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How Irish is Peabody?
Peabody has one of the highest percentages of Irish people in the U.S.
Website Trulia has compiled the ethnic backgrounds of Americans and found that Peabody has one of the largest percentages of Irish-Americans in the country.
Peabody ranked third for metropolitan areas with highest percentage of Irish people in the U.S.
Peabody came in at 15.8%. This ranked third only to Boston with 20.4% and Middlesex County with 16.9%.
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The other Massachusetts metro area ranked in the Top 10 is Worcester with 14.8%.
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