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The states with the highest percentage of English ancestry according to the 2020 US Census are as follows:
1. Utah - 39.8%
2. Maine - 29.2%
3. Idaho - 28.3%
4. Alabama - 28.2%
5. Kentucky - 27.5%
6. Tennessee - 26.6%
7. Mississippi - 26.4%
8. Vermont - 26.3%
9. North Carolina - 26.2%
10. Virginia - 25.9%
11. Georgia - 25.7%
12. West Virginia - 25.6%
13. Arkansas - 25.3%
14. South Carolina - 25.1%
15. New Hampshire - 24.2%
16. Oregon - 23.3%
17. Oklahoma - 23.2%
18. Hawaii - 22.6%
19. Wyoming - 22.6%
20. Washington - 22.5%
Utah is IMO only so much higher than anywhere else because unlike other Americans most of their English ancestry came after US independence, in the mid 19th century. Genetics and surnames suggests Whites in the Deep South are more British, if not English.
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