Which county has the highest scotch-irish population?

Maricopa County, Arizona ranks #1 with 26,736 (2024 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 counties by scotch-irish population?

Maricopa County, Arizona, Los Angeles County, California, Harris County, Texas, King County, Washington, San Diego County, California.

How many counties are in this ranking?

3,090 counties qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2024 ACS 5-year data.

How is scotch-irish population measured?

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

RANKING · 2024 ACS · 90 SHOWN OF 3,090

Largest Scotch-Irish population, US counties

US counties ranked by the number of residents who are Scotch-Irish ancestry, from the 2024 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV.

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SAME RANKING BYCities States Metros

YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSCOTCH-IRISH POPULATIONVS 2010

3001▼536Piute County, UTUT1,5098−38%

3002▼435Columbia County, WAWA4,1418−93%

3003▼29Emmons County, NDND3,2157−77%

3004▼8Big Stone County, MNMN5,0547−74%

3005▼138Issaquena County, MSMS1,2637−46%

3006▼608Wheatland County, MTMT2,1007−90%

3007▼2Adams County, NDND2,2757−50%

3008▼62Sargent County, NDND3,7117−68%

3009▼193Gregory County, SDSD4,0377−85%

3010▼120Lynn County, TXTX6,0177−92%

3011▼489Davis County, IAIA9,2307−90%

3012▲39Greeley County, KSKS1,1827−84%

3013▼514Kingman County, KSKS7,0297−98%

3014▼987Owsley County, KYKY3,9327−89%

3015▼31Desha County, ARAR9,9846−97%

3016▲48Alpine County, CACA1,0436−70%

3017▼85Lincoln County, MNMN5,5836−81%

3018▼256Hooker County, NENE6866−63%

3019▼74Kidder County, NDND2,3936−68%

3020▲12Aurora County, SDSD2,8016−68%

3021▲60Corson County, SDSD3,7816−75%

3022▲67McPherson County, SDSD2,3476–

3023Mellette County, SDSD2,1376−40%

3024▼309Morris County, TXTX12,1336−99%

3025▼550Swisher County, TXTX6,7036−96%

3026▼10Golden Valley County, NDND1,8086−70%

3027▼134Butte County, IDID2,7836−95%

3028▼133Wallace County, KSKS1,4416−92%

3029▼88Daniels County, MTMT1,6125−17%

3030▼171Granite County, MTMT3,6585−96%

3031▼270Banner County, NENE6865−55%

3032▼392Brown County, NENE2,8265−87%

3033▼21Colfax County, NENE10,9345−86%

3034▲33Grant County, NENE5615+67%

3035Guadalupe County, NMNM4,3435−79%

3036▼5Wells County, NDND3,7295−86%

3037▲61Campbell County, SDSD1,3775–

3038▼202Hand County, SDSD3,1215−89%

3039▼33Jerauld County, SDSD1,6545−92%

3040▼190Walworth County, SDSD5,2175−92%

3041▲7Borden County, TXTX5675+25%

3042▲8Motley County, TXTX1,0435−44%

3043▼210Garfield County, WAWA2,4165−93%

3044▼148Denali, AKAK1,6164−85%

3045▼1,003West Carroll Parish, LALA9,1564−99%

3046▼278Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,7044−91%

3047▲6Petroleum County, MTMT5484−56%

3048▼35Dundy County, NENE1,5684−93%

3049Thomas County, NENE6394−92%

3050▼36Grant County, SDSD7,5344−95%

3051▲22Sanborn County, SDSD2,3884−89%

3052▼524Carson County, TXTX5,8054−98%

3053▲21Stonewall County, TXTX1,1864−87%

3054▼543Power County, IDID8,2464−91%

3055▼175Stanton County, KSKS1,9864−84%

3056▼55Wichita County, KSKS2,0314−96%

3057▼119Cameron Parish, LALA4,7183−93%

3058McCone County, MTMT1,7203−90%

3059▼37Hayes County, NENE8213−93%

3060▼16Burke County, NDND2,1323−90%

3061▲26Sioux County, NDND3,66730%

3062▼236Harper County, OKOK3,1723−98%

3063▼73Hanson County, SDSD3,4563−77%

3064▲7Harding County, SDSD1,3313−93%

3065▼16Hudspeth County, TXTX3,4333−85%

3066▼67King County, TXTX1923–

3067▼98Starr County, TXTX66,3193–

3068▼31McIntosh County, NDND2,4513−73%

3069▼30Bristol Bay, AKAK8472−33%

3070▼51Red Lake County, MNMN3,9402−90%

3071▼293Sioux County, NENE1,1882−94%

3072▼68Wheeler County, NENE7892−75%

3073▼360Barnes County, NDND10,5732−97%

3074▼127Slope County, NDND6282−89%

3075▼52Steele County, NDND1,7972–

3076Zavala County, TXTX9,0372−93%

3077▼250Pendleton County, WVWV5,8262−97%

3078▼121Liberty County, MTMT1,9572−87%

3079Kiowa County, COCO1,4122−95%

3080▼99Comanche County, KSKS1,6732−94%

3081▼132Gosper County, NENE1,8032−88%

3082▲2Yakutat, AKAK6721−86%

3083▼54Boyd County, NENE1,6741−93%

3084▼42Rock County, NENE1,2591−95%

3085▼60Douglas County, SDSD2,8881−96%

3086▼215Haakon County, SDSD1,8021−97%

3087Miner County, SDSD2,2811−94%

3088▲11Todd County, SDSD8,8631−96%

3089▼116Treasure County, MTMT7281−96%

3090▼38McPherson County, NENE3691−93%

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