List of U.S. cities with large Irish-American populations explained

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]
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 14.2%^[2]
• Louisville, Kentucky 13.2%
• Portland, Oregon 11.9% ^[3]
• Seattle, Washington 11.65% ^[4]
• Buffalo, New York 11.23%
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 10.7% ^[5]
• 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%

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

• Lists of U.S. cities with large ethnic minority populations
• Irish in Omaha, Nebraska

References

1. Web site: March 17, 2016. Just how Irish is Boston?. 2021-03-26. BostonGlobe.com. en-US.
2. Web site: America's Most Irish Towns . . Trulia . 15 March 2013 . 7 February 2014.
3. Web site: Ancestry in Portland, Oregon . . US Census Bureau . 7 December 2016 . 16 November 2021.
4. Web site: US Census Bureau 2016 American Community Survey. . US Census Bureau . 11 June 2018 . 15 November 2021.
5. Web site: Thomas. G. Scott. March 17, 2009. Census: Pittsburgh more than 10 percent Irish. 2021-11-15. Pittsburgh Business Times.