Ranking of Washington 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 767.54K people in Washington with Irish ancestry (10.08% of Washington population). Among all Washington cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Liberty Lake city had the highest percentage of its population with Irish ancestry (21.22%), followed by Sumner city (17.88%), and Snohomish city (15.84%).

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 Washington.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Washington Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Irish Ancestry in 2021
Liberty Lake city
Sumner city
Snohomish city
Bainbridge Island city
Yelm city
Vashon CDP
Battle Ground city
Cheney city
Kelso city
Lake Tapps CDP
Ranking of Washington Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Irish Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Liberty Lake city 21.22
2 Sumner city 17.88
3 Snohomish city 15.84
4 Bainbridge Island city 15.38
5 Yelm city 15.31
6 Vashon CDP 14.69
7 Battle Ground city 14.60
8 Cheney city 14.34
9 Kelso city 13.95
10 Lake Tapps CDP 13.94
11 Poulsbo city 13.93
12 Camano CDP 13.71
13 Spokane city 13.70
14 Bremerton city 13.49
15 Fort Lewis CDP 13.22
16 Port Angeles city 13.21
17 Lake Stevens city 13.19
18 Longview city 13.15
18 Port Townsend city 13.15
19 Camas city 12.88
19 Ridgefield city 12.88
20 Olympia city 12.84
21 Snoqualmie city 12.80
22 Richland city 12.64
23 Spokane Valley city 12.33
24 Anacortes city 12.23
25 Prairie Ridge CDP 12.21
26 Mukilteo city 12.16
27 Silver Firs CDP 12.15
28 Salmon Creek CDP 12.14
29 Kenmore city 12.08
30 Airway Heights city 11.72
31 Martha Lake CDP 11.71
32 Bellingham city 11.64
32 Edmonds city 11.64
33 Maple Valley city 11.43
34 Birch Bay CDP 11.41
34 Centralia city 11.41
35 Elk Plain CDP 11.29
36 Washougal city 11.25
37 Felida CDP 11.22
38 Tumwater city 11.21
39 South Hill CDP 11.20
40 Shoreline city 10.99
41 Seattle city 10.96
42 West Richland city 10.93
43 Five Corners CDP 10.92
44 Hazel Dell CDP 10.89
45 Silverdale CDP 10.84
46 Maltby CDP 10.81
46 Walla Walla city 10.81
47 Ellensburg city 10.73
48 Enumclaw city 10.71
49 Fairwood CDP (Spokane County) 10.57
50 Lacey city 10.47
51 Sedro-Woolley city 10.30
52 Aberdeen city 10.20
53 Graham CDP 10.18
54 Monroe city 10.16
55 East Wenatchee city 10.13
56 Burien city 10.09
57 Cottage Lake CDP 10.07
57 Tacoma city 10.07
58 Marysville city 10.04
59 Bonney Lake city 10.00
60 Edgewood city 9.92
61 Port Orchard city 9.81
62 Mountlake Terrace city 9.80
63 Bothell city 9.79
64 Kirkland city 9.78
65 Vancouver city 9.73
66 Everett city 9.55
67 Puyallup city 9.54
68 Artondale CDP 9.53
68 Pullman city 9.53
69 Gig Harbor city 9.49
70 Lake Forest Park city 9.37
71 Kennewick city 9.36
72 Oak Harbor city 9.28
73 University Place city 9.27
74 Eastmont CDP 9.01
75 Lakeland South CDP 8.61
76 Frederickson CDP 8.58
77 Lakewood city 8.52
78 East Renton Highlands CDP 8.51
79 Arlington city 8.48
80 Mount Vernon city 8.40
81 Mill Creek city 8.30
82 Covington city 8.21
83 Mercer Island city 8.20
84 Ferndale city 8.19
84 Orchards CDP 8.19
85 Wenatchee city 8.17
86 Lynnwood city 8.06
87 Auburn city 7.85
88 Lake Stickney CDP 7.76
89 Shelton city 7.73
90 Parkland CDP 7.71
91 Woodinville city 7.66
92 Yakima city 7.48
93 Lake Morton-Berrydale CDP 7.41
94 Spanaway CDP 7.37
95 Union Hill-Novelty Hill CDP 7.31
96 Bothell West CDP 7.11
97 Renton city 6.97
98 Minnehaha CDP 6.95
99 Lynden city 6.94
100 North Lynnwood CDP 6.93
101 Fairwood CDP (King County) 6.92
102 Issaquah city 6.90
103 Bothell East CDP 6.79
104 Lakeland North CDP 6.74
105 Des Moines city 6.73
106 Mill Creek East CDP 6.57
107 White Center CDP 6.34
108 Bellevue city 6.30
109 Newcastle city 6.28
110 Sammamish city 6.27
111 Federal Way city 5.67
112 Alderwood Manor CDP 5.61
113 SeaTac city 5.40
114 Redmond city 5.39
115 Kent city 4.95
116 Fife city 4.65
117 Bryn Mawr-Skyway CDP 4.62
118 Pasco city 4.53
119 Tukwila city 3.94
120 Moses Lake city 3.48
121 Grandview city 1.88
122 Sunnyside city 1.08