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Least Irish U.S. States

Which states have the lowest percentage of people who report Irish ancestry?
For the year 2018, according to the U.S. Census
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Last updated: September 29, 2019
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First submittedSeptember 26, 2019
Times taken13,609
Average score70.0%
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State
3.98
Hawaii
5.28
New Mexico
5.66
Utah
5.73
California
5.80
Texas
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State
6.13
Louisiana
6.47
Mississippi
6.74
Georgia
7.69
Alabama
7.75
North Dakota
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Level ∞
Sep 29, 2019
This is more interesting than "Most Irish States", which are all in the northeast except for, randomly, Montana.
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Level 58
Nov 18, 2019
Many Irish in the northeast (like my great-grandfather) worked in the mines around Pennsylvania and beyond. Montana had a copper mining boom which pulled people across. Butte actually has/had the largest Irish population as a percentage of any city in the US.
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Level 64
Apr 21, 2022
Very true, this is much more interesting and diverse across several regions.

As you might guess from my user-name...

I have a T-shirt meme that says "Everyone is a little Irish on St. Paddy's. Except the Danes. We're still Danish."

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Level 86
Sep 29, 2019
Volcanoes: the only redheads in Hawaii, apparently.
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Level 60
Oct 27, 2019
Feels to me like everyone here in Georgia thinks they are Irish. Of course, I am in Dublin, Georgia.
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Level 81
Nov 18, 2019
Savannah has one of the biggest St. Patrick's Day celebrations anywhere in the world. I've been, it's a lot of fun.
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Level 75
Nov 18, 2019
Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day.
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Level ∞
Nov 17, 2019
I've had to delete some strange comments on this quiz. This quiz is not intended to say anything negative (or positive) about Irish Americans.
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Level 82
Nov 17, 2019
Is anti-Irish animus still a thing in the US?
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Level 67
Nov 17, 2019
There is a strong anti-Catholic strain in certain areas, which of course is not anti-Irish per se, but there's an awful lot of overlap.
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Level ∞
Nov 17, 2019
The comments weren't anti-Irish. They were from people who perceived anti-Irish bias in the title of this quiz.
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Level 89
Nov 17, 2019
Basically someone got offended over something they shouldn’t have and another person asked what would happen if there were quizzes like this about other nationalities.
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Level 82
Nov 17, 2019
oh ok
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Level ∞
Nov 18, 2019
I don't know about anyone else, but here in the U.S., I have never in my entire life heard anyone say anything negative about Irish people or Catholics. I'm sure there's some old-fashioned bigots out there who still have an axe to grind, but I've never met any.
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Level 75
Nov 18, 2019
I remember hearing anti-Catholic comments when Kennedy was running for president. I'm guessing some of the anti-Irish sentiment grew from anti-Catholicism. The KKK was also anti-Catholic and anti-Jew along with anti-African American.
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Level 82
Nov 21, 2019
I recall when I was in elementary school seeing Pollack jokes in some old joke books. But... they seemed outdated even then to my 6 year old self. I don't recall ever encountering anti-Irish bias except in historical period films or in what were obvious parodies of outdated racist attitudes. Sometimes you'll see a stand-up comedian joke about the Irish being drunks, or pale, or prone to fighting or something like this, but again, if you understand how these jokes work the primary butt of the joke is not the Irish, but rather the ignorant attitudes of those that the comedian is mimicking. This sort of nuance is very difficult for some SJWs to wrap their head around but it's almost inconceivable that the comics meant it any other way.
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Level 70
Nov 17, 2019
Yes, they were a bit odd. I think the commenter assumed that this quiz was an advert for the states in question or something.
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Level 75
Nov 17, 2019
I wouldn't have thought TX, and there's Irish in Mexico too!
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Level 69
Nov 18, 2019
Reported is the key word. There are tons of people with Irish and Scots-Irish ancestry in the Southern states
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Level ∞
Nov 18, 2019
Yes, it is self-reported. My guess is that those people would report "Scots-Irish", not "Irish".
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Level 88
Aug 11, 2021
The South is also where a lot of people just write in American and leave it at that.
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Level 68
Nov 19, 2019
I thought everyone and their cat claimed Irish ancestry in America? Where do you draw the line? Being 1/64th decended from someone in Ireland doesn't make you Irish or even Irish-American in my opinion.
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Level 76
Nov 19, 2019
I got 100% by pure guesses
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Level 45
Nov 21, 2019
I have a lot of Irish ancestry, but I have never seen a demographic survey that asks about that in California.
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Level 77
May 18, 2020
Maybe I'm really dumb, but why is there a volcano as the picture?
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Level 71
May 8, 2021
Hawaii.
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Level 51
Jul 25, 2020
I’m surprised Alaska isn’t on this list. Just can’t imagine us Irish moving there.
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Level 44
Nov 11, 2021
I know it's proportional to the population of each state, but it's hard to believe California is on the list and Alaska isn't.

There are probably more people of Irish origin in California than the entire population of Alaska.