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U.S. cities with large Irish American populations. The city with the highest Irish population is Boston, Massachusetts.
Large cities with the highest percentage of Irish ancestry
- Boston, Massachusetts 22.8% [1]
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 16.2%
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 14.2% [2]
- Louisville, Kentucky 13.2%
- Portland, Oregon 11.9% [3]
- Seattle, Washington 11.65% [4]
- Buffalo, New York 11.23%
- Nashville, Tennessee 9.8%
- Kansas City, Missouri 9.66%
- Raleigh, North Carolina 9.5%
- Cleveland, Ohio 9.43%
- Saint Paul, Minnesota - 9.4%
- Baltimore, Maryland 9.14%
- Cincinnati, Ohio 9.05%
- Austin, Texas 8.5%
- Charlotte, North Carolina 8.4%
- Chicago, Illinois 8%
- Memphis, Tennessee 7%
- New Orleans, Louisiana 6.8% [5]
Medium-size cities
- Weymouth, Massachusetts - 45.5%
- Quincy, Massachusetts - 33.5%
- Scranton, Pennsylvania - 30.3%
- Albany, New York - 18.1%
- Fayetteville, Arkansas - 15.21%
- Charleston, South Carolina - 14%
- Savannah, Georgia - 13.8%
- Knoxville, Tennessee - 13.5%
- Erie, Pennsylvania - 12.4%
- Omaha, Nebraska - 11.9%
- Syracuse, New York - 12.4%
- Columbia, South Carolina - 10.1%
- Huntsville, Alabama - 10.2%
- Little Rock, Arkansas - 9.6%
- Lowell, Massachusetts - 9.4%
- Mobile, Alabama - 8.7%
- Shreveport, Louisiana - 7%
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana - 6.4%
Small cities, towns, and villages
- Scituate, Massachusetts - 61.5%
- Holly Bluff, Mississippi - 58.33%
- Almond, North Carolina - 50%
- Salem, Alabama - 47.3%
- Braintree, Massachusetts - 46.8%
- Marshfield, Massachusetts - 46.7%
- Breezy Point , New York- 48%
- Belmont, Louisiana - 45.56%
- Pearl River, New York - 45.75%
- Milton, Massachusetts - 44.7%
- Hull, Massachusetts - 44%
- Walpole, Massachusetts - 43.0%
- Duxbury, Massachusetts - 41.4%
- Vaucluse, South Carolina - 40.62%
- Crum Lynne, Pennsylvania - 39.2%
- Gloucester City, New Jersey - 38.8%
- Fackler, Alabama - 38.16%
- Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania - 37.9%
- Cleary, Mississippi - 32.3%
- Iron City, Tennessee - 31.3%
- Oak Lawn, Illinois - 30.4%
- Waldwick, New Jersey - 30.1%
- Puckett, Mississippi - 29%
- Troy, New York - 24.3%
- Butte, Montana - 23.6%
- McEwen, Tennessee - 22.7%
- Albany, Louisiana - 22.5%
- Abbeville, Mississippi - 21.9%
- Havertown, Pennsylvania - 21.7%
- Erin, Tennessee - 21.0%
- Hester, Louisiana - 18.4%
- Hernando, Mississippi - 18.1%
- Greenwood Village, Colorado
- Brandon, Mississippi - 16.5%
See also
References
- ^ "Just how Irish is Boston?". BostonGlobe.com. March 17, 2016. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ^ Trulia (15 March 2013). "America's Most Irish Towns". Forbes. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ US Census Bureau (7 December 2016). "Ancestry in Portland, Oregon". US Census Bureau. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ US Census Bureau (11 June 2018). "US Census Bureau 2016 American Community Survey" (PDF). US Census Bureau. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Thomas, G. Scott (March 17, 2009). "Census: Pittsburgh more than 10 percent Irish". Pittsburgh Business Times. Retrieved 2021-11-15.