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British Population by State 2024
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 | 60,102 | 1.74% |
| Oregon | 41,401 | 0.98% |
| Vermont | 6,157 | 0.95% |
| Washington | 69,537 | 0.89% |
| District of Columbia | 5,673 | 0.83% |
| Alaska | 5,855 | 0.8% |
| Idaho | 15,877 | 0.8% |
| Wyoming | 4,553 | 0.78% |
| Maine | 10,840 | 0.77% |
| Virginia | 64,965 | 0.74% |
| Colorado | 40,920 | 0.69% |
| New Hampshire | 9,493 | 0.68% |
| Arizona | 44,689 | 0.6% |
| Oklahoma | 24,059 | 0.59% |
| Kansas | 17,220 | 0.58% |
| Maryland | 36,223 | 0.58% |
| Tennessee | 41,640 | 0.58% |
| New Mexico | 12,041 | 0.57% |
| North Carolina | 61,893 | 0.56% |
| Georgia | 61,641 | 0.55% |
| Florida | 121,940 | 0.53% |
| Montana | 6,044 | 0.53% |
| Kentucky | 23,780 | 0.52% |
| South Carolina | 28,613 | 0.52% |
| California | 203,387 | 0.52% |
| Ohio | 60,764 | 0.51% |
| Alabama | 26,151 | 0.51% |
| Arkansas | 15,420 | 0.5% |
| Indiana | 34,340 | 0.5% |
| Delaware | 5,196 | 0.5% |
| Connecticut | 17,988 | 0.5% |
| Missouri | 30,414 | 0.49% |
| Texas | 145,103 | 0.47% |
| Massachusetts | 32,817 | 0.47% |
| Michigan | 45,986 | 0.46% |
| West Virginia | 7,967 | 0.45% |
| Iowa | 14,209 | 0.44% |
| Nevada | 13,733 | 0.43% |
| Nebraska | 8,502 | 0.43% |
| Rhode Island | 4,666 | 0.42% |
| Pennsylvania | 51,670 | 0.4% |
| Mississippi | 11,589 | 0.39% |
| Illinois | 46,808 | 0.37% |
| New York | 70,690 | 0.36% |
| Minnesota | 20,215 | 0.35% |
| Louisiana | 15,651 | 0.34% |
| Wisconsin | 18,237 | 0.31% |
| North Dakota | 2,425 | 0.31% |
| New Jersey | 28,314 | 0.3% |
| Hawaii | 4,279 | 0.3% |
| South Dakota | 2,497 | 0.27% |
| United States | 1,754,174 | 0.52% |