County Reports of Irish Ancestry in Pa.

These are the 2000 reports from the Pennsylvania census of Irish ancestry. The following PA. counties have these percentages of people from Irish ancestry.

Less than 11.1%
Bedford
Berks
Dauphin
Franklin
Fulton
Juniata
Lancaster
Lebanon
Lehigh
Mifflin
Montour
Northumberland
Perry
Snyder
Somerset
Union
York

11.1% to 14%
Adams
Bradford
Carbon
Centre
Clarion
Clearfield
Clinton
Columbia
Cumberland
Elk
Greene
Huntingdon
Jefferson
Lycoming
Northampton
Philadelphia
Potter
Tioga
Warren

14.1% to 16.1 %
Beaver
Cambria
Cameron
Crawford
Erie
Fayette
Indiana
Lawrence
McKean
Mercer
Venango
Washington
Westmoreland
Wyoming

Greater than 16.1% – Go Irish!
Allegheny
Blair
Bucks
Chester
Delaware
Forest
Lackawanna
Luzerne
Monroe
Montgomery
Pike
Schuylkill
Sullivan
Susquehanna
Sutler
Wayne

Keep in mind that these numbers are from what people SAID they were. Many people like to think they are Irish, when in fact they are more Scottish or English.

As you look at a map, with these figures in mind, you can see that the coal bearing areas have a preponderance of Irish and the southern Pa. counties are more devoid of them.

The one exception is the Philadelphia area, South Eastern Pa., which appears to be very much of Irish decent.

Overall Eastern Pa. has the bulk of the Irish descendants with most in the North East corner. But the Pittsburgh area and Western Pa. has a fair share also, just not quite as much as the Eastern half.