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- Predominantly in New England, Appalachia and the Deep South; Plurality in New York, Massachusetts, West Virginia, Idaho, North Carolina, Florida, California and Pennsylvania
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The Ulster Scots, known as the Scots-Irish (or Scotch-Irish) in North America, were descended from people originally from (mainly Lowland) Scotland, as well as the north of England and other regions, who colonized the province of Ulster in Ireland in the seventeenth century. After several generations, their descendants left for America, and ...
Distribution of Scottish People in the US Explore the map and tables to see where people of this ethnic group have settled in the United States by county and state. Ethnic and ancestry information for these tables includes people of partial descent and is based on self identification.
The Scottish diaspora consists of Scottish people who emigrated from Scotland and their descendants. The diaspora is concentrated in countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, England, New Zealand, Ireland and to a lesser extent Argentina, Chile, and Brazil.
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- Oceania: Australia
- Banff Springs Hotel, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. The Scots who emigrated to North America brought with them memories of dramatic scenery studded with over 2,000 castles.
- Craigdarroch Castle, Victoria, British Columbia. Craigdarroch Castle is Victoria’s Scottish baronial-style mansion. Owner Robert Dunsmuir (1825 to 1889), had grown up in Ayrshire, Scotland, and worked as a coal-mine manager in a small Scottish town.
- Glenlaurel, Hocking Hills, Ohio. Tucked away in the Hocking Hills region of Ohio, Michael Daniels decided to recreate a wee piece of Scotland to celebrate his Scottish ancestry.
- Bannerman Castle, Near New York City. Scottish castles are often evocative cliff-top ruins and loved by tourists for their dramatic settings and sense of history.A couple of these ruins, such as Morton Castle and the partly ruinous Aberdour Castle, have been featured in the historical television series Outlander.
North Dakota has the fewest Scottish-American residents, with only 8,504. The District of Columbia, South Dakota, Hawaii, and Delaware all have less than 15,000 residents of Scottish descent.
Jan 8, 2023 · According to the United States Ancestry Census estimates 2020, there were 5,298,861 (1.62% of the US Population) people of Scottish descent in the U.S. and 2,937,156 (0.90%) people of Scotch-Irish ancestry.
The states reporting the highest concentration of Scotch-Irish are California, Texas, North Carolina, Florida, and Pennsylvania. Those claiming Scottish descent are also most populous in California, then Florida, Texas, New York, and Michigan.
