Which county has the highest irish share?

Grant County, Nebraska ranks #1 with 27.8% (2024 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 counties by irish share?

Grant County, Nebraska, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Cape May County, New Jersey, Terrell County, Texas, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

How many counties are in this ranking?

3,144 counties qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2024 ACS 5-year data.

How is irish share measured?

Share of all residents who are Irish ancestry (Ancestry, ACS detailed tables). Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024).

RANKING · 2024 ACS · 144 SHOWN OF 3,144

Highest Irish population share, US counties

US counties ranked by the share of all residents who are Irish ancestry (2024 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: Irish residents as a percentage of total population.

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SAME RANKING BYCities States Metros

YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPIRISH SHAREVS 2010

3001▼152Yazoo County, MSMS22,9473.5%−2.7 pts

3002▼68Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,1633.5%−0.5 pts

3003▼17Frio County, TXTX18,8233.5%+1.0 pts

3004▼1,073Jones County, SDSD9133.5%−12.4 pts

3005▲34St. Martin Parish, LALA51,1063.5%+0.7 pts

3006▲3Dougherty County, GAGA82,6163.5%−1.9 pts

3007▼386Clark County, IDID7833.4%+1.1 pts

3008▲89St. Landry Parish, LALA80,7653.4%+0.1 pts

3009▲95Wilcox County, ALAL9,6663.4%+0.3 pts

3010▼92Monroe County, ALAL18,9653.4%−4.2 pts

3011▲76Val Verde County, TXTX47,8353.3%+0.1 pts

3012▼91Merced County, CACA297,2603.3%−1.8 pts

3013▲1Sampson County, NCNC61,5043.3%−2.6 pts

3014▼255Greensville County, VAVA11,1813.3%+1.5 pts

3015▲93Leflore County, MSMS25,6863.3%+0.3 pts

3016▲41Franklin, VAVA8,4783.3%−0.9 pts

3017▼179Wilkinson County, MSMS7,5823.3%−5.5 pts

3018▼715Bennett County, SDSD3,3073.3%+1.2 pts

3019▲81Telfair County, GAGA11,1953.3%+1.6 pts

3020▼28Socorro County, NMNM15,8383.3%−1.6 pts

3021▼406Ben Hill County, GAGA17,0993.3%−5.1 pts

3022▼6Cameron Parish, LALA4,7183.3%−3.6 pts

3023▲39Williamsburg County, SCSC29,6623.2%+1.2 pts

3024▼83Hertford County, NCNC19,0153.2%−1.0 pts

3025▼23Jefferson County, MSMS6,8253.2%+1.3 pts

3026▲16Orangeburg County, SCSC83,1773.2%−0.7 pts

3027▼68Sumter County, ALAL11,5883.2%−0.6 pts

3028▼131Lunenburg County, VAVA12,0583.2%−3.9 pts

3029▼122Calhoun County, SCSC14,1883.1%−5.3 pts

3030▼196Terrell County, GAGA8,6563.1%−1.9 pts

3031▼167Ochiltree County, TXTX9,2843.1%−7.1 pts

3032▼107Acadia Parish, LALA57,0323.1%−2.1 pts

3033▼234Anson County, NCNC21,7583.1%−2.4 pts

3034▼183Moore County, TXTX21,8913.1%−4.7 pts

3035▼515West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,7563.1%−4.9 pts

3036▼333Macon County, GAGA11,7563.1%−1.3 pts

3037▼170Hale County, TXTX31,8193.1%−3.1 pts

3038▼242Wilcox County, GAGA8,7973.1%−7.1 pts

3039▼100Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,4833.0%−3.4 pts

3040▼245Buchanan County, VAVA18,4923.0%−6.3 pts

3041▼113Crisp County, GAGA19,2373.0%−6.7 pts

3042▲52Barnwell County, SCSC20,6533.0%−1.7 pts

3043▼43Tunica County, MSMS8,8193.0%−2.4 pts

3044▼77Hamilton County, KSKS2,5003.0%−8.2 pts

3045▼122Northampton County, NCNC16,4913.0%−2.4 pts

3046▲20Perry County, ALAL7,4253.0%−0.1 pts

3047▼639Mountrail County, NDND9,3952.9%−3.6 pts

3048▼158Noxubee County, MSMS9,7982.9%−2.4 pts

3049▲25Pecos County, TXTX14,5602.9%−2.0 pts

3050▼204Claiborne Parish, LALA13,3542.9%−5.7 pts

3051▼477Wayne County, MSMS19,8072.9%−6.0 pts

3052▼72Upton County, TXTX3,1312.9%−9.5 pts

3053▼139Benson County, NDND5,7592.9%−2.1 pts

3054▼134Gaines County, TXTX23,9562.9%−3.9 pts

3055▼36Nome Census Area, AKAK9,8302.9%−1.9 pts

3056▼67East Carroll Parish, LALA6,7602.8%+0.2 pts

3057▲18San Miguel County, NMNM26,2602.8%−0.9 pts

3058▼494Haskell County, KSKS3,5992.8%−6.3 pts

3059▲8Lee County, SCSC15,7302.8%+0.4 pts

3060▼27St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,8752.8%−1.1 pts

3061▼37Early County, GAGA10,4552.8%−3.4 pts

3062▼22Edgecombe County, NCNC49,1212.8%−1.0 pts

3063▼22Apache County, AZAZ64,4452.7%−1.5 pts

3064▼293Clay County, GAGA2,8152.7%−1.8 pts

3065▼199Harding County, NMNM6172.7%−1.3 pts

3066▼121Taylor County, GAGA7,8182.6%−5.8 pts

3067▼71Chicot County, ARAR9,1072.6%−6.8 pts

3068▼3Marion County, SCSC28,2422.6%−2.6 pts

3069▼10North Slope, AKAK10,5822.6%+0.5 pts

3070▼199Seward County, KSKS21,0732.6%−3.1 pts

3071▲55Emporia, VAVA5,4472.6%−1.3 pts

3072Santa Cruz County, AZAZ50,0202.5%−0.9 pts

3073▼50Lee County, ARAR8,0292.5%−3.0 pts

3074▼1,710Esmeralda County, NVNV7292.5%−11.3 pts

3075▼6Dallas County, ALAL35,1402.5%−2.6 pts

3076▼88Desha County, ARAR9,9842.5%−3.3 pts

3077▼151Aleutians West Census Area, AKAK5,2402.5%−2.1 pts

3078▼53Greene County, ALAL7,0672.5%−2.0 pts

3079▼92Bertie County, NCNC17,0862.5%−1.7 pts

3080▼59Washington County, NCNC10,6382.4%−2.5 pts

3081▼35Prince George's County, MDMD970,3742.4%−1.2 pts

3082▼53Washington County, MSMS40,4462.4%−3.3 pts

3083▲7Scotland County, NCNC33,3222.4%−2.3 pts

3084▼175Marlboro County, SCSC25,4882.4%−2.0 pts

3085▲18Willacy County, TXTX19,9712.4%+0.9 pts

3086▲26Reagan County, TXTX3,1662.3%−2.5 pts

3087▼118Macon County, ALAL18,1322.3%0.0 pts

3088▼56Madison Parish, LALA8,8442.2%−1.7 pts

3089▼119Dillon County, SCSC27,4582.2%−3.2 pts

3090▼27El Paso County, TXTX877,8582.2%−0.3 pts

3091▲10Lowndes County, ALAL9,3592.2%−0.1 pts

3092▼24Bailey County, TXTX6,9632.1%−2.8 pts

3093▼11Assumption Parish, LALA19,7202.1%−0.2 pts

3094▲19Todd County, SDSD8,8632.1%+0.4 pts

3095▼131Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,6262.1%−4.0 pts

3096▲26Bamberg County, SCSC12,7962.1%−0.7 pts

3097▼17McIntosh County, NDND2,4512.1%−0.8 pts

3098▼317Presidio County, TXTX5,4332.1%+0.4 pts

3099▼1Issaquena County, MSMS1,2632.0%−3.9 pts

3100▼148Parmer County, TXTX9,6782.0%−7.3 pts

3101▲22Holmes County, MSMS15,4652.0%−0.9 pts

3102▼91Mellette County, SDSD2,1372.0%−6.5 pts

3103▼15Robeson County, NCNC119,9411.9%−1.0 pts

3104▼11Imperial County, CACA181,4111.7%−0.9 pts

3105▼32Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,0951.7%−0.7 pts

3106▼20Clayton County, GAGA297,4711.7%−0.9 pts

3107▼16Bronx County, NYNY1,406,3321.7%−1.1 pts

3108▲3McKinley County, NMNM68,1191.7%+0.1 pts

3109▲24Kusilvak Census Area, AKAK7,9321.6%–

3110▼97Sharkey County, MSMS3,0971.6%−1.5 pts

3111▼51Webster County, GAGA2,3691.6%−17.0 pts

3112▼5Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,3911.5%−1.8 pts

3113▼65Guadalupe County, NMNM4,3431.4%−2.6 pts

3114▼25Randolph County, GAGA6,1561.4%−6.7 pts

3115▲13Kenedy County, TXTX3191.4%–

3116▼11Rolette County, NDND11,6881.4%−1.3 pts

3117▼8Miami-Dade County, FLFL2,802,0291.3%−0.5 pts

3118▼73Wheeler County, GAGA7,5701.3%−1.5 pts

3119▼48Dimmit County, TXTX8,0241.3%−0.6 pts

3120▼39Duval County, TXTX9,4021.3%−2.6 pts

3121▼42Stewart County, GAGA4,6311.3%−3.6 pts

3122▲5Claiborne County, MSMS8,0581.3%−0.2 pts

3123▼6Cameron County, TXTX433,9461.3%−0.5 pts

3124▼175Castro County, TXTX7,2951.2%−7.1 pts

3125▼148Crane County, TXTX4,5541.2%−6.0 pts

3126▼1Menominee County, WIWI4,1991.1%−1.2 pts

3127▼8Hidalgo County, TXTX921,5491.0%−0.4 pts

3128▼10Reeves County, TXTX12,1381.0%+0.1 pts

3129▼14St. James Parish, LALA18,9381.0%−1.1 pts

3130▼46Zavala County, TXTX9,0371.0%+0.4 pts

3131▼61Sioux County, NDND3,6670.9%−0.7 pts

3132▼40Petersburg, VAVA33,7340.8%−1.1 pts

3133▼17Bullock County, ALAL9,7800.8%−1.7 pts

3134▼232Campbell County, SDSD1,3770.7%−7.1 pts

3135▼6Webb County, TXTX281,2240.7%−0.1 pts

3136▼16Zapata County, TXTX13,7530.7%−2.0 pts

3137▼38Stanton County, KSKS1,9860.6%−7.5 pts

3138▼8Maverick County, TXTX58,8230.6%0.0 pts

3139▼18Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3380.6%–

3140▼38Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,5550.5%−0.3 pts

3141▼143Crockett County, TXTX2,7690.5%−2.4 pts

3142▼8Brooks County, TXTX6,5790.4%−0.3 pts

3143▼19Buffalo County, SDSD1,8020.4%−0.7 pts

3144▼13Starr County, TXTX66,3190.1%−0.4 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES