AkashicThe most English-ancestry places in America
Of the 100 counties most defined by english, 83 voted Republican and 17 Democratic in 2024 — a median of R+51.4, and as a group they shifted −1.5 points toward Republicans from 2020 to 2024.
Does english move the vote?
Every U.S. county, plotted by how much of the community lives there against its 2024 presidential margin — the demographic dial on one axis, the political one on the other.
Across every county, the more english a county is, the more Republican it votes — a mild relationship (r = −0.21).
| English range | Counties | Median margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2.8% – 4.1% | 130 | R+7.8 |
| 4.1% – 5.4% | 110 | R+30.0 |
| 5.4% – 6.6% | 208 | R+22.9 |
| 6.6% – 7.9% | 234 | R+30.9 |
| 7.9% – 9.2% | 243 | R+36.5 |
| 9.2% – 10.5% | 272 | R+41.0 |
| 10.5% – 11.8% | 300 | R+44.3 |
| 11.8% – 13.1% | 329 | R+41.5 |
| 13.1% – 14.3% | 313 | R+46.3 |
| 14.3% – 15.6% | 247 | R+43.7 |
| 15.6% – 16.9% | 139 | R+45.9 |
| 16.9% – 18.2% | 117 | R+45.6 |
| 18.2% – 19.5% | 55 | R+35.9 |
| 19.5% – 20.7% | 36 | R+43.8 |
| 20.7% – 22.0% | 20 | R+24.2 |
| 22.0% – 23.3% | 72 | R+53.0 |
Where english concentrates
Every county shaded by english — deep where the community clusters, pale at the other end. Counties below 5,000 population are suppressed.
The leaderboard
Ranked most to least by english. Filter by region or state, switch the column lens, cap the list, and sort on any figure.
| # | 2008–24 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bear Lake County, ID | 37.4% | R R+77.1 | +0.3 | 3,325 | |
| 2 | Millard County, UT | 36.7% | R R+75.9 | +1.4 | 6,387 | |
| 3 | Beaver County, UT | 36.5% | R R+74.3 | +1.1 | 3,212 | |
| 4 | Raleigh County, WV | 36.5% | R R+54.3 | −3.9 | 30,966 | |
| 5 | Morgan County, UT | 34.7% | R R+59.9 | +2.1 | 6,735 | |
| 6 | Wyoming County, WV | 34.5% | R R+73.0 | −0.9 | 7,565 | |
| 7 | Madison County, ID | 33.9% | R R+64.3 | −0.6 | 17,363 | |
| 8 | Cache County, UT | 33.1% | R R+34.4 | +2.2 | 60,258 | |
| 9 | Juab County, UT | 32.9% | R R+75.7 | −0.5 | 6,518 | |
| 10 | Fremont County, ID | 32.8% | R R+69.0 | −1.2 | 6,803 | |
| 11 | Utah County, UT | 32.8% | R R+39.8 | +0.6 | 298,143 | |
| 12 | Jefferson County, ID | 32.7% | R R+73.3 | +0.4 | 15,820 | |
| 13 | Garfield County, UT | 32.7% | R R+59.4 | +0.8 | 2,811 | |
| 14 | Davis County, UT | 32.2% | R R+24.9 | +2.1 | 166,570 | |
| 15 | Sevier County, UT | 32.2% | R R+75.9 | +1.0 | 10,926 | |
| 16 | Uinta County, WY | 31.8% | R R+62.9 | −0.1 | 9,089 | |
| 17 | Washington County, UT | 30.7% | R R+52.3 | −1.0 | 97,256 | |
| 18 | Caribou County, ID | 30.2% | R R+71.2 | +1.2 | 3,456 | |
| 19 | Sanpete County, UT | 30.0% | R R+67.6 | +0.5 | 12,944 | |
| 20 | Wasatch County, UT | 29.9% | R R+27.4 | −1.5 | 18,354 | |
| 21 | Box Elder County, UT | 29.7% | R R+60.8 | +1.7 | 28,920 | |
| 22 | Webster County, MS | 29.2% | R R+65.2 | −5.0 | 5,095 | |
| 23 | Iron County, UT | 29.0% | R R+57.0 | −0.8 | 27,878 | |
| 24 | Putnam County, FL | 28.2% | R R+47.8 | −6.6 | 36,272 | |
| 25 | Lincoln County, WY | 27.9% | R R+67.7 | +0.5 | 10,840 | |
| 26 | Hancock County, ME | 27.7% | D D+11.8 | −0.5 | 36,253 | |
| 27 | Carter County, KY | 27.1% | R R+58.4 | −5.5 | 11,422 | |
| 28 | Grant County, AR | 26.9% | R R+68.9 | −1.5 | 8,078 | |
| 29 | Buncombe County, NC | 26.9% | D D+24.7 | +3.6 | 160,510 | |
| 30 | Tooele County, UT | 26.6% | R R+40.9 | −2.6 | 34,006 | |
| 31 | Franklin County, ME | 26.4% | R R+8.2 | −4.3 | 17,836 | |
| 32 | Carroll County, NH | 26.4% | R R+1.7 | −3.2 | 34,658 | |
| 33 | Duchesne County, UT | 26.4% | R R+75.9 | +2.0 | 8,968 | |
| 34 | Lincoln County, ME | 26.2% | D D+11.3 | +1.1 | 24,003 | |
| 35 | Kane County, UT | 26.1% | R R+47.7 | −2.1 | 4,488 | |
| 36 | Waldo County, ME | 25.4% | D D+3.4 | −1.3 | 25,130 | |
| 37 | Franklin County, ID | 25.2% | R R+77.6 | +0.2 | 7,184 | |
| 38 | Pike County, IN | 25.2% | R R+54.9 | −2.2 | 6,009 | |
| 39 | Knox County, ME | 24.8% | D D+18.6 | −1.1 | 25,893 | |
| 40 | Grand County, UT | 24.7% | D D+9.5 | −1.3 | 5,300 | |
| 41 | Salt Lake County, UT | 24.5% | D D+10.2 | −0.7 | 509,637 | |
| 42 | Murray County, GA | 24.4% | R R+71.6 | −2.4 | 17,468 | |
| 43 | Sagadahoc County, ME | 24.4% | D D+16.6 | +1.1 | 24,456 | |
| 44 | Carteret County, NC | 24.4% | R R+43.0 | −1.0 | 45,817 | |
| 45 | Bonneville County, ID | 24.3% | R R+45.4 | −1.8 | 56,436 | |
| 46 | Washington County, ME | 24.2% | R R+23.5 | −3.9 | 18,046 | |
| 47 | Weber County, UT | 24.2% | R R+23.5 | −1.1 | 112,054 | |
| 48 | Windsor County, VT | 24.1% | D D+35.3 | −3.6 | 34,289 | |
| 49 | Greenup County, KY | 23.9% | R R+50.5 | −5.5 | 17,374 | |
| 50 | Dawes County, NE | 23.9% | R R+46.8 | −2.3 | 3,889 | |
| 51 | Orange County, VT | 23.9% | D D+20.0 | −4.0 | 17,672 | |
| 52 | Lee County, KY | 23.8% | R R+67.7 | −3.7 | 2,690 | |
| 53 | Emery County, UT | 23.8% | R R+74.6 | −0.4 | 5,011 | |
| 54 | Carbon County, UT | 23.7% | R R+44.4 | +1.3 | 9,445 | |
| 55 | Bannock County, ID | 23.5% | R R+25.1 | −3.3 | 39,976 | |
| 56 | Roane County, WV | 23.5% | R R+53.8 | −6.0 | 5,521 | |
| 57 | Polk County, GA | 23.3% | R R+60.5 | −3.4 | 19,171 | |
| 58 | Edwards County, IL | 23.1% | R R+71.1 | −1.4 | 3,289 | |
| 59 | Power County, ID | 22.9% | R R+45.1 | −4.4 | 3,021 | |
| 60 | Uintah County, UT | 22.9% | R R+73.6 | +1.9 | 15,832 | |
| 61 | Clay County, WV | 22.8% | R R+62.3 | −1.7 | 3,240 | |
| 62 | Sullivan County, NH | 22.7% | R R+0.7 | −4.3 | 25,221 | |
| 63 | Oxford County, ME | 22.6% | R R+12.9 | −4.2 | 34,590 | |
| 64 | Stokes County, NC | 22.6% | R R+59.5 | −1.7 | 27,175 | |
| 65 | Breathitt County, KY | 22.5% | R R+59.3 | −7.0 | 5,113 | |
| 66 | Los Alamos County, NM | 22.5% | D D+30.2 | +3.5 | 12,187 | |
| 67 | Valley County, ID | 22.3% | R R+18.6 | −4.8 | 7,240 | |
| 68 | Boyd County, KY | 22.3% | R R+38.5 | −5.4 | 20,951 | |
| 69 | Dillon County, SC | 22.3% | R R+10.8 | −9.7 | 11,861 | |
| 70 | Sharp County, AR | 22.2% | R R+62.7 | −2.7 | 7,437 | |
| 71 | Bingham County, ID | 22.2% | R R+59.6 | −3.7 | 20,651 | |
| 72 | Goochland County, VA | 22.2% | R R+18.5 | +0.9 | 19,742 | |
| 73 | Cassia County, ID | 22.0% | R R+69.1 | −2.1 | 9,558 | |
| 74 | Mitchell County, NC | 22.0% | R R+55.7 | +2.1 | 8,846 | |
| 75 | Washington County, VT | 22.0% | D D+43.0 | −3.1 | 35,369 | |
| 76 | Kennebec County, ME | 21.9% | R R+2.7 | −3.0 | 72,886 | |
| 77 | Powhatan County, VA | 21.9% | R R+43.9 | +0.4 | 20,914 | |
| 78 | Dade County, GA | 21.8% | R R+66.6 | −2.0 | 8,200 | |
| 79 | Jackson County, MI | 21.7% | R R+21.3 | −2.3 | 83,827 | |
| 80 | Strafford County, NH | 21.7% | D D+12.0 | −3.2 | 76,690 | |
| 81 | Sublette County, WY | 21.6% | R R+60.6 | +1.2 | 4,924 | |
| 82 | Lawrence County, AR | 21.5% | R R+64.0 | −4.4 | 5,692 | |
| 83 | Summit County, UT | 21.5% | D D+14.8 | −4.2 | 25,876 | |
| 84 | George County, MS | 21.4% | R R+78.8 | −1.9 | 11,069 | |
| 85 | Cumberland County, ME | 21.3% | D D+35.3 | −0.0 | 192,656 | |
| 86 | York County, ME | 21.3% | D D+10.5 | −2.0 | 132,838 | |
| 87 | Belknap County, NH | 21.3% | R R+13.0 | −2.6 | 40,676 | |
| 88 | Penobscot County, ME | 21.2% | R R+10.9 | −2.6 | 87,073 | |
| 89 | Grafton County, NH | 21.1% | D D+19.8 | −4.7 | 55,898 | |
| 90 | Union County, GA | 21.0% | R R+62.5 | +0.8 | 17,880 | |
| 91 | Somerset County, ME | 21.0% | R R+27.0 | −3.9 | 28,441 | |
| 92 | Walker County, GA | 20.8% | R R+59.3 | −0.0 | 32,086 | |
| 93 | Lemhi County, ID | 20.7% | R R+54.9 | −0.9 | 4,874 | |
| 94 | Sullivan County, TN | 20.7% | R R+55.0 | −3.1 | 75,541 | |
| 95 | Carroll County, VA | 20.7% | R R+63.1 | −0.4 | 16,200 | |
| 96 | Poquoson city, VA | 20.7% | R R+45.6 | −0.4 | 8,065 | |
| 97 | McLean County, KY | 20.5% | R R+55.9 | −2.4 | 4,634 | |
| 98 | Currituck County, NC | 20.5% | R R+47.8 | −1.6 | 18,053 | |
| 99 | Hawkins County, TN | 20.5% | R R+68.8 | −3.1 | 26,266 | |
| 100 | New Kent County, VA | 20.5% | R R+31.7 | +2.9 | 16,807 |
Source. Demographics — U.S. Census American Community Survey 2024 5-year (ancestry B04006, language C16001, income B19013/B19001, education S1501, poverty S1701); adherence — 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB); density — Census TIGER land area · counties and cities ≥ 5,000 population, ranked by english; the medians are taken across the 100 top counties; the correlation is over all 2,825 eligible counties. Presidential results are two-party margins (MIT Election Lab); city results are precinct-derived for 2008–2024. A place can be demographically homogeneous and politically split — which is exactly what these tables are built to show. Real returns — nothing estimated.