Irish Americans

Irish Americans
Gael-Mheiriceánaigh (Irish)
	Irish Americans, % of population by state
Total population
	10,909,542 3.2%; Claim full Irish ancestry; 38,597,428 11.6%; Claim full or partial Irish ancestry; (2020 census)
Regions with significant populations
	Significant populations in most urban areas of the United States, but particularly New England (Boston • Rhode Island • New Hampshire • Middlesex • Worcester) • New York (New York City • Long Island • Upstate New York) • Pennsylvania (Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • 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
Religion
	Catholicism and Protestantism
Related ethnic groups
	Other Irish • Anglo-Irish • Irish-Traveller Americans • Scotch-Irish Americans • Irish Catholics • Irish Jews • Scottish Americans • Ulster Protestants • Manx Americans • English Americans • Cornish Americans • Welsh Americans • British Americans • Breton Americans • French Americans • Icelandic Americans • Faroese Americans • Spanish Americans • Portuguese Americans • Basque Americans • Galician Americans

Number of Irish Americans
Year	Number
1980^[6]	40,165,702
1990^[7]	38,735,539
2000^[8]	30,528,492
2010^[9]	34,670,009
2020^[10]	38,597,428

Irish Americans (Irish: Gael-Mheiriceánaigh) is a term that refers to both Irish immigrants living within in the United States as well as Americans with Irish ancestry, whether full or partial.^[11]

^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "America's Most Irish Towns". Forbes.
^ G. Scott Thomas, "Census: Pittsburgh more than 10 percent Irish" bizjournals, March 16, 2009
^ "St. Patrick's Day Graph: Irish in America are Protestant, not Catholic". March 17, 2014.
^ "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.
^ "An overview of Irish immigration to America from 1846 to the 1900s". www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com. Retrieved June 26, 2023.

[1] "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.

[2] "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.

[auto-3] "America's Most Irish Towns". Forbes.

[4] G. Scott Thomas, "Census: Pittsburgh more than 10 percent Irish" bizjournals, March 16, 2009

[5] "St. Patrick's Day Graph: Irish in America are Protestant, not Catholic". March 17, 2014.

[6] "Rank of States for Selected Ancestry Groups with 100,000 or more persons: 1980" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 30, 2012.

[7] "1990 Census of Population Detailed Ancestry Groups for States" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. September 18, 1992. Retrieved November 30, 2012.

[8] "Ancestry: 2000". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2012.

[9] "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.

[10] "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.

[11] "An overview of Irish immigration to America from 1846 to the 1900s". www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com. Retrieved June 26, 2023.

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Gael-Mheiriceánaigh (Irish)
Irish Americans, % of population by state
Total population
10,909,542 3.2%^[1] Claim full Irish ancestry 38,597,428 11.6% Claim full or partial Irish ancestry (2020 census)^[2]
Regions with significant populations
Significant populations in most urban areas of the United States,^[3] but particularly New England (Boston • Rhode Island • New Hampshire • Middlesex • Worcester) • New York (New York City • Long Island • Upstate New York) • Pennsylvania (Philadelphia • Pittsburgh^[4] • 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
Religion
Catholicism and Protestantism^[5]
Related ethnic groups
Other Irish • Anglo-Irish • Irish-Traveller Americans • Scotch-Irish Americans • Irish Catholics • Irish Jews • Scottish Americans • Ulster Protestants • Manx Americans • English Americans • Cornish Americans • Welsh Americans • British Americans • Breton Americans • French Americans • Icelandic Americans • Faroese Americans • Spanish Americans • Portuguese Americans • Basque Americans • Galician Americans