Irish Americans

Irish Americans
Gael-Mheiriceánaigh (Irish)
Irish Americans, % of population by PUMA and 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 (Scranton • 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  • Savannah, Georgia  • Denver
Languages
Majority English (American English dialects); minority Irish, Shelta
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
40,165,702
1990
38,735,539
2000
30,528,492
2010
34,670,009
2020
38,597,428

Irish Americans (Irish: Gael-Mheiriceánaigh, pronounced [ɡeːlˠ ˈvʲɛɾʲəcɑːnˠi]) are Americans who have full or partial Irish ancestry or citizenship.

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