Which county has the highest british population?

Los Angeles County, California ranks #1 with 42,899 (2020 Decennial Census).

What are the top 5 counties by british population?

Los Angeles County, California, Maricopa County, Arizona, Salt Lake County, Utah, King County, Washington, San Diego County, California.

How many counties are in this ranking?

2,966 counties qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2020 Decennial Census data.

How is british population measured?

Number of residents who are British ancestry (Ancestry, ACS detailed tables). Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Decennial Census.

RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 500 SHOWN OF 2,966

Largest British population, US counties · 2020

US counties ranked by the number of residents who are British ancestry, from the 2020 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV.

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SAME RANKING BYCities States Metros

YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPBRITISH POPULATIONVS 2010

501Dallas County, IAIA118,457748+237%

502Schenectady County, NYNY162,581741+21%

503Wayne County, NCNC122,278740+70%

504St. Clair County, MIMI160,486737+26%

505Wichita County, TXTX129,555736+25%

506Calhoun County, ALAL115,834735+13%

507Johnson County, TXTX218,048731+32%

508Jefferson County, WVWV63,102731+116%

509St. Croix County, WIWI98,276728+166%

510Fairbanks North Star, AKAK93,972723−41%

511Luzerne County, PAPA332,126722+12%

512Douglas County, OROR111,951718+78%

513Hunterdon County, NJNJ131,781717−1%

514Washington County, VTVT59,652714+72%

515Richmond County, NYNY501,290712+16%

516Grayson County, TXTX153,613711+43%

517Bibb County, GAGA157,556711+31%

518Polk County, OROR90,037708+42%

519Umatilla County, OROR81,119707+299%

520Grand Traverse County, MIMI96,729706+41%

521Matanuska-Susitna, AKAK118,666705+48%

522Pueblo County, COCO169,277705+112%

523Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,035702+90%

524Fauquier County, VAVA76,503700+88%

525Wilson County, TXTX56,139698+565%

526Josephine County, OROR87,867697+46%

527Trumbull County, OHOH198,972688+72%

528Hawaii County, HIHI210,043688+82%

529Shelby County, KYKY51,243688+187%

530Watauga County, NCNC54,786687+73%

531Etowah County, ALAL103,886686+271%

532Iron County, UTUT67,141678+101%

533Iredell County, NCNC211,798673−3%

534Cheshire County, NHNH78,269672+43%

535Maury County, TNTN118,131672+261%

536Miami County, OHOH112,634671+51%

537Berkeley County, WVWV139,522671+155%

538Grays Harbor County, WAWA78,144671+144%

539Crawford County, ARAR62,657670+550%

540Moore County, NCNC110,619669+61%

541Lenawee County, MIMI97,779668+115%

542Randolph County, NCNC149,516666+36%

543Calhoun County, MIMI133,408665+39%

544Lauderdale County, ALAL97,135664+94%

545Jefferson County, TXTX254,321663+51%

546Hamblen County, TNTN68,843662+137%

547Chelan County, WAWA81,941662+182%

548Franklin County, MAMA70,698661+55%

549Windham County, VTVT45,204661+75%

550York County, VAVA71,374661+24%

551Douglas County, GAGA154,293660+47%

552Yuba County, CACA88,691658+294%

553LaPorte County, ININ111,294657+96%

554Eagle County, COCO54,291654+119%

555Rock County, WIWI166,472652+27%

556Whitman County, WAWA48,512652+95%

557Midland County, MIMI83,754650+12%

558Rowan County, NCNC155,096650+50%

559Lincoln County, NCNC98,654650+408%

560Lowndes County, GAGA122,867649+65%

561Oswego County, NYNY118,569648+64%

562Newton County, GAGA125,583648+54%

563Eaton County, MIMI109,581642+36%

564Winnebago County, WIWI174,218642+95%

565Wagoner County, OKOK93,263642+218%

566Kennebec County, MEME129,067640+5%

567Morgan County, ININ74,967639+123%

568Frederick County, VAVA99,955638+97%

569Tom Green County, TXTX120,602637+114%

570Bonner County, IDID54,420635+143%

571Klamath County, OROR70,274630+196%

572Atlantic County, NJNJ278,657628+28%

573Sutter County, CACA98,787625+238%

574Campbell County, KYKY95,441624+111%

575Newport County, RIRI83,051624+36%

576Faulkner County, ARAR133,979623+43%

577Carteret County, NCNC70,469621+39%

578Highlands County, FLFL111,122620+134%

579Allen County, OHOH100,881619+93%

580Charles County, MDMD176,593619+5%

581Lonoke County, ARAR76,664616+169%

582Richmond County, GAGA206,559616+13%

583Vigo County, ININ106,512615+12%

584Hardin County, KYKY113,482615+72%

585Cascade County, MTMT85,029613+46%

586Lebanon County, PAPA146,380611+86%

587Brown County, WIWI275,803610+77%

588Wayne County, OHOH116,758608+258%

589Bedford County, VAVA83,059608+52%

590Catoosa County, GAGA69,628608+73%

591Anderson County, TNTN82,066607+80%

592Hancock County, MEME57,171605+77%

593Madera County, CACA167,927604+82%

594Windsor County, VTVT57,312602+41%

595Chatham County, NCNC85,111601+65%

596Bingham County, IDID51,153601+366%

597Boone County, KYKY145,316599−5%

598Clatsop County, OROR40,926598+265%

599Roanoke, VAVA99,111598+77%

600Hunt County, TXTX123,336597+133%

601Berkshire County, MAMA128,224596−6%

602Taney County, MOMO57,001595+65%

603Sagadahoc County, MEME37,979595+144%

604Warren County, NJNJ112,953593+25%

605Addison County, VTVT38,048593+86%

606Beaver County, PAPA166,032591+53%

607Riley County, KSKS72,598590+92%

608Wright County, MNMN157,559589+193%

609Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,346583+305%

610Yuma County, AZAZ224,449578+61%

611Merced County, CACA297,260578+64%

612Tuolumne County, CACA53,160578+261%

613Putnam County, TNTN86,612576+72%

614Oldham County, KYKY70,986576+52%

615Suffolk, VAVA104,699576+91%

616Douglas County, NVNV50,111575+223%

617Olmsted County, MNMN166,731572+11%

618Franklin County, TNTN45,579572+122%

619Pennington County, SDSD116,792566+96%

620Cowlitz County, WAWA114,885566+76%

621Chautauqua County, NYNY124,126565+51%

622Madison County, NYNY67,120565+67%

623St. Lawrence County, NYNY105,488563+18%

624Cape May County, NJNJ93,390563+67%

625Portsmouth, VAVA96,777563+80%

626Georgetown County, SCSC65,912562+111%

627Tazewell County, ILIL130,049562+43%

628Davidson County, NCNC180,182561+31%

629Lynchburg, VAVA81,347561+6%

630St. Clair County, ALAL98,206559+107%

631Natrona County, WYWY80,526558+149%

632Monroe County, FLFL80,406557−3%

633Racine County, WIWI198,919555+21%

634Marquette County, MIMI68,064551+263%

635Craighead County, ARAR116,957550+123%

636Saginaw County, MIMI187,688549+26%

637Athens County, OHOH63,197549+172%

638Monroe County, PAPA167,179548+56%

639Pottawatomie County, OKOK75,102547+167%

640Limestone County, ALAL122,928546+217%

641Ravalli County, MTMT48,582544+353%

642Kenosha County, WIWI168,448544+34%

643Kerr County, TXTX54,037543+110%

644Oconee County, GAGA44,893542+43%

645Oconee County, SCSC83,775541+57%

646Geauga County, OHOH95,676540−2%

647Bowie County, TXTX92,696537+67%

648Mendocino County, CACA88,122536+33%

649La Plata County, COCO56,898534+127%

650Boone County, ININ80,689534+62%

651Madison County, KYKY101,696534+31%

652Muskegon County, MIMI177,901532+77%

653Clark County, ININ130,451530+61%

654Monroe County, TNTN49,730530+135%

655Whitfield County, GAGA106,212529−19%

656Daviess County, KYKY104,898528+93%

657Albany County, WYWY38,558527+129%

658Kaufman County, TXTX209,235527+151%

659Mercer County, WVWV57,503526+97%

660Washington County, NYNY59,353526+202%

661Jefferson County, WAWA33,970526+45%

662Floyd County, ININ82,153524+78%

663Wood County, WVWV82,385523+58%

664Summit County, UTUT43,141522−35%

665Woodbury County, IAIA106,649519+276%

666Sumter County, SCSC105,067517+53%

667Lincoln County, OROR50,636515+41%

668Otsego County, NYNY60,589514+120%

669Wayne County, NYNY91,250514+30%

670Burleigh County, NDND103,251513+497%

671Walker County, GAGA70,250513+135%

672Hood County, TXTX70,501512+144%

673Ashtabula County, OHOH96,713511+213%

674Cabell County, WVWV91,183511+16%

675Hidalgo County, TXTX921,549508+24%

676Black Hawk County, IAIA131,532507+125%

677Ross County, OHOH76,429505+163%

678Caroline County, VAVA34,413505+871%

679Androscoggin County, MEME116,487504+78%

680Burke County, NCNC88,655504+26%

681Houston County, ALAL110,318503+24%

682Ouachita Parish, LALA158,542502+45%

683Columbiana County, OHOH99,377501+63%

684Gregg County, TXTX126,095501+51%

685Jackson County, GAGA99,265501+13%

686Walworth County, WIWI106,127500+119%

687Jasper County, MOMO127,428499+79%

688Walton County, GAGA112,696498+5%

689Granville County, NCNC61,421496+273%

690Sevier County, TNTN101,342494+36%

691Muskingum County, OHOH87,014493+307%

692Erath County, TXTX43,911492+1162%

693Kendall County, ILIL145,470491+51%

694Rogers County, OKOK102,197490+126%

695DeKalb County, ILIL101,835490+27%

696Kendall County, TXTX53,289489+131%

697Chemung County, NYNY80,415488+223%

698Pearl River County, MSMS59,363488+196%

699Tehama County, CACA64,665488+155%

700Marathon County, WIWI139,432485+68%

701Carver County, MNMN114,379485+94%

702Cass County, MOMO115,859483+103%

703Hancock County, ININ90,969482+14%

704Howard County, ININ83,904481+44%

705Goochland County, VAVA29,187480+147%

706Wayne County, ININ66,169480+67%

707Cecil County, MDMD107,131480−17%

708Harrison County, ININ40,437478+219%

709Lycoming County, PAPA112,587478+14%

710Cass County, NDND201,794476−12%

711Wise County, TXTX83,778476+1487%

712Isabella County, MIMI64,691475+37%

713Whiteside County, ILIL54,121475+242%

714Camden County, GAGA60,143472+107%

715Worcester County, MDMD54,459471+232%

716Cleveland County, NCNC103,325470+238%

717Lee County, MSMS83,731469+188%

718Potter County, TXTX114,453469+193%

719San Juan County, NMNM120,340467+71%

720Jackson County, NCNC45,039467+70%

721Washington County, OKOK54,037465+100%

722Hopkins County, KYKY45,127463+149%

723Caldwell County, NCNC81,105461+89%

724Hancock County, OHOH75,034459+42%

725Johnson County, MOMO56,670458+86%

726Cole County, MOMO77,908456+97%

727Floyd County, GAGA101,378456+66%

728Waldo County, MEME40,693456+155%

729Marion County, ARAR17,593455+435%

730Augusta County, VAVA78,940455+108%

731Eau Claire County, WIWI109,033455+81%

732Gillespie County, TXTX28,527451+177%

733Kittitas County, WAWA48,803451+252%

734Barrow County, GAGA99,773447+17%

735Lamoille County, VTVT26,294446+248%

736Beauregard Parish, LALA36,673446+1139%

737Knox County, OHOH64,002445+7%

738Lapeer County, MIMI89,516443−3%

739Lee County, NCNC70,258443+491%

740Pender County, NCNC72,111441+76%

741Cameron County, TXTX433,946441+54%

742Ozaukee County, WIWI94,346441+11%

743Newton County, MOMO62,263440+315%

744Harrison County, TXTX71,956440+163%

745White County, ARAR80,085439+147%

746Culpeper County, VAVA57,666439+51%

747Clayton County, GAGA297,471439+34%

748Scott County, MNMN159,017434+86%

749Dawson County, GAGA35,365434+155%

750Rice County, MNMN69,939432+139%

751Lackawanna County, PAPA216,502429+83%

752Erie County, OHOH73,296427+75%

753Loudon County, TNTN63,764426+16%

754Jones County, MSMS66,496425+79%

755Cooke County, TXTX44,461425+1271%

756Elmore County, ALAL91,577423+89%

757Tuscarawas County, OHOH92,373423+69%

758Madison County, TNTN100,790423+10%

759Tipton County, TNTN62,287419+56%

760Leavenworth County, KSKS84,590419+16%

761Stearns County, MNMN164,110418+245%

762Sheboygan County, WIWI118,047418+74%

763Hawkins County, TNTN59,559418+205%

764Clinton County, MIMI80,432417+154%

765Cambria County, PAPA128,968417+45%

766Coos County, OROR63,992416+24%

767Essex County, NYNY36,438415+203%

768Northumberland County, PAPA89,920414+263%

769La Crosse County, WIWI121,339411+71%

770Kershaw County, SCSC73,166411+56%

771Sullivan County, NHNH43,961409+47%

772Garland County, ARAR99,695408+63%

773Allegany County, MDMD66,848408+102%

774Scott County, KYKY62,262407+105%

775Wexford County, MIMI34,445406+389%

776Rockingham County, NCNC94,195405+75%

777Rapides Parish, LALA125,877404+67%

778Nash County, NCNC99,365404+31%

779Warren County, NYNY65,020404+121%

780Genesee County, NYNY58,416400+119%

781Reno County, KSKS61,539399+113%

782Bedford County, TNTN55,273398+319%

783Scioto County, OHOH71,365397+73%

784Shelby County, ININ45,882396+61%

785Butler County, KSKS69,484396+41%

786Valencia County, NMNM82,013394+243%

787St. Charles Parish, LALA50,586394+704%

788Marshall County, ALAL103,537393+66%

789Grant County, ININ66,524393+34%

790Wyandotte County, KSKS170,597393+37%

791Creek County, OKOK74,967392+87%

792Crawford County, PAPA81,792391+88%

793Danville, VAVA41,647391+141%

794Staunton, VAVA26,801389+79%

795Christian County, MOMO96,725386+35%

796Alcorn County, MSMS34,569386+1106%

797DeKalb County, ALAL74,085385+90%

798Angelina County, TXTX88,154385+181%

799Louisa County, VAVA42,924383+92%

800Haywood County, NCNC63,369383+18%

801Cherokee County, TXTX53,337382+275%

802Park County, COCO18,314381+359%

803Walla Walla County, WAWA62,361380+102%

804Pitkin County, COCO16,625378+62%

805Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,951376+90%

806Amador County, CACA41,876376+70%

807Park County, WYWY31,171376+163%

808Pulaski County, MOMO54,442375+164%

809Fannin County, TXTX39,265375+733%

810Hardin County, TXTX58,723375+352%

811Carbon County, PAPA65,868374+202%

812Bristol County, RIRI50,001374+28%

813Henderson County, TXTX88,595374+181%

814Warren County, IAIA57,331374+267%

815Bryan County, GAGA52,062372+933%

816Latah County, IDID41,842372+34%

817Grant County, WAWA105,727370+49%

818Lincoln Parish, LALA48,360369+559%

819Minnehaha County, SDSD212,691369+149%

820Van Buren County, MIMI76,071368+120%

821Phelps County, MOMO45,247368+85%

822Mercer County, PAPA107,860368+2%

823Troup County, GAGA72,844367+134%

824Los Alamos County, NMNM19,407365+36%

825Jefferson County, WIWI86,505365+53%

826Navarro County, TXTX57,181363+831%

827Lincoln County, WYWY21,180363+12000%

828Ascension Parish, LALA135,105362−6%

829Tuscola County, MIMI52,680362+311%

830Hood River County, OROR23,720360+291%

831Livingston Parish, LALA155,036360+190%

832Columbia County, NYNY60,168359−10%

833Jackson County, ILIL52,501359+168%

834Pickens County, GAGA37,167358+238%

835Kankakee County, ILIL105,525357+49%

836Calaveras County, CACA46,605356+65%

837Navajo County, AZAZ109,946354+168%

838Lawrence County, MOMO39,401354+127%

839Columbia County, PAPA66,193354+16%

840Otero County, NMNM70,368352−15%

841Cumberland County, TNTN66,300352+171%

842Williamson County, ILIL67,225352+3%

843Oxford County, MEME60,346352+2%

844Davie County, NCNC45,855351+228%

845Madison County, OHOH46,985351+72%

846Union County, OROR25,900351+86%

847Washington County, VAVA53,898351+45%

848Washington County, OHOH58,389351+95%

849Lincoln County, MEME36,595351−3%

850Belknap County, NHNH65,147350+24%

851Franklin County, KYKY52,649350−23%

852Campbell County, VAVA55,629349+36%

853Williamsburg, VAVA15,861349+181%

854Blair County, PAPA119,541348+16%

855Coryell County, TXTX85,592347+43%

856Teton County, WYWY23,333347+1139%

857Greene County, TNTN73,831347+97%

858Woodford County, ILIL38,111345+256%

859Summit County, COCO31,517344−30%

860Flathead County, MTMT115,429342−2%

861Carter County, OKOK48,910342+235%

862Warren County, VAVA42,740342+95%

863Victoria County, TXTX92,656341+153%

864Wasatch County, UTUT38,514340+121%

865Aroostook County, MEME66,609339+104%

866Forrest County, MSMS79,034339+32%

867Twin Falls County, IDID97,539339−6%

868Garfield County, COCO63,474337+56%

869Putnam County, FLFL77,734337+88%

870Dubuque County, IAIA99,381337+221%

871Levy County, FLFL48,520335+120%

872Putnam County, NYNY99,028334+11%

873Eddy County, NMNM62,509333+141%

874Guernsey County, OHOH38,379333+528%

875Pickaway County, OHOH62,978333+27%

876Sanpete County, UTUT31,453332+64%

877Henry County, ILIL48,095331+341%

878Henry County, ININ49,137331+147%

879Warrick County, ININ66,803331+58%

880Bossier Parish, LALA131,867330−28%

881Cortland County, NYNY45,850330+263%

882Beaufort County, NCNC44,670330+124%

883Webster County, MOMO43,054329+56%

884Stephens County, OKOK44,310329+157%

885Washington County, WIWI139,238329+50%

886Wapello County, IAIA35,210329+868%

887Gilmer County, GAGA33,894327+5350%

888Whitley County, ININ35,046327+627%

889Cherokee County, SCSC58,275326+191%

890Franklin County, VAVA55,526326+62%

891Wood County, TXTX49,688325+31%

892Okanogan County, WAWA45,230325+173%

893Dodge County, GAGA19,663324+1196%

894Sandusky County, OHOH58,655323+294%

895Baldwin County, GAGA44,029323+143%

896Lamar County, MSMS67,403322+74%

897Meade County, KYKY30,699322+347%

898Fredericksburg, VAVA30,393321+84%

899Stevens County, WAWA49,668321+174%

900Douglas County, WAWA46,473320+295%

901Surry County, NCNC72,287319−26%

902Harrisonburg, VAVA50,839319+71%

903Caldwell County, TXTX55,150318+238%

904King George County, VAVA29,646318+89%

905Jefferson County, OROR25,740318+468%

906Cullman County, ALAL94,009317+119%

907Talbot County, MDMD38,238317+9%

908Defiance County, OHOH38,292317+312%

909Bennington County, VTVT36,630317−3%

910Clarke County, VAVA15,609317+65%

911Lafayette County, MSMS59,597315−13%

912Orangeburg County, SCSC83,177315+294%

913Laurens County, SCSC71,848314+99%

914Vermilion County, ILIL71,259314+64%

915Winchester, VAVA28,272313+979%

916Carroll County, NHNH52,784312+23%

917Christian County, ILIL33,443311+246%

918Walker County, ALAL65,140310+73%

919McCracken County, KYKY67,553310+61%

920Lauderdale County, MSMS70,317308+28%

921Clinton County, NYNY78,138307+7%

922Orange County, TXTX86,266307−2%

923Perry County, PAPA46,806306+110%

924Coffee County, TNTN62,419306+13%

925Muscatine County, IAIA41,853306+580%

926Christian County, KYKY70,115305−2%

927Currituck County, NCNC33,158304+187%

928Grand Forks County, NDND74,501303+288%

929Sherburne County, MNMN104,194303+86%

930Talladega County, ALAL81,603302+37%

931Allegan County, MIMI123,188302+17%

932Shenandoah County, VAVA45,839302+53%

933Coffee County, ALAL56,953301+21%

934Woodford County, KYKY27,883301+26%

935Tazewell County, VAVA38,635301+53%

936Clearfield County, PAPA78,100299+123%

937Marion County, IAIA34,192299+145%

938Russell County, KYKY18,608299+629%

939Somerset County, MEME51,620299+98%

940Spalding County, GAGA70,775298+86%

941Stephenson County, ILIL43,220297+301%

942Union County, GAGA27,859296+363%

943Giles County, TNTN31,433296+89%

944Cumberland County, NJNJ157,148295+18%

945Bulloch County, GAGA86,949295+2%

946Henry County, VAVA49,242294+130%

947Hamilton County, NENE9,678293–

948Bradford County, PAPA59,600293+102%

949Buchanan County, MOMO83,540292+35%

950Gila County, AZAZ53,801291+56%

951Chenango County, NYNY45,715291+57%

952Fayette County, PAPA123,021291−3%

953Jackson County, ALAL54,281290+346%

954Anderson County, TXTX59,805290+320%

955Harris County, GAGA37,280290+212%

956Logan County, ILIL27,182289+163%

957Boyle County, KYKY31,632288+48%

958Adams County, ILIL64,267288+25%

959Chilton County, ALAL47,708287+676%

960Franklin County, WAWA102,612287+114%

961Robertson County, TNTN80,175286+75%

962Auglaize County, OHOH45,909285+360%

963Union County, TNTN21,450285+1400%

964Bandera County, TXTX22,876285+996%

965Marion County, OHOH65,115284+42%

966Jefferson County, OHOH63,597283+4%

967Isle of Wight County, VAVA41,321283+16%

968Laurel County, KYKY63,746282+257%

969Stanly County, NCNC68,830282+271%

970Rabun County, GAGA17,764281+158%

971Portage County, WIWI71,943281+9%

972Buffalo County, NENE51,172280+67%

973Somerset County, PAPA72,004280+65%

974Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,896277+143%

975Inyo County, CACA18,158276+151%

976Indiana County, PAPA82,878275+83%

977Carter County, TNTN57,361275+25%

978Schuylkill County, PAPA145,085274+40%

979Franklin County, VTVT51,177274+56%

980Mason County, MIMI29,040273+144%

981Livingston County, NYNY61,438273+12%

982Washington County, MEME31,334273+58%

983Jefferson County, IAIA15,291272+325%

984Grant County, NMNM27,252271+76%

985Garrett County, MDMD28,370271+215%

986Clinton County, OHOH42,301270+66%

987Fannin County, GAGA26,111270+173%

988Henderson County, KYKY44,255270−33%

989Polk County, NCNC20,533269+245%

990Wood County, WIWI74,060269+228%

991Trousdale County, TNTN12,623269+627%

992Greene County, VAVA21,958269+398%

993Franklin County, NCNC82,037268+201%

994Claiborne County, TNTN33,229268+1575%

995Orange County, VTVT30,002268+27%

996Rutherford County, NCNC65,745267+98%

997Socorro County, NMNM15,838266+224%

998Gem County, IDID21,773266+151%

999San Juan County, WAWA18,577266+13%

1000Rains County, TXTX13,542265–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS