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Scottish ancestry
United States: 1.7% Source ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates Provenance US federal agency · primary Agency U.S. Census Bureau Years 2024 Unit per cent Geography County (3,222 published) Counted among Total population Highest King County, Texas, 11.4% Lowest Yauco Municipio, Puerto Rico, 0.0% Share of residents reporting Scottish ancestry. Ancestry is self-reported heritage, which is different from race, from Hispanic origin, and from where someone was born.
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Highest counties
County Scottish ancestry King County, Texas 11.4% Edwards County, Texas 9.9% Daggett County, Utah 7.5% Lincoln County, Maine 7.3% Carroll County, New Hampshire 7.3% Wheatland County, Montana 7.2% Beaver County, Utah 7.1% Custer County, Idaho 6.9% Sagadahoc County, Maine 6.8% Big Horn County, Wyoming 6.6% Uinta County, Wyoming 6.6% Kent County, Texas 6.4%
Lowest counties
County Scottish ancestry Yauco Municipio, Puerto Rico 0.0% Yabucoa Municipio, Puerto Rico 0.0% Villalba Municipio, Puerto Rico 0.0% Vieques Municipio, Puerto Rico 0.0% Vega Baja Municipio, Puerto Rico 0.0% Vega Alta Municipio, Puerto Rico 0.0% Utuado Municipio, Puerto Rico 0.0% Trujillo Alto Municipio, Puerto Rico 0.0% Toa Baja Municipio, Puerto Rico 0.0% Toa Alta Municipio, Puerto Rico 0.0% Santa Isabel Municipio, Puerto Rico 0.0% San Sebastián Municipio, Puerto Rico 0.0%
Small populations produce wide margins: King County, Texas is 11.4% with a margin of error of ±11.0%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.
Counted among: Total population