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Irish Americans
Irish: Gael-Mheiriceánaigh
Irish Americans, % of population by state
Total population
Including Scotch-Irish Americans:
36,115,472 (10.9%) alone or in combination 10,899,442 (3.3%) Irish alone Excluding Scotch-Irish Americans: 33,618,500 (10.1%) alone or in combination 9,919,263 (3.0%) Irish alone
2021 estimates, self-reported[1]
Regions with significant populations
Significant populations in most urban areas of the United States,[2] but particularly
New England (Boston • Rhode Island • New Hampshire • Middlesex • Worcester) • New York (New York City • Long Island • Upstate New York) • Pennsylvania (Philadelphia • Pittsburgh[3] • Delaware Valley • Coal Region) • Midwestern United States (Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • Columbus) • California (Southern California • San Francisco) • Texas (Houston • DFW Area) • Florida • Baltimore • Delaware • DC Beltway • Phoenix • Seattle • Omaha • Denver
Languages
English (American English dialects); a scant speak Irish
Irish Americans are ethnic Irish who live in the United States and are American citizens. Most Irish Americans of the 21st century are descendants of immigrants who moved to the United States in the mid-19th century because of The Great Famine in Ireland.[10]
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^"Rank of States for Selected Ancestry Groups with 100,000 or more persons: 1980" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
^"1990 Census of Population Detailed Ancestry Groups for States" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. September 18, 1992. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
^"Ancestry: 2000". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
^"Total ancestry categories tallied for people with one or more ancestry categories reported 2010 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on January 18, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
^"Census Bureau Releases 2020 Census Population for More Than 200 New Detailed Race and Ethnicity Groups". September 21, 2023. Archived from the original on October 12, 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
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