Irish Americans

Irish Americans
Gael-Mheiriceánaigh (Irish)
	Irish Americans, % of population by PUMA and state
Total population
	10,909,542 3.2%; Claim full Irish ancestry; 38,597,428 11.6%; Claim full or partial Irish ancestry; (2020 census)
Regions with significant populations
	Significant populations in most urban areas of the United States, but particularly New England (Boston • Rhode Island • New Hampshire • Middlesex • Worcester) • New York (New York City • Long Island • Upstate New York) • Pennsylvania (Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • Philadelphia metropolitan area • Scranton • Coal Region) • Midwestern United States (Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • Columbus) • California (Southern California • San Francisco) • Texas (Houston • DFW Area) • Florida • Baltimore • Delaware • DC Beltway • Phoenix • Seattle • Omaha • Savannah, Georgia • Denver
Languages
	Majority English (American English dialects); minority Irish, Shelta
Religion
	Catholicism and Protestantism
Related ethnic groups
	Other Irish • Anglo-Irish • Irish-Traveller Americans • Scotch-Irish Americans • Irish Catholics • Irish Jews • Scottish Americans • Ulster Protestants • Manx Americans • English Americans • Cornish Americans • Welsh Americans • British Americans • Breton Americans • French Americans • Icelandic Americans • Faroese Americans • Spanish Americans • Portuguese Americans • Basque Americans • Galician Americans

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Number of Irish Americans
Year	Number
1980	40,165,702
1990	38,735,539
2000	30,528,492
2010	34,670,009
2020	38,597,428

Irish Americans (Irish: Gael-Mheiriceánaigh, pronounced [ɡeːlˠ ˈvʲɛɾʲəcɑːnˠi]) are Americans who have full or partial Irish ancestry or citizenship.