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Largest Irish population, Michigan counties · 2020

Michigan counties ranked by the number of residents who are Irish ancestry, from the 2020 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 83 counties in Michigan that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 83 is 3,910.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPIRISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Oakland County, MIMI1,288,337138,330−11%

02Wayne County, MIMI1,769,038123,387−21%

03Macomb County, MIMI886,22187,918−12%

04Kent County, MIMI675,23264,522−10%

05Genesee County, MIMI401,09341,464−13%

06Washtenaw County, MIMI370,21438,888−5%

07Ingham County, MIMI289,70932,246−12%

08Kalamazoo County, MIMI263,79529,079−12%

09Livingston County, MIMI197,31528,245−12%

10Ottawa County, MIMI308,45925,662+1%

11Jackson County, MIMI159,55222,990−6%

12St. Clair County, MIMI160,48620,477−17%

13Saginaw County, MIMI187,68818,434−10%

14Monroe County, MIMI156,00418,137−22%

15Berrien County, MIMI152,44417,149−16%

16Eaton County, MIMI109,58114,798−7%

17Muskegon County, MIMI177,90114,332−23%

18Calhoun County, MIMI133,40814,313−8%

19Grand Traverse County, MIMI96,72913,234+4%

20Lapeer County, MIMI89,51611,855−13%

21Bay County, MIMI102,12310,261−26%

22Allegan County, MIMI123,18810,215−16%

23Shiawassee County, MIMI67,68110,196−7%

24Lenawee County, MIMI97,7799,915−33%

25Clinton County, MIMI80,4329,752−2%

26Midland County, MIMI83,7549,490−18%

27Van Buren County, MIMI76,0719,052−19%

28Isabella County, MIMI64,6918,577−26%

29Ionia County, MIMI66,5577,610−14%

30Marquette County, MIMI68,0647,087−5%

31Montcalm County, MIMI69,4066,315−28%

32Barry County, MIMI63,9916,031−15%

33Cass County, MIMI51,6775,872−21%

34St. Joseph County, MIMI60,9685,687−8%

35Tuscola County, MIMI52,6805,305−25%

36Hillsdale County, MIMI45,7385,169−26%

37Mecosta County, MIMI42,3205,115−22%

38Newaygo County, MIMI51,6224,925−14%

39Branch County, MIMI45,9934,878−15%

40Sanilac County, MIMI40,0834,722−12%

41Clare County, MIMI31,5433,996−20%

42Charlevoix County, MIMI26,0363,910−11%

43Emmet County, MIMI33,7753,823−33%

44Wexford County, MIMI34,4453,809−23%

45Gratiot County, MIMI41,1903,658−34%

46Cheboygan County, MIMI25,7933,619+6%

47Otsego County, MIMI26,0803,573−10%

48Delta County, MIMI36,5823,564−23%

49Chippewa County, MIMI36,0813,512−24%

50Antrim County, MIMI24,6983,294−7%

51Huron County, MIMI30,5302,984−22%

52Iosco County, MIMI25,2662,934−23%

53Mason County, MIMI29,0402,925−23%

54Leelanau County, MIMI22,9822,889+8%

55Roscommon County, MIMI23,9142,835−14%

56Osceola County, MIMI23,5162,771−8%

57Houghton County, MIMI37,8422,731−28%

58Gladwin County, MIMI26,0772,684−27%

59Alpena County, MIMI28,8532,621−18%

60Dickinson County, MIMI25,8272,506−10%

61Oceana County, MIMI27,1772,422−28%

62Ogemaw County, MIMI21,1212,332−27%

63Benzie County, MIMI18,5682,270−22%

64Manistee County, MIMI25,6562,236−26%

65Kalkaska County, MIMI18,6932,202+2%

66Crawford County, MIMI13,7222,118−19%

67Arenac County, MIMI15,0681,944−5%

68Menominee County, MIMI22,9411,926−5%

69Missaukee County, MIMI15,2741,702−13%

70Alcona County, MIMI10,5561,437−3%

71Montmorency County, MIMI9,8421,292−14%

72Lake County, MIMI13,1821,253−5%

73Presque Isle County, MIMI13,1281,072−19%

74Mackinac County, MIMI11,2361,049−22%

75Gogebic County, MIMI14,285897−38%

76Oscoda County, MIMI8,723860−35%

77Alger County, MIMI8,641828−25%

78Iron County, MIMI11,757822−18%

79Luce County, MIMI6,339788+2%

80Schoolcraft County, MIMI8,187689−21%

81Ontonagon County, MIMI5,823601−20%

82Baraga County, MIMI8,169578−22%

83Keweenaw County, MIMI2,186157+60%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS