Ranking of US States By Population with English Ancestry in 2021
Updated on March 2, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among all US states and DC, California had the highest population with English ancestry (2.23M), followed by Texas (1.88M), and Florida (1.54M).
The chart below shows the top 10 states with high number of people with English ancestry, and the table below shows the ranking of all states and DC.
You can see similar information for other ancestry groups in the US.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2021 Census.
Ranking of US States By Population with English Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | State | Population |
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| 1 | California | 2225486 |
| 2 | Texas | 1880141 |
| 3 | Florida | 1543099 |
| 4 | Ohio | 1085882 |
| 5 | North Carolina | 1085674 |
| 6 | New York | 1036838 |
| 7 | Pennsylvania | 971064 |
| 8 | Michigan | 932322 |
| 9 | Georgia | 888659 |
| 10 | Virginia | 879133 |
| 11 | Washington | 819720 |
| 12 | Utah | 814637 |
| 13 | Illinois | 767416 |
| 14 | Tennessee | 709191 |
| 15 | Massachusetts | 655283 |
| 16 | Indiana | 631598 |
| 17 | Arizona | 626296 |
| 18 | Colorado | 624984 |
| 19 | Missouri | 599606 |
| 20 | Kentucky | 536493 |
| 21 | Oregon | 515619 |
| 22 | South Carolina | 495127 |
| 23 | Maryland | 464068 |
| 24 | New Jersey | 443652 |
| 25 | Alabama | 439594 |
| 26 | Wisconsin | 353297 |
| 27 | Oklahoma | 348181 |
| 28 | Minnesota | 334473 |
| 29 | Kansas | 322720 |
| 30 | Idaho | 321036 |
| 31 | Connecticut | 306527 |
| 32 | Iowa | 275822 |
| 33 | Louisiana | 271017 |
| 34 | Arkansas | 270784 |
| 35 | Maine | 268252 |
| 36 | Mississippi | 238584 |
| 37 | New Hampshire | 236513 |
| 38 | Nevada | 234067 |
| 39 | West Virginia | 221067 |
| 40 | Nebraska | 163295 |
| 41 | New Mexico | 146734 |
| 42 | Montana | 129462 |
| 43 | Rhode Island | 115384 |
| 44 | Vermont | 113491 |
| 45 | Delaware | 94290 |
| 46 | Wyoming | 77525 |
| 47 | Hawaii | 62389 |
| 48 | Alaska | 62308 |
| 49 | South Dakota | 57923 |
| 50 | District of Columbia | 41507 |
| 51 | North Dakota | 34962 |