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.

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

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Indiana Counties By Percentage of Population with Irish Ancestry in 2021
Newton County
Perry County
Blackford County
Porter County
Clark County
Warrick County
Benton County
Montgomery County
LaPorte County
Dearborn County
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