History of the Irish in Baltimore

The history of the Irish in Baltimore dates back to the early and mid-19th century. The city's Irish-American community is centered in the neighborhoods of Hampden, Canton, Highlandtown, Fell's Point and Locust Point.

In 1920, 10,240 foreign-born White people in Baltimore spoke an English or Celtic language.

In 1940, 2,159 immigrants from Ireland lived in Baltimore. These immigrants comprised 3.5% of the city's foreign-born white population. In total, 4,077 people of Irish birth or descent lived in the city, comprising 4.6% of the foreign-stock white population.

In the 1940 United States Census, Irish-Americans comprised 22% of the foreign-born population in Highlandtown. In Hamden, Baltimore's tract 13-5, 7% of foreign-born residents were Irish-American.

The Irish-American community in the Baltimore metropolitan area numbered 341,683 as of 2000, making up 13.4% of the area's population. In the same year, 32,755 people in the Baltimore metropolitan area were of Scotch-Irish descent, comprising 1.3% of the metropolitan area's population. In the same year Baltimore city's Irish-American population was 39,045, 6% of the city's population. In the same year, 3,274 people in Baltimore were of Scotch-Irish descent, comprising 0.5% of the city's population.

In 2013, an estimated 37,359 Irish-Americans resided in Baltimore city, 6% of the population.

In September 2014, immigrants from Ireland were the sixty-sixth largest foreign-born population in Baltimore.

Baltimore became a leading destination for Irish immigrants to the United States during the mid-1800s, with around 70,000 Irish people settling in the city during the 1850s and 1860s.

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