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Largest Scotch-Irish population, New York counties · 2020

New York counties ranked by the number of residents who are Scotch-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 62 counties in New York that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSCOTCH-IRISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01New York County, NYNY1,664,8626,758−49%

02Kings County, NYNY2,653,9634,814−21%

03Monroe County, NYNY750,5064,176−57%

04Suffolk County, NYNY1,546,0903,912−75%

05Erie County, NYNY946,7413,842−63%

06Westchester County, NYNY1,015,7433,113−54%

07Nassau County, NYNY1,398,9392,913−67%

08Onondaga County, NYNY466,5842,494−67%

09Queens County, NYNY2,358,1822,163−53%

10Saratoga County, NYNY241,3431,690−54%

11Albany County, NYNY321,2251,583−62%

12Orange County, NYNY417,6691,512−65%

13Dutchess County, NYNY300,7081,388−67%

14Niagara County, NYNY208,9121,307−53%

15St. Lawrence County, NYNY105,4881,186−49%

16Schenectady County, NYNY162,5811,168−40%

17Broome County, NYNY195,7361,163−59%

18Chautauqua County, NYNY124,1261,158−48%

19Ulster County, NYNY183,3301,121−60%

20Oneida County, NYNY226,3921,095−60%

21Ontario County, NYNY113,1301,069−40%

22Rensselaer County, NYNY160,5101,001−58%

23Washington County, NYNY59,353956−46%

24Tompkins County, NYNY104,047842−51%

25Steuben County, NYNY91,855795−54%

26Oswego County, NYNY118,569708−64%

27Otsego County, NYNY60,589707−43%

28Essex County, NYNY36,438673−33%

29Livingston County, NYNY61,438672−47%

30Warren County, NYNY65,020672−55%

31Columbia County, NYNY60,168650−42%

32Cattaraugus County, NYNY75,390617−51%

33Rockland County, NYNY357,397605−62%

34Richmond County, NYNY501,290590−69%

35Jefferson County, NYNY111,540588−70%

36Delaware County, NYNY44,305561−61%

37Clinton County, NYNY78,138545−58%

38Cayuga County, NYNY74,365478−54%

39Chemung County, NYNY80,415444−70%

40Sullivan County, NYNY80,586440−46%

41Tioga County, NYNY47,453437−49%

42Genesee County, NYNY58,416427−61%

43Madison County, NYNY67,120408−64%

44Putnam County, NYNY99,028400−77%

45Bronx County, NYNY1,406,332363−77%

46Wayne County, NYNY91,250326−81%

47Cortland County, NYNY45,850314−51%

48Schoharie County, NYNY30,176296−36%

49Allegany County, NYNY46,800268−74%

50Chenango County, NYNY45,715236−79%

51Orleans County, NYNY39,825233−54%

52Seneca County, NYNY32,883229−54%

53Franklin County, NYNY46,500218−75%

54Schuyler County, NYNY16,924202−36%

55Lewis County, NYNY26,479200−49%

56Greene County, NYNY47,238197−64%

57Wyoming County, NYNY39,741171−72%

58Herkimer County, NYNY59,219161−71%

59Montgomery County, NYNY50,046156−63%

60Fulton County, NYNY52,216151−77%

61Yates County, NYNY24,54786−79%

62Hamilton County, NYNY5,00616−86%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS