Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Population with British Ancestry in 2021
Updated on April 16, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 56.46K people in Pennsylvania with British ancestry (0.44% of Pennsylvania population). Among all Pennsylvania counties, Chester County had the highest percentage of its population with British ancestry (0.86%), followed by Cumberland County (0.86%), and Susquehanna County (0.82%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having British ancestry.
You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Pennsylvania.
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Related Topics: Pennsylvania ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Pennsylvania Counties By Percentage of Population with British Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | County | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chester County | 0.86 |
| 1 | Cumberland County | 0.86 |
| 2 | Susquehanna County | 0.82 |
| 3 | Centre County | 0.75 |
| 4 | Adams County | 0.69 |
| 5 | Lancaster County | 0.66 |
| 6 | Cameron County | 0.59 |
| 6 | Montgomery County | 0.59 |
| 7 | Perry County | 0.57 |
| 7 | Tioga County | 0.57 |
| 8 | Delaware County | 0.54 |
| 9 | Carbon County | 0.52 |
| 9 | York County | 0.52 |
| 10 | Clarion County | 0.51 |
| 10 | Greene County | 0.51 |
| 11 | Huntingdon County | 0.49 |
| 11 | Potter County | 0.49 |
| 11 | Warren County | 0.49 |
| 12 | Pike County | 0.48 |
| 13 | Bucks County | 0.47 |
| 14 | Crawford County | 0.45 |
| 14 | Dauphin County | 0.45 |
| 14 | Montour County | 0.45 |
| 15 | Allegheny County | 0.44 |
| 15 | Butler County | 0.44 |
| 15 | Franklin County | 0.44 |
| 15 | Snyder County | 0.44 |
| 15 | Westmoreland County | 0.44 |
| 16 | Bradford County | 0.43 |
| 16 | Columbia County | 0.43 |
| 16 | McKean County | 0.43 |
| 16 | Northampton County | 0.43 |
| 17 | Clearfield County | 0.40 |
| 17 | Mercer County | 0.40 |
| 17 | Northumberland County | 0.40 |
| 18 | Bedford County | 0.39 |
| 18 | Lycoming County | 0.39 |
| 18 | Somerset County | 0.39 |
| 18 | Washington County | 0.39 |
| 19 | Erie County | 0.38 |
| 20 | Beaver County | 0.37 |
| 21 | Indiana County | 0.36 |
| 21 | Monroe County | 0.36 |
| 22 | Wyoming County | 0.35 |
| 23 | Berks County | 0.34 |
| 24 | Cambria County | 0.30 |
| 24 | Jefferson County | 0.30 |
| 24 | Lebanon County | 0.30 |
| 25 | Armstrong County | 0.29 |
| 25 | Lawrence County | 0.29 |
| 25 | Lehigh County | 0.29 |
| 26 | Forest County | 0.28 |
| 27 | Clinton County | 0.27 |
| 28 | Fayette County | 0.26 |
| 29 | Wayne County | 0.25 |
| 30 | Luzerne County | 0.23 |
| 30 | Philadelphia County | 0.23 |
| 31 | Blair County | 0.21 |
| 31 | Schuylkill County | 0.21 |
| 31 | Union County | 0.21 |
| 32 | Mifflin County | 0.20 |
| 33 | Lackawanna County | 0.19 |
| 33 | Venango County | 0.19 |
| 34 | Fulton County | 0.18 |
| 35 | Elk County | 0.16 |
| 36 | Sullivan County | 0.15 |
| 37 | Juniata County | 0.05 |