Ranking of Indiana Counties 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 counties, Newton County had the highest percentage of its population with Irish ancestry (18.84%), followed by Perry County (15.40%), and Blackford County (14.94%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Irish ancestry.
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Related Topics: Indiana ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Population with Irish Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | County | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newton County | 18.84 |
| 2 | Perry County | 15.40 |
| 3 | Blackford County | 14.94 |
| 4 | Porter County | 14.88 |
| 5 | Clark County | 14.02 |
| 5 | Warrick County | 14.02 |
| 6 | Benton County | 13.75 |
| 7 | Montgomery County | 13.73 |
| 8 | LaPorte County | 13.72 |
| 9 | Dearborn County | 13.53 |
| 10 | Floyd County | 13.31 |
| 11 | Fountain County | 12.67 |
| 12 | Pulaski County | 12.50 |
| 13 | Starke County | 12.48 |
| 14 | Jasper County | 12.47 |
| 15 | Huntington County | 12.46 |
| 15 | Rush County | 12.46 |
| 16 | St. Joseph County | 12.20 |
| 17 | Hamilton County | 12.18 |
| 18 | Jennings County | 12.12 |
| 18 | Martin County | 12.12 |
| 19 | Hancock County | 12.07 |
| 20 | Wabash County | 12.01 |
| 21 | Owen County | 12.00 |
| 22 | Wayne County | 11.87 |
| 23 | Lawrence County | 11.73 |
| 24 | Crawford County | 11.64 |
| 25 | Delaware County | 11.61 |
| 26 | Gibson County | 11.50 |
| 27 | Monroe County | 11.46 |
| 28 | Ohio County | 11.45 |
| 29 | Pike County | 11.23 |
| 30 | Vigo County | 11.17 |
| 31 | Vermillion County | 11.15 |
| 32 | White County | 11.13 |
| 33 | Kosciusko County | 11.11 |
| 34 | Sullivan County | 11.09 |
| 35 | Jefferson County | 10.99 |
| 35 | Randolph County | 10.99 |
| 36 | Vanderburgh County | 10.94 |
| 37 | Posey County | 10.91 |
| 38 | Henry County | 10.81 |
| 39 | Steuben County | 10.80 |
| 40 | Fayette County | 10.70 |
| 41 | Switzerland County | 10.69 |
| 42 | Tipton County | 10.58 |
| 43 | Greene County | 10.48 |
| 44 | Decatur County | 10.46 |
| 45 | Johnson County | 10.35 |
| 46 | Lake County | 10.31 |
| 47 | Brown County | 10.28 |
| 48 | Orange County | 10.16 |
| 49 | Morgan County | 10.14 |
| 50 | Miami County | 10.02 |
| 51 | Hendricks County | 10.01 |
| 52 | Carroll County | 10.00 |
| 53 | Scott County | 9.99 |
| 54 | Ripley County | 9.94 |
| 55 | Tippecanoe County | 9.93 |
| 56 | Boone County | 9.86 |
| 57 | Dubois County | 9.78 |
| 58 | Harrison County | 9.76 |
| 59 | Washington County | 9.73 |
| 60 | Daviess County | 9.71 |
| 61 | Franklin County | 9.66 |
| 62 | Allen County | 9.55 |
| 63 | Madison County | 9.48 |
| 64 | Parke County | 9.46 |
| 65 | Spencer County | 9.45 |
| 66 | DeKalb County | 9.19 |
| 67 | Knox County | 9.02 |
| 68 | Fulton County | 8.90 |
| 69 | Bartholomew County | 8.87 |
| 70 | Jackson County | 8.82 |
| 71 | Cass County | 8.71 |
| 72 | Union County | 8.69 |
| 73 | Grant County | 8.65 |
| 73 | Howard County | 8.65 |
| 74 | Whitley County | 8.58 |
| 75 | Warren County | 8.51 |
| 76 | Clay County | 8.49 |
| 77 | Shelby County | 8.44 |
| 78 | Marion County | 8.43 |
| 79 | Jay County | 8.30 |
| 80 | Noble County | 8.17 |
| 81 | Marshall County | 7.98 |
| 82 | Putnam County | 7.75 |
| 83 | Elkhart County | 7.47 |
| 84 | Wells County | 6.57 |
| 85 | Clinton County | 6.54 |
| 86 | Adams County | 6.25 |
| 87 | LaGrange County | 4.39 |