Ranking of Pennsylvania 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 1.97M people in Pennsylvania with Irish ancestry (15.21% of Pennsylvania population). Among all Pennsylvania cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Ardmore CDP had the highest percentage of its population with Irish ancestry (33.28%), followed by Dunmore borough (31.02%), and Woodlyn CDP (30.87%).

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 Pennsylvania.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Pennsylvania Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Irish Ancestry in 2021
Ardmore CDP
Dunmore borough
Woodlyn CDP
Levittown CDP
Broomall CDP
Drexel Hill CDP
Willow Grove CDP
Roslyn CDP
Scranton city
Horsham CDP
Ranking of Pennsylvania Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Irish Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Ardmore CDP 33.28
2 Dunmore borough 31.02
3 Woodlyn CDP 30.87
4 Levittown CDP 28.44
5 Broomall CDP 28.21
6 Drexel Hill CDP 27.95
7 Willow Grove CDP 26.27
8 Roslyn CDP 24.61
9 Scranton city 24.12
10 Horsham CDP 23.32
11 Munhall borough 22.21
12 Bethel Park municipality 22.09
13 Phoenixville borough 21.96
14 Montgomeryville CDP 21.02
15 Allison Park CDP 20.81
16 Whitehall borough 20.62
17 Lower Burrell city 20.49
18 Mountain Top CDP 20.42
19 Butler city 20.28
20 Kingston borough 20.20
21 New Kensington city 20.16
22 Carnot-Moon CDP 19.99
23 Plum borough 19.97
24 Murrysville municipality 19.77
25 Jefferson Hills borough 19.76
26 Baldwin borough 19.61
27 West Chester borough 19.35
28 West Mifflin borough 19.22
29 Meadville city 19.12
30 Emmaus borough 18.73
31 Sharon city 17.89
32 Altoona city 17.75
33 Franklin Park borough 17.74
34 Pottsville city 17.38
35 Greensburg city 16.85
36 Nanticoke city 16.39
37 Lansdale borough 15.78
38 Carlisle borough 15.76
39 Indiana borough 15.66
40 Wilkes-Barre city 14.87
41 Williamsport city 14.61
42 King of Prussia CDP 14.53
43 Monroeville municipality 14.31
44 Johnstown city 14.05
45 State College borough 13.89
46 Hermitage city 13.85
47 Pittsburgh city 13.80
48 New Castle city 13.62
49 St. Marys city 13.58
50 Wyomissing borough 13.57
51 Washington city 13.16
52 Hanover borough 13.11
53 Waynesboro borough 12.98
54 Pottstown borough 12.89
55 Ephrata borough 12.59
56 Lansdowne borough 12.57
57 Erie city 11.72
58 McKeesport city 11.68
59 Bloomsburg town 11.33
60 Bethlehem city 11.01
61 Northampton borough 10.98
62 Columbia borough 10.86
63 Weigelstown CDP 10.45
64 Colonial Park CDP 10.10
65 Chambersburg borough 10.01
66 Easton city 9.95
66 Shiloh CDP 9.95
67 Philadelphia city 9.91
68 Elizabethtown borough 9.79
69 Hershey CDP 9.60
70 Berwick borough 9.42
71 Coatesville city 8.52
72 Lancaster city 7.56
73 Lebanon city 7.34
74 Wilkinsburg borough 7.20
75 Fullerton CDP 7.19
76 Norristown borough 6.90
77 Progress CDP 5.95
78 York city 5.60
79 Harrisburg city 5.56
80 Hazleton city 5.06
81 Allentown city 4.68
82 Yeadon borough 4.53
83 Darby borough 3.91
84 Reading city 3.58
85 Chester city 3.19