Ranking of Alaska Counties By Percentage of Population with Scotch Irish Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 9.31K people in Alaska with Scotch Irish ancestry (1.26% of Alaska population). Among all Alaska counties, Petersburg Borough had the highest percentage of its population with Scotch Irish ancestry (2.14%), followed by Wrangell City and Borough (2.13%), and Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area (1.84%).

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

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

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Ranking of Alaska Counties By Population with Scotch Irish Ancestry in 2021

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Data Source: US Census Bureau.

Ranking of Alaska Counties By Percentage of Population with Scotch Irish Ancestry in 2021

Petersburg Borough

Wrangell City and Borough

Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area

Kenai Peninsula Borough

Juneau City and Borough

Fairbanks North Star Borough

Matanuska-Susitna Borough

Southeast Fairbanks Census Area

Ketchikan Gateway Borough

Skagway Municipality

Ranking of Alaska Counties By Percentage of Population with Scotch Irish Ancestry in 2021

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Rank	County	Percentage of Pop. (%)
1	Petersburg Borough	2.14
2	Wrangell City and Borough	2.13
3	Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	1.84
4	Kenai Peninsula Borough	1.72
5	Juneau City and Borough	1.69
6	Fairbanks North Star Borough	1.65
6	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	1.65
7	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	1.58
8	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	1.31
9	Skagway Municipality	1.28
10	Anchorage Municipality	1.15
10	Kodiak Island Borough	1.15
11	Aleutians West Census Area	1.07
12	Yakutat City and Borough	0.89
13	Chugach Census Area	0.87
14	Hoonah-Angoon Census Area	0.73
15	Bristol Bay Borough	0.71
16	Aleutians East Borough	0.65
17	Haines Borough	0.52
18	Northwest Arctic Borough	0.48
19	Denali Borough	0.41
20	Sitka City and Borough	0.36
21	Nome Census Area	0.31
22	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	0.29
23	Copper River Census Area	0.23
24	Lake and Peninsula Borough	0.20
25	Bethel Census Area	0.15
26	Kusilvak Census Area	0.11
27	Dillingham Census Area	0.10
28	North Slope Borough	0.05