Ethnic or cultural background: Black or Black Irish — every local authority ranked

These are raw counts, not rates -- a larger area ranks higher on this page mainly because it has more people, not necessarily a worse underlying rate.

Figures as of 2022, published by CSO Census of Population — Small Area Population Statistics (religion, ethnicity, travel to work, residence a year ago). Accessed 2026-09-21.

Usually resident population by ethnic or cultural background, from Census 2016 and 2022.

Before you use these figures

• 2016 and 2022 figures cover different areas: Cork City Council's boundary was extended in 2019, taking in a large area previously part of Cork County. This series' 2016 figure covers the smaller, pre-2019 city; its 2022 figure covers the larger, post-2019 city. The change between them reflects the boundary redraw, not a real change in the population it describes — not a trend to compare year over year.
• Census years only, not a continuous series: This is CSO's actual Census of Population count, taken once every five years (2016, 2022 for this breakdown) — not a modelled annual estimate. No figure is published for any year in between, and this will not update again until the next census.
• Latest figure: 2022 — 4 years old: This dataset is published annual and the publisher hasn't released anything newer. Nothing is missing from this page.

Cite this ranking:

Ethnic or cultural background: Black or Black Irish, every local authority ranked
Caveats: 2016 and 2022 figures cover different areas; Census years only, not a continuous series; Latest figure: 2022 — 4 years old
StatsMapped last confirmed these figures unchanged on 15 Sep 2026.
Source: CSO Census of Population — Small Area Population Statistics (religion, ethnicity, travel to work, residence a year ago)
https://statsmapped.com/ireland/rankings/census-ethnicity?facet=ethnicity-black

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