Ranking of Kansas 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 329.84K people in Kansas with Irish ancestry (11.25% of Kansas population). Among all Kansas counties, Linn County had the highest percentage of its population with Irish ancestry (17.80%), followed by Greenwood County (16.05%), and Norton County (15.52%).

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 Kansas.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Kansas Counties By Percentage of Population with Irish Ancestry in 2021
Linn County
Greenwood County
Norton County
Atchison County
Comanche County
Miami County
Rooks County
Clark County
Crawford County
Johnson County
Ranking of Kansas Counties By Percentage of Population with Irish Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Linn County 17.80
2 Greenwood County 16.05
3 Norton County 15.52
4 Atchison County 15.46
5 Comanche County 15.09
6 Miami County 15.06
7 Rooks County 14.77
8 Clark County 14.54
9 Crawford County 14.48
10 Johnson County 14.23
11 Osage County 14.18
12 Chautauqua County 14.17
13 Cloud County 14.00
14 Decatur County 13.93
15 Montgomery County 13.92
16 Franklin County 13.81
17 Pottawatomie County 13.76
18 Wichita County 13.67
19 Douglas County 13.19
20 Sumner County 13.17
21 Jefferson County 13.15
21 Republic County 13.15
22 Bourbon County 13.12
23 Smith County 12.88
24 Cowley County 12.83
25 Scott County 12.82
26 Leavenworth County 12.81
27 Sherman County 12.74
28 Lincoln County 12.70
29 Cherokee County 12.63
30 Wabaunsee County 12.56
31 Allen County 12.52
32 Hodgeman County 12.43
33 Rice County 12.41
34 Jackson County 11.90
35 Marshall County 11.89
36 Labette County 11.88
37 Meade County 11.84
38 Pawnee County 11.83
39 Coffey County 11.77
40 Ottawa County 11.75
41 Riley County 11.70
42 Wallace County 11.64
43 Clay County 11.63
44 Thomas County 11.53
45 Anderson County 11.40
46 Osborne County 11.39
47 Pratt County 11.25
48 Rush County 11.24
49 Sheridan County 11.06
50 Gray County 10.93
51 Lyon County 10.84
51 Morris County 10.84
52 Cheyenne County 10.77
52 Wilson County 10.77
53 Ellsworth County 10.75
54 Mitchell County 10.67
55 Greeley County 10.58
56 Jewell County 10.56
57 Saline County 10.53
58 Harper County 10.44
59 Phillips County 10.41
60 Washington County 10.38
61 Elk County 10.22
61 Neosho County 10.22
62 Reno County 10.18
63 Nemaha County 10.17
64 Butler County 10.03
65 Marion County 10.01
66 Ellis County 9.94
67 Shawnee County 9.86
68 Sedgwick County 9.85
69 Dickinson County 9.71
69 Lane County 9.71
70 Doniphan County 9.62
71 Trego County 9.52
72 Chase County 9.14
73 Graham County 9.12
74 Stafford County 8.89
75 Morton County 8.86
76 Kingman County 8.85
77 Woodson County 8.73
78 Geary County 8.59
79 Kiowa County 8.55
80 Gove County 8.51
81 Logan County 8.39
82 Russell County 8.21
83 Stevens County 7.95
84 Ness County 7.88
85 Brown County 7.87
86 Harvey County 7.67
87 McPherson County 7.52
88 Wyandotte County 7.49
89 Barton County 6.92
90 Edwards County 6.84
91 Grant County 6.74
92 Barber County 6.58
93 Rawlins County 6.40
94 Finney County 6.10
95 Ford County 5.58
96 Kearny County 5.05
97 Haskell County 4.92
98 Seward County 4.63
99 Hamilton County 2.80
100 Stanton County 0.72