Cities/States with alot of Scots? (metro area, areas, island)

[Scotslass]

Just curious to see where they all are

[Newarkbomb]

Mass., Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Pa.

some in NJ and NY too.

But i can't put my finger on what cities.

[18Montclair]

According to the 2000 Census, Metro Areas by Population of Scottish Ancestry
1 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 92,265
2 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 90,354
3 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH7 2,434
4 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 65,411
5 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 62,401
6 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 59,811
7 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 58,694
8 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 58,035
9 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 55,977
10 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 51,390

States by Population of Scottish Ancestry, 2000 Census
1 California 339,975
2 Texas 199,329
3 Florida 196,376
4 Michigan 138,019
5 North Carolina 128,473
6 New York 127,841
7 Ohio 124,157
8 Pennsylvania 113,726
9 Washington 111,916
10Georgia 101,504

[Billiam]

i never realized Scottish was that uncommon! Just 9.2 million. I don't know why but i always thought it was more

[guestposter24]

Originally Posted by Billiam

i never realized Scottish was that uncommon! Just 9.2 million. I don't know why but i always thought it was more

There is also a lot of unreported ancestry. Many Southerners have been here for a long time and don't know/never bothered to look up their family name's origin.

[nephthys]

I know my scottish ancestors first settled in NC and KY...

[rogercobb]

Obviously the largest cities and states in the country will have the most. Based on percentages the Apapalachians would have the most...many Scots-Irish settled in the Upper South. Also Northern New England has many people of Scottish ancestry and of course French Canadian up there too.

[Stormcrow73]

Many many people in northern AR are of Ulster Scots extraction.

[Catbirds]

Originally Posted by Scotslass

Just curious to see where they all are

We are all here in the mountains of North Carolina. We have the Highland
Games at Grandfather Mountain every year. Go to Grandfather Mountain Highland Games Homepage and you will see what it is about. Most natives are Scotch Irish that came here in the 1700's and even earlier. Come on over and visit us, you will feel right at home.

[tpk-nyc]

For whatever reason, people in the South who list their ethnicity as "American" are usually Scots-Irish.

Also, many Scots have been here for so long and intermarried with the Welsh and the English, that one could describe them as "British" in an ethnic, if not a political sense.