%	6,565
31	Vermont	0.28%	1,761
32	Kansas	0.28%	8,090
33	Louisiana	0.26%	12,257
34	Tennessee	0.25%	16,471
35	Oklahoma	0.24%	9,452
36	Wisconsin	0.23%	13,373
37	Nebraska	0.22%	4,205
38	Ohio	0.21%	23,932
39	Indiana	0.2%	13,068
40	Kentucky	0.19%	8,216
41	Missouri	0.18%	11,065
42	North Dakota	0.17%	1,312
43	Maine	0.17%	2,317
44	Michigan	0.16%	16,309
45	Alabama	0.16%	7,906
46	Arkansas	0.16%	4,788
47	Iowa	0.15%	4,834
48	Montana	0.15%	1,571
49	Mississippi	0.14%	4,175
50	Wyoming	0.13%	743
51	West Virginia	0.11%	1,970
52	South Dakota	0.11%	922

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

#	State	Population
1	Florida	906,670
2	New York	603,072
3	New Jersey	389,972
4	California	351,997
5	Texas	193,649
6	Virginia	128,941
7	Connecticut	90,778
8	Massachusetts	85,534
9	Illinois	84,629
10	Maryland	78,200
11	Georgia	73,641
12	Pennsylvania	64,190
13	North Carolina	62,666
14	Utah	36,223
15	Colorado	30,053
16	Washington	29,518
17	Arizona	28,538
18	South Carolina	25,343
19	Nevada	24,180
20	Minnesota	23,974
21	Ohio	23,932
22	Rhode Island	17,009
23	Tennessee	16,471
24	Michigan	16,309
25	Oregon	13,925
26	Wisconsin	13,373
27	Indiana	13,068
28	Louisiana	12,257
29	District of Columbia	11,754
30	Puerto Rico	11,376
31	Missouri	11,065
32	Oklahoma	9,452
33	Kentucky	8,216
34	Kansas	8,090
35	Alabama	7,906
36	New Mexico	6,565
37	New Hampshire	6,005
38	Idaho	5,590
39	Hawaii	5,409
40	Delaware	5,293
41	Iowa	4,834
42	Arkansas	4,788
43	Nebraska	4,205
44	Mississippi	4,175
45	Alaska	3,805
46	Maine	2,317
47	West Virginia	1,970
48	Vermont	1,761
49	Montana	1,571
50	North Dakota	1,312
51	South Dakota	922
52	Wyoming	743

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.