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US Census reveals important new information on Irish Americans

Higher median income, higher earnings and education than norm

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JAMES O'SHEA,
IrishCentral Staff Writer
Published Monday, January 30, 2012, 7:38 AM
Updated Monday, January 30, 2012, 11:10 AM

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Irish and Irish American celebrating St. Patrick's Day in Chicago
Irish and Irish American celebrating St. Patrick's Day in Chicago
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Irish Americans continue to thrive, so the latest US census makes clear in their just released report.

The results were released as Congress proclaimed March as Irish-American Heritage Month once again  and the President will issue a proclamation commemorating the occasion each year.

Here are some interesting numbers:

Population Distribution - 34.7 million

Number of U.S. residents who claimed Irish ancestry in 2010. This number was more than seven times the population of Ireland itself (4.58 million). Irish was the nation's second most frequently reported ancestry, trailing only German.

144,588 - Number of Irish-born naturalized U.S. residents in 2010.

39.2 years old - Median age of those who claim Irish ancestry is higher than U.S. residents as a whole (37.2 years).

13% - Percent of New York state residents who were of Irish ancestry in 2010. This compares with a rate of 11.2 percent for the nation as a whole.

Irish-Americans Today

33% - Percentage of people of Irish ancestry, 25 or older, who had a bachelor's degree or higher.
In addition, 92.5 percent of Irish-Americans in this age group had at least a high school diploma. For the nation as a whole, the corresponding rates were 28.2 percent and 85.6 percent, respectively.

$56,363 - Median income for households headed by an Irish-American, higher than the $50,046 for all households. In addition, 6.9 percent of households of Irish ancestry were in poverty, lower than the rate of 11.3 percent for all Americans.

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41% - Percentage of employed civilian Irish-Americans 16 or older who worked in management, professional and related occupations.

Additionally, 26.3 percent worked in sales and office occupations; 15.7 percent in service occupations; 9.2 percent in production, transportation and material moving occupations; and 7.8 percent in construction, extraction, maintenance and repair occupations.

70% - Percentage of householders of Irish ancestry who owned the home in which they live, with the remainder renting. For the nation as a whole, the homeownership rate was 65.4 percent.

Places to Spend the Day

7 - Number of places in the United States named Shamrock, the floral emblem of Ireland.

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deburca | Feb 03, 2012, 12:46 PM EST
Look at those silly green hats and the bow tie. There is a huge difference between Irish and Irish-American! lol

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IrelandNorth | Feb 01, 2012, 06:01 AM EST
ciaradexy will be disappointed in the absence of reference to statistics on proportions of oral orifices of Irish-Americans, since she obviously thinks any American with a worthwhile opinion on the auld sod to be a "big mouth", particularly if they don't concur with her petit-bourgeois opinion. Come back to Erin, Irish-Americans. We've made a 'dogs dinner' of running it in your absence. Is mise/I am, Eireannach leis beal mor/big-mouthed Irishman.

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PhlutiePhan | Jan 30, 2012, 11:54 AM EST
2010 U.S. Census states: 11.21%. However, the Scotch-Irish add another 1.05%. African-American is 12.57%. Therefore, the numbers are comparable. German 15.48%, Hispanic 16.40%, English 8.38%, Italian 5.57%. Obviously, we are a nation of immigrants.

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Murph46 | Jan 30, 2012, 11:43 AM EST
Amen BillyFitz!

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BillyFitz | Jan 30, 2012, 11:27 AM EST
Im sure when they discover life on other planets, they too will be having Paddy's Day parades ..

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Murph46 | Jan 30, 2012, 10:42 AM EST
I don't pay for the subway!

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cillowen | Jan 30, 2012, 10:26 AM EST
that and how much gets you on the subway,

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Murph46 | Jan 30, 2012, 10:18 AM EST
American by birth! Irish by God! Up the Irish!

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