Ranking of Indiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Irish Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 701.02K people in Indiana with Irish ancestry (10.38% of Indiana population). Among all Indiana cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Cedar Lake town had the highest percentage of its population with Irish ancestry (23.08%), followed by Lowell town (18.73%), and Chesterton town (17.23%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Irish ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Indiana.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Indiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Irish Ancestry in 2021
Cedar Lake town
Lowell town
Chesterton town
Lake Station city
Granger CDP
La Porte city
Westfield city
Valparaiso city
New Albany city
Dyer town
Ranking of Indiana Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Irish Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Cedar Lake town 23.08
2 Lowell town 18.73
3 Chesterton town 17.23
4 Lake Station city 15.78
5 Granger CDP 15.60
6 La Porte city 15.37
7 Westfield city 15.14
8 Valparaiso city 14.95
9 New Albany city 14.57
10 Dyer town 14.27
11 Jasper city 14.26
12 Hobart city 14.15
13 St. John town 14.08
14 Jeffersonville city 14.02
15 Griffith town 13.96
16 Yorktown town 13.90
17 Clarksville town 13.86
18 Crown Point city 13.72
18 Wabash city 13.72
19 Avon town 12.81
20 Warsaw city 12.72
20 Washington city 12.72
21 Carmel city 12.58
22 Portage city 12.56
23 Munster town 12.51
24 Beech Grove city 12.46
25 Connersville city 12.42
26 Crawfordsville city 12.36
26 Mishawaka city 12.36
27 Fishers city 12.31
28 Huntington city 12.22
29 New Castle city 12.18
30 Schererville town 12.05
31 Martinsville city 11.56
32 Madison city 11.24
33 Evansville city 11.16
34 Zionsville town 11.12
35 Greenwood city 11.10
36 Brownsburg town 11.09
37 Richmond city 11.00
38 Muncie city 10.94
39 Auburn city 10.83
40 Peru city 10.74
41 New Haven city 10.61
42 Speedway town 10.50
43 Lebanon city 10.48
44 Franklin city 10.47
45 Highland town 10.35
46 Michigan City city 10.23
47 Bedford city 10.15
48 Noblesville city 10.13
49 South Bend city 10.11
50 Vincennes city 10.08
51 Terre Haute city 9.87
52 West Lafayette city 9.71
53 Lawrence city 9.57
54 Bloomington city 9.51
55 Fort Wayne city 9.45
56 Greensburg city 9.40
57 Marion city 9.17
58 Greenfield city 9.16
59 Lafayette city 8.94
60 Anderson city 8.63
61 Shelbyville city 8.62
62 Columbus city 8.46
63 Bluffton city 8.39
64 Kokomo city 8.37
65 Indianapolis city (balance) 8.19
66 Plainfield town 8.12
67 Seymour city 8.04
68 Merrillville town 7.79
69 Logansport city 7.11
70 Hammond city 6.96
71 Elkhart city 6.84
72 Danville town 6.58
73 Plymouth city 5.91
74 Goshen city 5.56
75 Frankfort city 5.12
76 Gary city 1.78
77 East Chicago city 0.87