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THE IRISH IN IOWA |
Percentage of Iowa's Population Born in Ireland
1870-1950
|
County |
1870 % |
1890 % |
1920 % |
1950 % |
| Adair | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.04 |
| Adams | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.02 |
| Allamakee | 14.1 | 5.6 | 0.8 | 0.04 |
| Appanoose | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.02 |
| Audubon | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.03 |
| Benton | 2.5 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.04 |
| Black Hawk | 3.4 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| Boone | 3.1 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.05 |
| Bremer | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.04 |
| Buchanan | 6.7 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 0.06 |
| Buena Vista | 3.6 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.04 |
| Butler | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.08 |
| Calhoun | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.05 |
| Carroll | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.06 |
| Cass | 3.8 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.02 |
| Cedar | 3.7 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.09 |
| Cerro Gordo | 5.8 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.18 |
| Cherokee | 8.0 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 0.03 |
| Chickasaw | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.03 |
| Clarke | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.02 |
| Clay | 7.0 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.05 |
| Clayton | 10.9 | 4.9 | 1.0 | 0.15 |
| Clinton | 4.1 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.14 |
| Crawford | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.03 |
| Dallas | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Davis | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.02 |
| Decatur | 5.4 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.11 |
| Delaware | 4.8 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.08 |
| Des Moines | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.08 |
| Dickinson | 16.7 | 5.2 | 1.1 | 0.19 |
| Dubuque | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.07 |
| Emmet | 3.9 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.06 |
| Fayette | 2.9 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.09 |
| Floyd | 4.8 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.08 |
| Franklin | 4.8 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.08 |
| Fremont | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.09 |
| Greene | 3.1 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 0.06 |
| Grundy | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.12 |
| Guthrie | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.06 |
| Hamilton | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.04 |
| Hancock | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.02 |
| Hardin | 6.4 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.05 |
| Harrison | 2.9 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.08 |
| Henry | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.05 |
| Howard | 7.7 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.05 |
| Humboldt | 4.2 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.04 |
| Ida | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.24 |
| Iowa | 5.9 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 0.13 |
| Jackson | 6.1 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.04 |
| Jasper | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.12 |
| Jefferson | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.04 |
| Johnson | 5.8 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 0.09 |
| Jones | 6.3 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 0.03 |
| Keokuk | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.11 |
| Kossuth | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.05 |
| Lee | 6.8 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.05 |
| Linn | 2.6 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.13 |
| Louisa | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.03 |
| Lucas | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.05 |
| Lyon | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.05 |
| Madison | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.09 |
| Mahaska | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.04 |
| Marion | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.01 |
| Marshall | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.17 |
| Mills | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.04 |
| Mitchell | 3.6 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.01 |
| Monona | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.06 |
| Monroe | 6.0 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 0.09 |
| Montgomery | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.03 |
| Muscatine | 5.2 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.03 |
| O'Brien | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.04 |
| Osceola | 0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.04 |
| Page | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.07 |
| Palo Alto | 15.4 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 0.10 |
| Plymouth | 5.2 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.06 |
| Pocahontas | 10.2 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.06 |
| Polk | 4.5 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.09 |
| Pottawattamie | 5.1 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.09 |
| Poweshiek | 3.0 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.25 |
| Ringgold | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.03 |
| Sac | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.04 |
| Scott | 9.2 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.10 |
| Shelby | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.04 |
| Sioux | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.06 |
| Story | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.05 |
| Tama | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.11 |
| Taylor | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.04 |
| Union | 1.5 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.03 |
| Van Buren | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.05 |
| Wapello | 3.5 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.04 |
| Warren | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.03 |
| Washington | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.06 |
| Wayne | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.04 |
| Webster | 10.0 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 0.13 |
| Winnebago | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.01 |
| Winneshiek | 5.3 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.03 |
| Woodbury | 8.6 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.12 |
| Worth | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Wright | 2.9 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.07 |
From "The Palimpsest"
"The Irish in Iowa"
Published Monthly by
The State Historical Society of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
February, 1964
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