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Share reporting American ancestry: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share reporting American ancestry (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Selected ancestries by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-04

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National value: 5.8 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 2.7 %
RI 4.3 %
DE 5.1 %
CT 4.1 %
NJ 3.7 %
MD 4.5 %
MA 3.7 %
VT 7.5 %
NH 5.4 %

Lowest: 1.5 to 4.2 %
Group 2: 4.2 to 4.7 %
Group 3: 4.7 to 6.5 %
Group 4: 6.5 to 8.1 %
Highest: 8.1 to 12.1 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: People can report up to two ancestries, so shares overlap and do not add to 100%. Hispanic origin and race are asked separately and are not included.


1	Kentucky	12.1
2	Tennessee	11.5
3	Alabama	11.4
4	Mississippi	10.9
5	West Virginia	10.4
6	South Carolina	8.8
7	Louisiana	8.7
8	North Carolina	8.6
9	Georgia	8.3
10	Indiana	8.2
11	Arkansas	8.1
12	Missouri	7.9
13	Florida	7.8
14	Montana	7.7
15	Vermont	7.5
16	Virginia	7.4
17	Alaska	7
17	Kansas	7
19	Oklahoma	6.9
20	Maine	6.6
21	Ohio	6.5
22	Idaho	6.4
23	Iowa	5.8
24	Wyoming	5.7
25	New Hampshire	5.4
26	Pennsylvania	5.2
27	Delaware	5.1
27	Texas	5.1
29	Michigan	4.9
29	Oregon	4.9
31	South Dakota	4.7
31	Utah	4.7
33	Arizona	4.5
33	Maryland	4.5
33	Nebraska	4.5
33	New Mexico	4.5
37	Colorado	4.4
38	Illinois	4.3
38	New York	4.3
38	Rhode Island	4.3
41	Minnesota	4.2
41	Nevada	4.2
41	Washington	4.2
41	Wisconsin	4.2
45	Connecticut	4.1
46	Massachusetts	3.7
46	New Jersey	3.7
48	California	3.1
49	District of Columbia	2.7
50	North Dakota	2.6
51	Hawaii	1.5

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table DP02: Selected Social Characteristics. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share reporting American ancestry (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP02; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-04. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-american/

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