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Compare: Irish Heritage in Radnor, Greater Philly Area

Plenty of people claim to be Irish when St. Paddy's Day rolls around, but how many stick to that story for the Census Bureau?

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Before St. Patrick's Day, we at Patch decided to crunch some census numbers to see which Philadelphia-area Patch neighborhoods are heavy or light on residents with Irish ancestry.

The American Community Survey of 2007-2011 asked respondents whether they had ancestors from many particular countries or continental regions, and Ireland was on the list. (The ACS uses sampling, rather than contacting every resident as the decennial census does.)

Philadelphia, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties all were found to have more residents with Irish ancestry than the national average of 11.6 percent. About 17.8 percent of all Pennsylvania residents claimed Irish genes.

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The most Irish county in the area, Delaware County, also contained the two most Irish neighborhoods: Springfield and Havertown, both more than 40 percent "green".

See where your neighborhood ranks on the table below:

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Place Population # with Irish ancestry Irish % United States 306,603,772 35,522,918 11.6 Pennsylvania 12,660,739 2,248,917 17.8 Delaware County 557,648 160,014 28.7 Chester County 495,651 118,825 24 Montgomery County 794,921 180,697 22.7 Philadelphia 1,514,456 191,884 12.7 ZIP Code Population # with Irish ancestry Irish % Springfield (19064) 24,561 10,598 43.1 Havertown (19083) 35,432 14,874 42 Roxborough (19128) 34,561 12,351 35.7 Newtown Square (19073) 18,302 6,092 33.3 Media (19063) 35,720 11,192 31.3 Broomall (19008) 20,414 5,869 28.7 West Chester (19380) 49,827 14,155 28.4 West Chester (19382) 52,942 15,039 28.4 Phoenixville (19460) 39,188 10,847 27.7 Oaks (19456) 807 223 27.6 Phoenixville (19453) 1,563 428 27.4 Villanova (19085) 8,669 2,355 27.2 Berwyn (19312) 11,567 3,120 27 Chestnut Hill (19118) 9,551 2,547 26.7 Wayne (19087) 32,694 8,272 25.3 Malvern (19355) 24,047 6,023 25 Ardmore (19003) 13,278 3,286 24.7 Haverford (19041) 6,229 1,480 23.8 Paoli (19301) 6,461 1,509 23.4 Bryn Mawr (19010) 21,240 4,591 21.6 Narberth (19072) 9,309 1,939 20.8 Manayunk (19127) 4,576 914 20 Devon (19333) 6,802 1,309 19.2 Merion Station (19066) 6,021 949 15.8 Bala Cynwyd (19004) 9,413 1,197 12.7 Wynnewood (19096) 13,457 1,542 11.5 Gladwyne (19035) 3,442 378 11 Mt. Airy (19119) 26,870 2,373 8.8

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