Population by State
British Population by State 2026
British %
0.2%
0.4%
0.6%
0.8%
1%
State | British % 2024↓ | British Population 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Utah | 1.1% | 39,173 |
 | District of Columbia | 0.73% | 5,114 |
 | Oregon | 0.72% | 30,967 |
 | Vermont | 0.71% | 4,574 |
 | Alaska | 0.65% | 4,777 |
 | Maine | 0.64% | 9,068 |
 | Washington | 0.63% | 51,000 |
 | Idaho | 0.57% | 11,651 |
 | Colorado | 0.53% | 32,137 |
 | Wyoming | 0.52% | 3,072 |
 | New Hampshire | 0.5% | 7,044 |
 | Virginia | 0.49% | 43,684 |
 | Arizona | 0.44% | 33,766 |
 | New Mexico | 0.43% | 9,065 |
 | Oklahoma | 0.41% | 17,156 |
 | Montana | 0.41% | 4,735 |
 | North Carolina | 0.4% | 45,139 |
 | Kansas | 0.4% | 11,831 |
 | Arkansas | 0.39% | 12,281 |
 | Georgia | 0.38% | 43,814 |
 | Florida | 0.38% | 89,813 |
 | California | 0.38% | 148,218 |
 | Maryland | 0.37% | 23,306 |
 | Tennessee | 0.35% | 25,984 |
 | South Carolina | 0.35% | 19,802 |
 | Kentucky | 0.35% | 15,990 |
 | Missouri | 0.34% | 21,430 |
 | Connecticut | 0.34% | 12,571 |
 | Ohio | 0.34% | 40,335 |
 | Massachusetts | 0.34% | 24,071 |
 | Alabama | 0.32% | 16,950 |
 | Delaware | 0.32% | 3,463 |
 | Indiana | 0.32% | 22,493 |
 | Texas | 0.32% | 102,970 |
 | Nevada | 0.31% | 10,191 |
 | Michigan | 0.3% | 30,151 |
 | Iowa | 0.29% | 9,558 |
 | West Virginia | 0.29% | 5,195 |
 | Nebraska | 0.29% | 5,854 |
 | Pennsylvania | 0.28% | 36,159 |
 | New York | 0.27% | 53,762 |
 | Minnesota | 0.26% | 15,495 |
 | Illinois | 0.25% | 31,593 |
 | Hawaii | 0.25% | 3,529 |
 | Mississippi | 0.25% | 7,286 |
 | Rhode Island | 0.24% | 2,645 |
 | Louisiana | 0.23% | 10,797 |
 | Wisconsin | 0.22% | 13,260 |
 | New Jersey | 0.2% | 18,804 |
 | South Dakota | 0.19% | 1,802 |
 | North Dakota | 0.17% | 1,346 |
 | United States | 0.36% | 1,244,871 |
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.
