Ranking of New York Cities and Places 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 2.19M people in New York with Irish ancestry (10.88% of New York population). Among all New York cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Pearl River CDP had the highest percentage of its population with Irish ancestry (38.02%), followed by Sayville CDP (32.12%), and Babylon village (30.70%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Irish ancestry.

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

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Irish Ancestry in 2021
Pearl River CDP
Sayville CDP
Babylon village
Latham CDP
Floral Park village
Fairmount CDP
Rockville Centre village
Garden City village
East Glenville CDP
Wantagh CDP
Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Irish Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Pearl River CDP 38.02
2 Sayville CDP 32.12
3 Babylon village 30.70
4 Latham CDP 30.43
5 Floral Park village 29.93
6 Fairmount CDP 29.49
7 Rockville Centre village 29.22
8 Garden City village 29.15
9 East Glenville CDP 29.14
10 Wantagh CDP 28.70
11 Roessleville CDP 28.25
12 East Islip CDP 27.62
13 East Northport CDP 26.68
14 North Wantagh CDP 26.43
15 Massapequa CDP 26.12
16 Massapequa Park village 25.82
17 Oswego city 25.46
18 Mount Sinai CDP 25.15
19 Seaford CDP 24.83
20 Lake Grove village 24.78
21 West Islip CDP 24.60
22 Loudonville CDP 24.48
23 Holtsville CDP 24.14
24 St. James CDP 24.04
25 North Merrick CDP 23.85
26 Miller Place CDP 23.79
27 Islip CDP 23.66
28 Rocky Point CDP 23.53
29 West Seneca CDP 23.43
30 Olean city 23.33
31 Watervliet city 23.16
32 Lake Ronkonkoma CDP 22.80
33 Endwell CDP 22.57
34 Saratoga Springs city 22.55
35 Auburn city 22.48
36 Glens Falls city 22.46
37 Endicott village 22.35
38 Kenmore village 21.85
39 Kings Park CDP 21.58
40 South Farmingdale CDP 21.57
41 Troy city 21.35
42 North Massapequa CDP 21.16
43 Eastchester CDP 21.11
44 Ridge CDP 20.98
45 Long Beach city 20.97
45 Stony Brook CDP 20.97
46 Jefferson Valley-Yorktown CDP 20.86
47 Watertown city 20.71
48 East Patchogue CDP 20.60
49 Cohoes city 20.52
50 Stony Point CDP 20.30
51 Johnson City village 20.16
52 Lindenhurst village 20.13
53 Smithtown CDP 20.12
54 Corning city 20.11
55 Centereach CDP 20.09
56 Oneida city 20.08
57 Tonawanda city 20.04
58 Fulton city 20.02
59 Rye city 19.87
60 Lockport city 19.82
61 Oneonta city 19.70
62 Levittown CDP 19.66
63 Kingston city 19.62
64 Niskayuna CDP 19.59
65 Hauppauge CDP 19.55
66 Huntington CDP 19.54
67 Tonawanda Town CDP 19.49
68 Lynbrook village 19.45
69 Lancaster village 19.43
70 Mastic CDP 19.31
71 North Lindenhurst CDP 19.20
72 Holbrook CDP 19.17
72 Mastic Beach CDP 19.17
73 South Huntington CDP 18.81
74 Bellmore CDP 18.76
75 Nesconset CDP 18.73
76 East Massapequa CDP 18.67
77 North Bellmore CDP 18.59
77 West Babylon CDP 18.59
78 Rotterdam CDP 18.49
79 East Rockaway village 18.28
80 Merrick CDP 18.26
81 Beacon city 17.95
82 Hampton Bays CDP 17.83
83 Plattsburgh city 17.82
84 Bethpage CDP 17.79
85 Commack CDP 17.46
86 Manorville CDP 17.44
87 Brighton CDP 17.35
88 Woodbury village 17.20
89 Myers Corner CDP 17.07
90 Ronkonkoma CDP 16.99
91 Dobbs Ferry village 16.86
92 Greenlawn CDP 16.71
93 Selden CDP 16.55
94 Port Washington CDP 16.39
95 North Tonawanda city 16.36
96 Cortland city 16.32
97 North Babylon CDP 16.30
98 Irondequoit CDP 16.29
99 Depew village 16.26
100 Shirley CDP 16.24
101 Salisbury CDP 16.23
102 Elmira city 16.08
103 Canandaigua city 16.03
104 Nanuet CDP 16.02
105 Farmingville CDP 15.94
106 Eggertsville CDP 15.70
107 Binghamton city 15.69
108 Bay Shore CDP 15.64
109 Greece CDP 15.17
110 Mineola village 15.03
111 Coram CDP 14.88
112 New City CDP 14.87
113 Middle Island CDP 14.76
114 Geneva city 14.70
115 Albany city 14.57
116 Patchogue village 14.53
117 De Witt CDP 14.41
118 Oceanside CDP 14.31
119 Elwood CDP 14.05
120 Batavia city 13.84
121 Lackawanna city 13.38
122 Medford CDP 13.30
123 Terryville CDP 13.28
124 Suffern village 13.09
125 East Meadow CDP 13.04
126 Rome city 12.90
127 Orange Lake CDP 12.86
128 Huntington Station CDP 12.81
129 Niagara Falls city 12.80
130 Cheektowaga CDP 12.78
131 Copiague CDP 12.57
132 Schenectady city 12.56
133 Massena village 12.38
134 Ogdensburg city 12.18
135 Jamestown city 12.14
136 Syracuse city 12.02
137 Harrison village 11.82
137 Mamaroneck village 11.82
138 Tarrytown village 11.62
139 Dunkirk city 11.60
140 Melville CDP 11.47
141 Fredonia village 11.46
142 Mount Kisco village 11.45
143 North New Hyde Park CDP 11.38
144 Buffalo city 11.27
145 Deer Park CDP 10.96
146 Hicksville CDP 10.93
147 Syosset CDP 10.87
148 West Hempstead CDP 10.78
149 Gloversville city 10.59
150 New Hyde Park village 10.41
151 Poughkeepsie city 10.39
152 Peekskill city 10.37
153 Franklin Square CDP 10.15
154 Scotchtown CDP 9.96
155 North Bellport CDP 9.85
156 White Plains city 9.74
157 Fort Drum CDP 9.68
158 Ossining village 9.66
159 Sleepy Hollow village 9.46
160 Glen Cove city 9.43
160 Ithaca city 9.43
161 New Rochelle city 9.41
162 Yonkers city 9.31
163 Westbury village 9.24
164 Utica city 9.12
165 West Haverstraw village 8.88
166 Baldwin CDP 8.65
167 Riverhead CDP 8.61
168 Middletown city 8.43
169 Plainview CDP 8.38
170 Amsterdam city 8.29
171 Dix Hills CDP 8.03
172 Rochester city 7.60
173 Scarsdale village 7.11
174 Haverstraw village 5.66
175 Valley Stream village 5.56
176 Newburgh city 5.21
177 Freeport village 4.74
178 Central Islip CDP 4.72
179 Jericho CDP 4.63
180 New York city 4.42
181 Port Chester village 3.92
182 Woodmere CDP 3.42
183 Mount Vernon city 3.17
184 Chestnut Ridge village 3.12
185 Uniondale CDP 2.76
186 Elmont CDP 2.75
187 North Amityville CDP 2.70
188 Great Neck village 2.66
189 North Bay Shore CDP 2.40
190 Brentwood CDP 2.04
191 North Valley Stream CDP 1.75
192 Inwood CDP 1.72
193 Hempstead village 1.46
194 Roosevelt CDP 1.32
195 Spring Valley village 0.60