Distribution of West Indian (except Hispanic groups): West Indian People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: West Indian (except Hispanic groups): West Indian

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Franklin city, Virginia	2.73%
2	Kings County, New York	1.98%
3	Thomas County, Kansas	1.2%
4	Pike County, Pennsylvania	0.96%
5	Bronx County, New York	0.95%
6	Queens County, New York	0.91%
7	Dukes County, Massachusetts	0.9%
8	Schenectady County, New York	0.89%
9	Osceola County, Florida	0.61%
10	Douglas County, Georgia	0.59%
11	Geary County, Kansas	0.55%
12	Lincoln Parish, Louisiana	0.52%
13	Westchester County, New York	0.5%
14	Hardin County, Illinois	0.5%
15	Chattahoochee County, Georgia	0.49%
16	Broward County, Florida	0.48%
17	Greer County, Oklahoma	0.47%
18	Liberty County, Georgia	0.43%
19	Fredericksburg city, Virginia	0.42%
20	DeKalb County, Georgia	0.41%

Top Counties by Population of West Indian (except Hispanic groups): West Indian

#	County	Population
1	Kings County, New York	51,400
2	Queens County, New York	20,816
3	Bronx County, New York	13,711
4	Broward County, Florida	9,168
5	Orange County, Florida	5,290
6	New York County, New York	5,101
7	Westchester County, New York	4,874
8	Nassau County, New York	4,825
9	Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania	4,475
10	Miami-Dade County, Florida	3,217
11	Los Angeles County, California	3,148
12	DeKalb County, Georgia	3,080
13	Hillsborough County, Florida	2,971
14	Harris County, Texas	2,963
15	Palm Beach County, Florida	2,957
16	Hartford County, Connecticut	2,830
17	Prince George's County, Maryland	2,739
18	Suffolk County, Massachusetts	2,734
19	Suffolk County, New York	2,686
20	Montgomery County, Maryland	2,487

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	New York	0.58%	114,120
2	Florida	0.2%	40,449
3	Connecticut	0.19%	6,941
4	Maryland	0.18%	10,718
5	New Jersey	0.14%	12,483
6	Massachusetts	0.14%	9,231
7	District of Columbia	0.13%	911
8	Georgia	0.13%	13,284
9	Virginia	0.09%	7,205
10	Pennsylvania	0.09%	10,907
11	Delaware	0.08%	778
12	North Carolina	0.07%	7,248
13	Rhode Island	0.06%	625
14	Puerto Rico	0.06%	1,946
15	Alaska	0.04%	304
16	South Carolina	0.04%	1,912
17	Texas	0.03%	9,384
18	New Hampshire	0.03%	449
19	Louisiana	0.03%	1,538
20	Colorado	0.03%	1,828
21	Nevada	0.03%	904
22	South Dakota	0.03%	240
23	Hawaii	0.03%	383
24	Kansas	0.03%	733
25	Arizona	0.02%	1,719
26	Ohio	0.02%	2,785
27	California	0.02%	9,215
28	Tennessee	0.02%	1,525
29	Minnesota	0.02%	1,154
30	Illinois	0.02%	2,499
31	Washington	0.02%	1,393
32	Michigan	0.02%	1,863
33	Alabama	0.02%	877
34	Kentucky	0.02%	799
35	Maine	0.02%	229
36	Montana	0.02%	170
37	West Virginia	0.02%	281
38	Utah	0.01%	422
39	Nebraska	0.01%	216
40	Indiana	0.01%	729
41	Missouri	0.01%	646
42	Wisconsin	0.01%	610
43	Oregon	0.01%	413
44	Oklahoma	0.01%	392
45	New Mexico	0.01%	196
46	Mississippi	0.01%	266
47	Vermont	0.01%	50
48	Arkansas	0.01%	218
49	Iowa	0.01%	215
50	Wyoming	0.01%	37
51	North Dakota	0.01%	39
52	Idaho	0%	23

Top States and Territories by Population of West Indian (except Hispanic groups): West Indian

#	State	Population
1	New York	114,120
2	Florida	40,449
3	Georgia	13,284
4	New Jersey	12,483
5	Pennsylvania	10,907
6	Maryland	10,718
7	Texas	9,384
8	Massachusetts	9,231
9	California	9,215
10	North Carolina	7,248
11	Virginia	7,205
12	Connecticut	6,941
13	Ohio	2,785
14	Illinois	2,499
15	Puerto Rico	1,946
16	South Carolina	1,912
17	Michigan	1,863
18	Colorado	1,828
19	Arizona	1,719
20	Louisiana	1,538
21	Tennessee	1,525
22	Washington	1,393
23	Minnesota	1,154
24	District of Columbia	911
25	Nevada	904
26	Alabama	877
27	Kentucky	799
28	Delaware	778
29	Kansas	733
30	Indiana	729
31	Missouri	646
32	Rhode Island	625
33	Wisconsin	610
34	New Hampshire	449
35	Utah	422
36	Oregon	413
37	Oklahoma	392
38	Hawaii	383
39	Alaska	304
40	West Virginia	281
41	Mississippi	266
42	South Dakota	240
43	Maine	229
44	Arkansas	218
45	Nebraska	216
46	Iowa	215
47	New Mexico	196
48	Montana	170
49	Vermont	50
50	North Dakota	39
51	Wyoming	37
52	Idaho	23

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.