Distribution of Subsaharan African: Sierra Leonean People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Subsaharan African: Sierra Leonean

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0.15%
0.2%
0.3%
0.4%
0.5%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Alexandria city, Virginia	0.57%
2	Prince George's County, Maryland	0.47%
3	Manassas Park city, Virginia	0.4%
4	Hopewell city, Virginia	0.31%
5	Falls Church city, Virginia	0.28%
6	Queen Anne's County, Maryland	0.19%
7	Manassas city, Virginia	0.18%
8	Fairfax County, Virginia	0.17%
9	Lancaster County, South Carolina	0.14%
10	Gilmer County, West Virginia	0.11%
11	Frio County, Texas	0.08%
12	Delaware County, Pennsylvania	0.07%
13	Sussex County, Delaware	0.07%
14	Marion County, South Carolina	0.06%
15	Anne Arundel County, Maryland	0.06%
16	Montour County, Pennsylvania	0.06%
17	Prince William County, Virginia	0.06%
18	Stafford County, Virginia	0.05%
19	Montgomery County, Maryland	0.05%
20	Benton County, Arkansas	0.05%

Top Counties by Population of Subsaharan African: Sierra Leonean

#	County	Population
1	Prince George's County, Maryland	4,302
2	Fairfax County, Virginia	1,916
3	Alexandria city, Virginia	899
4	Montgomery County, Maryland	544
5	Franklin County, Ohio	500
6	Wake County, North Carolina	476
7	Bronx County, New York	455
8	Harris County, Texas	438
9	Kings County, New York	430
10	Delaware County, Pennsylvania	422
11	Los Angeles County, California	413
12	Anne Arundel County, Maryland	346
13	Dallas County, Texas	290
14	Hennepin County, Minnesota	270
15	Baltimore city, Maryland	267
16	Prince William County, Virginia	253
17	District of Columbia, District of Columbia	252
18	Erie County, New York	231
19	Orange County, California	212
20	Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania	206

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Maryland	0.1%	5,812
2	Virginia	0.04%	3,637
3	District of Columbia	0.04%	252
4	Delaware	0.02%	163
5	New Jersey	0.01%	896
6	New York	0.01%	1,656
7	Massachusetts	0.01%	499
8	Pennsylvania	0.01%	906
9	North Carolina	0.01%	718
10	Rhode Island	0.01%	74
11	Georgia	0.01%	711
12	Minnesota	0.01%	351
13	North Dakota	0.01%	47
14	Ohio	0.01%	640
15	Utah	0%	140
16	South Carolina	0%	225
17	Arkansas	0%	133
18	Texas	0%	1,113
19	Michigan	0%	346
20	New Mexico	0%	70
21	California	0%	1,196
22	Missouri	0%	186
23	Oregon	0%	104
24	Washington	0%	151
25	Tennessee	0%	116
26	Wisconsin	0%	101
27	Arizona	0%	114
28	Kentucky	0%	65
29	Colorado	0%	79
30	Illinois	0%	180
31	Connecticut	0%	38
32	West Virginia	0%	16
33	Mississippi	0%	24
34	Maine	0%	10
35	Iowa	0%	21
36	Indiana	0%	43
37	Florida	0%	133
38	Kansas	0%	11
39	Alabama	0%	14
40	Louisiana	0%	12
41	Vermont	0%	0
42	Wyoming	0%	0
43	Montana	0%	0
44	South Dakota	0%	0
45	Puerto Rico	0%	0
46	Oklahoma	0%	0
47	New Hampshire	0%	0
48	Nevada	0%	0
49	Nebraska	0%	0
50	Idaho	0%	0
51	Hawaii	0%	0
52	Alaska	0%	0

Top States and Territories by Population of Subsaharan African: Sierra Leonean

#	State	Population
1	Maryland	5,812
2	Virginia	3,637
3	New York	1,656
4	California	1,196
5	Texas	1,113
6	Pennsylvania	906
7	New Jersey	896
8	North Carolina	718
9	Georgia	711
10	Ohio	640
11	Massachusetts	499
12	Minnesota	351
13	Michigan	346
14	District of Columbia	252
15	South Carolina	225
16	Missouri	186
17	Illinois	180
18	Delaware	163
19	Washington	151
20	Utah	140
21	Florida	133
22	Arkansas	133
23	Tennessee	116
24	Arizona	114
25	Oregon	104
26	Wisconsin	101
27	Colorado	79
28	Rhode Island	74
29	New Mexico	70
30	Kentucky	65
31	North Dakota	47
32	Indiana	43
33	Connecticut	38
34	Mississippi	24
35	Iowa	21
36	West Virginia	16
37	Alabama	14
38	Louisiana	12
39	Kansas	11
40	Maine	10
41	Vermont	0
42	Wyoming	0
43	Montana	0
44	South Dakota	0
45	Puerto Rico	0
46	Oklahoma	0
47	New Hampshire	0
48	Nevada	0
49	Nebraska	0
50	Idaho	0
51	Hawaii	0
52	Alaska	0

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.