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Lithuanian Ancestry in America

People of Lithuanian ancestry form an important group in several countries in North and South America. As per the estimates, the total population of Lithuanian ancestry is 1 million in North and South America. They form an important minority Group in the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Argentina.

Let’s have a look at Americans Countries having significant Lithuanian ancestry

Lithuanian Americans are Americans who have full or partial Lithuanian ancestry. In the United States census of 2020, 0.7 million people identified as being fully or partly of Lithuanian ancestry. Lithuanian Americans form by far the largest group within the Lithuanian diaspora.

According to the United States Ancestry Census estimates 2020, there were 626,937 (0.19% of the US Population) people of Lithuanian descent in the U.S.

Lithuanian Ancestry Statewise

Population wise Illinois (76,469) has the largest number of people with Lithuanian Ancestry followed by Pennsylvania (66,820), California (46,405), Massachusetts (44,705), and New York (41,873).

Percentage-wise top US states with Lithuanian Ancestry are Connecticut (0.74%), Massachusetts (0.65%), Illinois (0.60%), New Hampshire (0.53%), and Pennsylvania (0.52%).

New Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has the largest percentage of Lithuanian Americans (20.8%) in the United States.

List of States by Lithuanian Ancestry Population

#StatesEstimated PopulationPercent
1Alabama2,1390.04%
2Alaska9100.12%
3Arizona11,5010.16%
4Arkansas1,6750.06%
5California46,4050.12%
6Colorado12,0620.21%
7Connecticut26,5430.74%
8Delaware2,5290.26%
9District of Columbia2,1630.31%
10Florida38,1910.18%
11Georgia7,4530.07%
12Hawaii9380.07%
13Idaho1,4280.08%
14Illinois76,4690.60%
15Indiana9,4460.14%
16Iowa2,3790.08%
17Kansas1,9050.07%
18Kentucky3,2270.07%
19Louisiana1,7940.04%
20Maine4,5090.34%
21Maryland16,1950.27%
22Massachusetts44,7050.65%
23Michigan28,8730.29%
24Minnesota5,7490.10%
25Mississippi5050.02%
26Missouri6,3470.10%
27Montana1,5530.15%
28Nebraska2,3070.12%
29Nevada4,2330.14%
30New Hampshire7,2450.53%
31New Jersey29,7430.33%
32New Mexico1,5220.07%
33New York41,8730.21%
34North Carolina11,1280.11%
35North Dakota1950.03%
36Ohio21,5520.18%
37Oklahoma1,8640.05%
38Oregon5,9170.14%
39Pennsylvania66,8200.52%
40Rhode Island3,2030.30%
41South Carolina4,9750.10%
42South Dakota2640.03%
43Tennessee4,5390.07%
44Texas16,6530.06%
45Utah1,5940.05%
46Vermont2,2030.35%
47Virginia13,5700.16%
48Washington12,4190.17%
49West Virginia1,2330.07%
50Wisconsin13,4280.23%
51Wyoming8640.15%

Source: US Census estimates 2020

Lithuanian Canadians are Canadians who have full or partial Lithuanian ancestry. Lithuanian Canadians account for about 0.17%  of the total population of Canada

According to Canadian Census 2016, there were 59,285 people of Lithuanian descent in Canada.

Lithuanian Ancestry Provinces

Ontario, with 35,105 people of Lithuanian ancestry, has the largest population of Lithuanians -Canadians in Canada followed by British Columbia (7,225) and Quebec (6,625). 

Over two-thirds of Lithuanian Canadians reside in Toronto, with other much smaller populations scattered around most of the Canadian provinces and territories. Other Cities with a Lithuanian Population are  Mississauga, Hamilton, and Montreal.

List of Provinces by Lithuanian Ancestry Population

#Provinces and TerritoriesEstimate PopulationPercentage
1 Ontario35,1050.77%
2 British Columbia7,2250.58%
3 Quebec6,6250.91%
4 Alberta6,0901.19%
5 Manitoba1,4553.54%
6 Nova Scotia1,1500.13%
7 Saskatchewan1,0452.94%
8 New Brunswick3250.00%
9 Newfoundland and Labrador1100.08%
10 Prince Edward Island900.00%
11 Yukon400.00%
12 Northwest Territories250.07%
13 Nunavut00.00%
  Canada— Total59,2850.17%

Source: Canada Census 2016

Lithuanian  Brazilians are Brazilians who have full or partial Lithuanian ancestry. As per the estimates, there were 200,000   people of Lithuanian descent in Brazil.

The Brazilian region with Lithuanian descendants is mostly in Southern and Southeastern Brazil. They can be found throughout the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Paraná. 

 

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