Population by State
British Population by State 2025
British %
0.2%
0.4%
0.6%
0.8%
1%
1.2%
1.4%
State | British % 2023↓ | British Population 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Utah | 1.38% | 49,282 |
 | Vermont | 0.9% | 5,834 |
 | Oregon | 0.83% | 35,789 |
 | District of Columbia | 0.77% | 5,497 |
 | Washington | 0.75% | 60,460 |
 | Maine | 0.72% | 10,168 |
 | Idaho | 0.71% | 14,377 |
 | Alaska | 0.7% | 5,196 |
 | Colorado | 0.62% | 37,302 |
 | Wyoming | 0.62% | 3,634 |
 | Virginia | 0.61% | 53,897 |
 | New Hampshire | 0.58% | 8,195 |
 | Arizona | 0.52% | 39,990 |
 | Oklahoma | 0.5% | 20,717 |
 | New Mexico | 0.49% | 10,538 |
 | Kansas | 0.49% | 14,633 |
 | North Carolina | 0.48% | 53,434 |
 | Maryland | 0.48% | 30,045 |
 | Tennessee | 0.47% | 34,146 |
 | Georgia | 0.47% | 52,629 |
 | Florida | 0.45% | 106,848 |
 | California | 0.44% | 175,313 |
 | Arkansas | 0.44% | 13,709 |
 | Kentucky | 0.44% | 20,233 |
 | Delaware | 0.43% | 4,625 |
 | Montana | 0.43% | 4,933 |
 | Connecticut | 0.43% | 15,856 |
 | South Carolina | 0.42% | 23,556 |
 | Ohio | 0.42% | 50,214 |
 | Alabama | 0.41% | 21,061 |
 | Missouri | 0.4% | 25,240 |
 | Massachusetts | 0.4% | 28,688 |
 | Indiana | 0.4% | 27,612 |
 | Texas | 0.39% | 125,473 |
 | Nevada | 0.39% | 13,007 |
 | Michigan | 0.37% | 37,759 |
 | West Virginia | 0.37% | 6,525 |
 | Iowa | 0.36% | 11,828 |
 | Nebraska | 0.34% | 6,943 |
 | Pennsylvania | 0.33% | 43,843 |
 | Mississippi | 0.32% | 9,356 |
 | Rhode Island | 0.32% | 3,554 |
 | New York | 0.31% | 61,064 |
 | Minnesota | 0.3% | 17,769 |
 | Illinois | 0.3% | 38,409 |
 | Louisiana | 0.29% | 13,189 |
 | Hawaii | 0.28% | 4,020 |
 | Wisconsin | 0.27% | 15,982 |
 | New Jersey | 0.25% | 24,188 |
 | North Dakota | 0.24% | 1,899 |
 | South Dakota | 0.21% | 1,985 |
 | United States | 0.44% | 1,500,444 |
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.
