Irish Americans
Gael-Mheiriceánaigh
Total population |
(Self-identified "Irish"
33,348,049[1]
10.5% of the US population (2013)
Self-identified "Scots-Irish"
2,976,878[1]
0.9% of the US population (2013)
Estimate of Americans with any Scots-Irish ancestry
27,000,000[2][3]
Up to 11.1 % of the U.S. population) |
Regions with significant populations |
Throughout the United States, with particular concentrations in the Northeast and large cities elsewhere, particularly New York City, and Philadelphia
Plurality in Delaware, New England, and Pennsylvania |
Languages |
English (American English dialects); minority can speak Irish |
Religion |
Catholic and Protestant |
Related ethnic groups |
Breton Americans, Cornish Americans, English Americans, Manx Americans, Scottish Americans, Scotch-Irish Americans, Welsh Americans and other Celtic Americans |
Number of Irish Americans
Year | Number |
1980[4] |
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1990[5] |
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2000[6] |
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2010[7] |
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Irish Americans (
Irish:
Gael-Mheiriceánaigh) are an ethnic group comprising Americans who have full or partial ancestry from
Ireland, especially those who identify with that ancestry, along with their cultural characteristics. About 33.3 million Americans—10.5% of the total population—reported Irish ancestry in the 2013
American Community Survey conducted by the
U.S. Census Bureau.
[1] This compares with a population of 6.4 million on the island of Ireland. Three million people separately identified as
Scots-Irish, whose ancestors were
Ulster Scots who emigrated from Ireland to the United States.
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