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Largest Scotch-Irish population, US counties

US counties ranked by the number of residents who are Scotch-Irish ancestry, from the 2023 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSCOTCH-IRISH POPULATIONVS 2000

3001Piute County, UTUT1,5098–

3002Columbia County, WAWA4,1418–

3003Emmons County, NDND3,2157–

3004Big Stone County, MNMN5,0547–

3005Issaquena County, MSMS1,2637–

3006Wheatland County, MTMT2,1007–

3007Adams County, NDND2,2757–

3008Sargent County, NDND3,7117–

3009Gregory County, SDSD4,0377–

3010Lynn County, TXTX6,0177–

3011Davis County, IAIA9,2307–

3012Greeley County, KSKS1,1827–

3013Kingman County, KSKS7,0297–

3014Owsley County, KYKY3,9327–

3015Desha County, ARAR9,9846–

3016Alpine County, CACA1,0436–

3017Lincoln County, MNMN5,5836–

3018Hooker County, NENE6866–

3019Kidder County, NDND2,3936–

3020Aurora County, SDSD2,8016–

3021Corson County, SDSD3,7816–

3022McPherson County, SDSD2,3476–

3023Mellette County, SDSD2,1376–

3024Morris County, TXTX12,1336–

3025Swisher County, TXTX6,7036–

3026Golden Valley County, NDND1,8086–

3027Butte County, IDID2,7836–

3028Wallace County, KSKS1,4416–

3029Daniels County, MTMT1,6125–

3030Granite County, MTMT3,6585–

3031Banner County, NENE6865–

3032Brown County, NENE2,8265–

3033Colfax County, NENE10,9345–

3034Grant County, NENE5615–

3035Guadalupe County, NMNM4,3435–

3036Wells County, NDND3,7295–

3037Campbell County, SDSD1,3775–

3038Hand County, SDSD3,1215–

3039Jerauld County, SDSD1,6545–

3040Walworth County, SDSD5,2175–

3041Borden County, TXTX5675–

3042Motley County, TXTX1,0435–

3043Garfield County, WAWA2,4165–

3044Denali, AKAK1,6164–

3045West Carroll Parish, LALA9,1564–

3046Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,7044–

3047Petroleum County, MTMT5484–

3048Dundy County, NENE1,5684–

3049Thomas County, NENE6394–

3050Grant County, SDSD7,5344–

3051Sanborn County, SDSD2,3884–

3052Carson County, TXTX5,8054–

3053Stonewall County, TXTX1,1864–

3054Power County, IDID8,2464–

3055Stanton County, KSKS1,9864–

3056Wichita County, KSKS2,0314–

3057Cameron Parish, LALA4,7183–

3058McCone County, MTMT1,7203–

3059Hayes County, NENE8213–

3060Burke County, NDND2,1323–

3061Sioux County, NDND3,6673–

3062Harper County, OKOK3,1723–

3063Hanson County, SDSD3,4563–

3064Harding County, SDSD1,3313–

3065Hudspeth County, TXTX3,4333–

3066King County, TXTX1923–

3067Starr County, TXTX66,3193–

3068McIntosh County, NDND2,4513–

3069Bristol Bay, AKAK8472–

3070Red Lake County, MNMN3,9402–

3071Sioux County, NENE1,1882–

3072Wheeler County, NENE7892–

3073Barnes County, NDND10,5732–

3074Slope County, NDND6282–

3075Steele County, NDND1,7972–

3076Zavala County, TXTX9,0372–

3077Pendleton County, WVWV5,8262–

3078Liberty County, MTMT1,9572–

3079Kiowa County, COCO1,4122–

3080Comanche County, KSKS1,6732–

3081Gosper County, NENE1,8032–

3082Yakutat, AKAK6721–

3083Boyd County, NENE1,6741–

3084Rock County, NENE1,2591–

3085Douglas County, SDSD2,8881–

3086Haakon County, SDSD1,8021–

3087Miner County, SDSD2,2811–

3088Todd County, SDSD8,8631–

3089Treasure County, MTMT7281–

3090McPherson County, NENE3691–

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UPDATED 2026-06-06 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES