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British ancestry is present in varying degrees across the United States. Utah has the highest population of people with British ancestry, with 1.93% of the state's population identifying as having British heritage, followed by Oregon (1.05%) and Vermont (0.96%). The states with the lowest percentage of people with British ancestry are South Dakota (0.26%), North Dakota (0.30%), and Hawaii (0.30%).
Overall, the percentage of people with British ancestry in the United States ranges from as low as 0.26% in South Dakota to as high as 1.93% in Utah. It is worth noting that while a state may have a low percentage of people with British ancestry, the actual number of individuals with British ancestry can still be quite significant in more populous states such as California, which has a British population of 218,902, or Texas, which has a British population of 150,809.
State | British Population | British % |
---|---|---|
Utah | 65,972 | 1.91% |
Oregon | 44,373 | 1.05% |
Vermont | 6,187 | 0.96% |
Washington | 73,652 | 0.94% |
District of Columbia | 6,221 | 0.91% |
Alaska | 6,139 | 0.84% |
Maine | 11,702 | 0.83% |
Idaho | 16,531 | 0.83% |
Virginia | 71,025 | 0.81% |
Wyoming | 4,522 | 0.77% |
Colorado | 43,989 | 0.74% |
New Hampshire | 10,040 | 0.71% |
Arizona | 48,478 | 0.65% |
Maryland | 39,652 | 0.64% |
Oklahoma | 25,809 | 0.63% |
New Mexico | 13,057 | 0.62% |
Tennessee | 43,745 | 0.61% |
Kansas | 17,833 | 0.61% |
Georgia | 67,288 | 0.6% |
North Carolina | 66,109 | 0.6% |
South Carolina | 31,545 | 0.58% |
Montana | 6,530 | 0.57% |
Kentucky | 25,862 | 0.57% |
Florida | 129,805 | 0.56% |
California | 218,902 | 0.56% |
Ohio | 66,268 | 0.56% |
Indiana | 38,058 | 0.55% |
Alabama | 27,958 | 0.54% |
Arkansas | 16,642 | 0.54% |
Connecticut | 19,472 | 0.54% |
Delaware | 5,585 | 0.53% |
Missouri | 33,005 | 0.53% |
West Virginia | 9,075 | 0.51% |
Michigan | 50,265 | 0.5% |
Massachusetts | 34,855 | 0.5% |
Texas | 150,809 | 0.49% |
Iowa | 15,539 | 0.48% |
Rhode Island | 5,257 | 0.48% |
Nevada | 15,254 | 0.48% |
Mississippi | 13,297 | 0.45% |
Pennsylvania | 56,461 | 0.44% |
Nebraska | 8,544 | 0.43% |
Illinois | 49,134 | 0.39% |
New York | 76,246 | 0.39% |
Minnesota | 22,449 | 0.39% |
Louisiana | 16,900 | 0.37% |
Wisconsin | 19,975 | 0.34% |
New Jersey | 28,453 | 0.31% |
Hawaii | 4,337 | 0.3% |
North Dakota | 2,315 | 0.29% |
South Dakota | 2,385 | 0.26% |
United States | 1,883,506 | 0.56% |