I have a question for white supremacists and ethnostatists. Do you consider Irish Travelers white? Irish travelers (aka pikeys) are indigenous Celtic nomads known for their clannishness, lack of education and propensity for crime and violence. 
Some statistics:
Some statistics:
- 0.6%: or 29,573: The percentage of Irish population who are Travellers. This is a 32% increase since 2006.
- 50%: The percentage of Travellers in Ireland who die before the age of 39. 7/10 die before reaching 59 years of age.
- 10%: The percentage of Traveller children who die before the age of two, compared to 1% in general population.
- 5%: The percentage of Longford population who are Travellers.
- 9.5%: The percentage of all social housing in Longford that is allocated to Travellers.
- 22: The average age of a Traveller in Ireland, compared to 36 for general population.
- 27%: The percentage of Traveller women have had five or more children, compared to 2.6% of general population.
- 1%: The percentage of Travellers in Ireland who have completed Third Level education in 2011, compared to 30% of the general population.
- 17.7%: The percentage of Travellers with no formal education, compared to 1.4% of the general population.
- 84%: Unemployment rate of Travellers in Ireland. 86.6% of Men and 81.2% of Women. The rate was 75% during the boom.
- 40%: The percentage of Irish Prisoners in England and Wales from a Traveller background.
- 18%: The percentage of inmates aged 18-24, sampled in a drugs report in Irish Prisons, who are Travellers.
- 19%: The percentage of Traveller specific Accommodation Sites in Ireland which are unused.
- 28%: The percentage of Dublin City Council Traveller houses/halting bays destroyed since 2005.
- €5 million: The amount spent in 2011 and 2012 dealing with abandoned horses.
- 15%: The percentage of physical or sexual assault victims who are Travellers.
- 12/1000: Infant mortality rate among Travellers, four times the general population.
- 2.2%: The percentage of Traveller mothers who breast feed, compared to 50% of the general population.
- 40%:The percentage of Traveller marriages that are between first Cousins.
- 49%:The percentage of admissions to Women's Refuges who are Travellers.
- 15%: The percentage of gunshot injuries at one Dublin hospital who were Travellers.
- 79%: The percentage of forced labour/paving crimes (against UK citizens) perpetrated by UK Travellers.
- 33.4%: The percentage of Travellers under the age of 29 who are Married, compared to 8.2% of the general population.
- 11.4%: The percentage of Travellers who are Separated, compared to 5.5% of the general population.
- 28%: The percentage increase of Gypsy Caravans in England between 2006 and 2015.
- 65%: The percentage of Pipe Bombs in circulation which have been manufactured by Traveller Gangs.
- 53%: The percentage of Traveller adults who smoke.
- 13%: The percentage of Traveller children who finish Secondary School, compared to 92% of the general population.
- 4.4%: The percentage of Child Protection Cases involving Travellers.
- 11%: The percentage of UK youth prison inmates that are Gypsy/Romany/Traveller.
- 84%: The percentage of Travellers that live in Houses.
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