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
40,165,702
1990
38,735,539
2000
30,528,492
2010
34,670,009
2020
38,597,428

Irish Americans (Irish: Gael-Mheiriceánaigh) are Irish ethnics who live within in the United States, whether immigrants from Ireland or Americans with full or partial Irish ancestry.