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Finnish Americans

About 614,125 US residents are of Finnish ancestry, 0.2% of the population · down 4.8% since 2020. Data from the 2024 American Community Survey.

BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE

Largest Finnish populations

BY CONCENTRATION

Highest Finnish share

NATIONAL PROFILE · 2024 ACS 1-YEAR

How the group compares

Median household income
$92,343
US overall: $82,259
Bachelor's degree or higher
47.6%
US overall: 35.6%
Poverty rate
7.1%
US overall: 12.5%
Homeownership
72.9%
US overall: 65.0%
Median age
46.2
US overall: 38.9
Median home value
$381,300
US overall: $376,019

From the Census Bureau's Selected Population Profile (S0201), which publishes socioeconomic data for detailed groups at the national level. US-overall figures shown for comparison.

BY STATE · 2017-2021 ACS 5-YEAR · CLICK A COLUMN TO SORT

Where Finnish Americans earn the most

District of Columbia$165,71889.5%9.9%37.6%855
Maryland$113,54256.6%5.3%78.5%6,329
New Jersey$108,93352.2%3.7%80.0%5,597
California$103,13952.5%6.3%67.1%51,268
Connecticut$101,72648.9%3.8%76.8%4,979
Virginia$100,31359.8%5.4%64.4%7,538
Texas$95,99753.6%5.5%66.4%17,606
Hawaii$93,90059.1%2.3%64.2%1,673
Louisiana$93,11256.6%4.6%63.9%1,145
Indiana$92,25952.5%7.5%68.5%6,401
Alaska$92,22236.4%7.5%72.3%3,992
South Carolina$90,66038.8%4.0%76.5%5,206
Rhode Island$90,59851.1%5.8%71.4%1,281
Illinois$90,22452.2%4.2%73.6%16,236
Tennessee$89,94050.8%3.3%76.1%4,893
Utah$89,79245.7%4.1%73.6%6,298
Colorado$89,73356.7%5.7%70.1%12,269
Georgia$88,59755.0%8.3%73.2%6,067
Massachusetts$88,30546.3%5.3%67.1%22,885
New York$87,39160.6%7.4%60.6%15,421
Washington$85,94039.2%6.7%70.6%48,081
Nebraska$85,28868.9%5.8%56.7%1,890
North Carolina$83,87551.2%6.1%65.6%8,408
West Virginia$79,34841.7%19.7%68.4%1,008
Minnesota$76,93636.7%6.7%77.3%97,399
Nevada$76,66743.3%7.9%65.4%4,768
South Dakota$74,06934.3%4.2%67.7%4,345
Missouri$73,95153.1%7.8%69.7%5,111
Maine$73,08847.4%7.5%72.6%6,741
Oklahoma$72,72341.8%11.3%73.0%1,985
Ohio$72,69543.8%9.4%76.8%18,020
Pennsylvania$72,55450.6%9.4%69.9%7,601
Wisconsin$72,18238.1%8.0%73.1%37,431
Florida$71,78942.0%7.5%75.9%26,293
Arizona$71,01445.2%5.6%74.6%15,648
Oregon$70,64941.8%8.7%62.4%21,291
Kentucky$70,53650.8%12.0%68.3%1,702
Alabama$70,13953.8%5.1%76.4%2,926
Wyoming$69,67131.9%6.5%82.1%1,875
Iowa$69,61449.8%8.8%63.7%2,583
Vermont$69,60154.5%6.8%79.2%1,848
New Hampshire$68,91135.0%5.3%76.6%7,328
Montana$68,43533.5%7.6%80.0%7,003
North Dakota$67,63445.5%9.1%71.8%5,326
Idaho$67,52843.6%12.3%75.7%5,789
New Mexico$66,77168.1%14.0%71.5%2,281
Michigan$66,04335.2%8.1%77.9%90,622
Kansas$59,87251.0%6.5%70.5%2,021
Arkansas$53,75025.4%13.9%68.9%1,322

Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables, which pool five years of survey responses to cover smaller communities the annual survey cannot. The Census publishes a state only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller states are absent by design.

BY METRO AREA · 2017-2021 ACS 5-YEAR · CLICK A COLUMN TO SORT

Finnish Americans across metro areas

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$158,04672.2%3.5%65.3%7,360
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$146,25070.5%3.5%66.1%2,751
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$126,25059.8%2.4%77.8%1,677
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA$125,27463.5%6.0%64.3%9,242
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$123,28158.4%3.3%68.4%5,346
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$116,70958.0%5.8%75.0%4,168
Greenville-Anderson, SC$115,32332.1%0.0%90.6%1,343
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$114,09555.8%6.6%60.1%11,906
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$111,89055.9%6.4%77.8%3,084
Rochester, MN$110,62559.7%3.0%74.6%1,347
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX$109,93167.8%6.8%56.9%2,100
Boulder, CO$109,75081.0%6.7%67.8%1,170
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA$109,50965.5%6.2%59.4%12,193
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$108,94253.7%6.1%66.8%1,714
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$108,14751.1%1.2%78.7%2,292
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$107,56556.4%4.0%65.1%12,381
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN$106,19460.4%3.2%76.5%2,294
St. Louis, MO-IL$103,86471.7%4.7%72.1%1,821
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO$103,29855.5%5.7%67.3%6,294
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$103,18748.0%8.2%67.1%20,200
Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT$102,73450.4%5.9%75.2%1,678
Akron, OH$101,66755.8%13.3%65.8%1,247
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$101,37546.1%2.8%67.9%1,576
Anchorage, AK$100,82036.6%10.6%77.1%2,281
Ann Arbor, MI$100,72962.8%6.3%66.4%2,335
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$100,52645.2%1.7%54.0%2,485
Raleigh-Cary, NC$99,56969.2%2.6%78.1%1,398
Salt Lake City, UT$99,33137.0%4.8%87.1%2,131
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI$98,95451.3%3.8%73.3%15,438
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$98,18356.7%2.6%68.1%6,081
Green Bay, WI$97,91735.0%4.0%70.1%2,981
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$97,74048.3%3.9%77.0%4,429
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA$97,65659.3%9.8%73.8%4,335
Port St. Lucie, FL$95,58364.1%10.7%86.0%1,256
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$95,54544.8%6.1%54.7%2,228
Portland-South Portland, ME$95,39172.6%6.6%65.3%2,668
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$94,52640.9%3.6%71.4%2,529
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$93,55448.1%4.4%73.4%7,146
Ogden-Clearfield, UT$92,72355.0%0.5%74.5%1,386
Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI$92,03854.1%6.1%79.6%5,429
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC$91,41732.0%3.0%60.4%1,497
Provo-Orem, UT$90,93856.6%3.4%73.6%1,255
Fargo, ND-MN$90,93853.3%10.5%67.8%2,525
Reno, NV$90,85950.4%8.8%53.4%1,224
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$90,80146.5%4.5%76.9%47,038
Columbus, OH$90,13967.9%5.1%63.1%1,989
Jacksonville, FL$90,11455.3%4.8%89.6%1,714
Barnstable Town, MA$89,07929.3%0.8%85.1%1,439
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX$87,86356.0%4.5%58.8%3,914
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$86,68341.0%5.7%63.9%19,952
Springfield, MA$86,25053.5%6.9%65.4%1,658
Wausau-Weston, WI$86,12139.8%2.1%90.9%1,340
Fort Collins, CO$85,64474.2%3.3%64.9%1,257
Kennewick-Richland, WA$84,60728.4%2.8%72.6%1,496
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$83,67646.9%7.5%86.3%1,463
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$83,52336.4%7.4%74.7%3,523
Kansas City, MO-KS$83,12558.0%5.8%73.9%2,036
Colorado Springs, CO$81,87545.6%3.0%75.5%1,327
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$81,71139.4%6.0%79.3%26,338
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$79,73845.9%2.7%73.1%2,124
Grand Rapids, MN$79,22529.9%9.6%89.1%3,245
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV$77,10041.3%7.1%67.4%2,608
Boise City, ID$76,87547.3%4.9%74.9%1,605
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$76,78673.3%3.9%72.3%1,927
Appleton, WI$76,44740.3%10.2%69.1%1,307
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL$76,04245.8%7.7%68.3%5,368
Salem, OR$73,75042.1%17.2%69.8%1,232
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$73,53147.3%3.3%76.0%10,506
Astoria, OR$72,61021.0%3.1%66.3%1,345
Eugene-Springfield, OR$72,39250.3%6.2%61.2%1,839
Madison, WI$71,75560.7%12.8%70.6%2,483
Brainerd, MN$70,90130.6%11.5%82.1%1,735
Sault Ste. Marie, MI$70,78134.7%4.6%70.1%1,295
Iron Mountain, MI-WI$70,47623.1%4.6%91.3%1,738
St. Cloud, MN$69,76448.9%11.1%60.9%1,658
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA$69,73227.8%3.2%88.1%1,402
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$69,06344.7%9.2%47.9%1,511
Worcester, MA-CT$68,93137.8%8.0%69.9%7,591
Tucson, AZ$68,86447.4%13.4%68.6%1,924
Cleveland-Elyria, OH$68,67640.8%11.4%83.7%5,712
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$67,75038.8%6.8%66.0%1,849
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$67,62339.3%9.6%78.0%4,510
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$66,69146.6%8.9%68.8%3,563
Keene, NH$66,45819.3%9.6%73.4%1,859
Longview, WA$64,30416.8%7.5%65.0%2,483
Pittsburgh, PA$64,11544.6%10.4%76.2%1,579
Flint, MI$62,60128.9%10.0%72.1%1,680
Watertown, SD$61,91412.5%2.4%71.8%1,167
Traverse City, MI$61,70546.6%3.3%62.8%1,687
Duluth, MN-WI$61,67825.1%9.5%77.5%29,087
Marquette, MI$61,17629.6%9.9%74.8%11,125
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL$61,04245.6%12.1%66.7%1,869
Billings, MT$60,94633.5%8.9%73.7%1,315
Fergus Falls, MN$57,91729.9%7.3%74.5%2,309
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$54,27641.3%13.5%72.1%2,235
Manchester-Nashua, NH$53,22735.9%3.8%84.9%2,574
Houghton, MI$48,72424.7%11.9%77.0%10,544
Escanaba, MI$46,50018.8%8.2%68.1%2,001
Marinette, WI-MI$45,25033.0%12.1%81.2%1,139
Ashtabula, OH$44,43522.9%14.3%78.7%2,137

Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables, which pool five years of survey responses to cover smaller communities the annual survey cannot. The Census publishes a metro area only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller metro areas are absent by design.

BY CITY · 2017-2021 ACS 5-YEAR · CLICK A COLUMN TO SORT

Finnish Americans across cities

Oakland$201,95073.5%2.3%66.2%811
San Jose$177,64166.0%2.9%76.0%1,416
Washington$165,71889.5%9.9%37.6%855
San Diego$163,41876.1%6.0%64.4%2,534
Sacramento$148,48763.8%1.8%83.1%546
Boston$127,29287.5%2.0%29.3%980
Eagan$127,18860.6%0.0%80.0%598
San Francisco$124,13578.1%3.5%27.8%1,380
Maple Grove$116,03362.9%1.3%95.0%1,055
Rochester$111,45861.4%2.0%68.4%814
Andover$109,30635.0%0.0%95.8%720
Gilbert$108,21069.6%2.2%59.7%685
Boulder$106,13688.3%8.9%48.7%564
Coon Rapids$104,35727.4%0.6%83.5%1,588
Los Angeles$102,85758.3%6.5%48.2%3,184
Royal Oak$99,54558.4%1.1%78.4%740
Burnsville$96,25036.2%8.9%79.5%649
Chandler$95,62560.0%0.0%64.7%695
Chicago$94,63277.2%3.3%46.2%2,830
Apple Valley$93,75047.5%0.0%80.7%963
New York$92,04583.7%10.8%26.0%4,336
Tacoma$90,48143.4%19.6%68.6%882
Westland$89,50017.5%5.5%87.0%672
Seattle$88,64467.1%8.6%37.5%3,991
Eugene$85,48164.1%7.0%48.1%786
Albuquerque$84,65381.1%10.4%65.4%647
Ann Arbor$83,95077.0%13.9%42.5%933
Brooklyn Park$83,88947.6%3.3%91.2%735
Portland$82,63962.2%8.0%40.9%3,926
Minneapolis$82,63261.0%7.7%47.8%4,505
Denver$82,32153.9%8.8%54.2%1,187
Blaine$82,07726.3%1.3%82.9%1,007
Phoenix$80,33338.8%5.1%67.4%2,455
Las Vegas$80,27851.2%5.6%63.3%892
Milwaukee$80,19252.8%9.8%66.4%1,224
Plymouth$80,15045.1%0.0%84.8%1,023
Columbus$79,46474.3%10.0%35.8%724
Farmington Hills$78,12549.5%0.0%56.6%819
Anchorage$77,38345.5%11.3%71.1%1,457
Gardner$75,90327.1%10.7%67.7%734
Vancouver$75,71431.6%5.4%55.9%1,137
St. Paul$75,62562.9%2.9%63.4%2,422
Grand Rapids$74,97065.7%5.0%64.3%754
Kenosha$74,37526.5%0.0%96.2%584
Mountain Iron$73,79517.5%8.3%88.9%626
Bloomington$71,66733.8%6.3%65.6%830
Austin$71,25073.0%12.7%49.4%1,126
Houston$67,32173.5%4.8%47.1%1,163
Madison$66,79761.4%21.5%64.3%1,176
Duluth$65,53138.9%13.3%63.5%5,493
Colorado Springs$63,66155.6%1.2%72.5%694
Iron Mountain$63,41722.0%3.1%92.1%838
Dollar Bay$63,25014.2%15.8%73.0%614
Crystal Falls$62,62518.5%10.6%91.2%255
Lake Norden$62,21225.0%0.6%72.7%175
Soudan$61,87520.8%7.3%100.0%137
Mesa$61,49333.2%4.4%83.6%956
Green Bay$61,31032.7%6.4%54.1%686
Livonia$61,25036.6%1.4%88.1%1,252
Lansing$60,26839.9%3.3%58.8%547
Hibbing$58,78013.2%6.2%78.6%1,567
Babbitt$56,25023.0%9.7%77.0%192
Appleton$55,00047.6%12.8%65.9%497
Negaunee$53,30030.8%8.9%82.0%1,113
Longview$52,86518.6%11.5%38.4%800
Menahga$52,50021.5%10.3%75.3%291
Ontonagon$51,65320.6%0.7%96.0%285
Superior$51,18128.6%5.3%57.2%1,693
Ishpeming$50,64220.7%8.4%73.9%1,416
Tucson$50,21247.2%20.9%40.2%735
West Ishpeming$49,71928.7%3.0%76.7%813
Wakefield$48,33322.5%8.5%86.4%283
Laurium$48,12521.8%9.7%75.7%586
Cloquet$43,70714.2%12.6%77.4%1,359
Spokane$41,40645.2%14.7%66.2%776
Virginia$41,11126.0%22.2%52.1%1,599
Hancock$40,62539.9%13.9%42.6%890
Marquette$40,57946.7%26.2%40.0%2,016
Sebeka$39,6889.0%13.1%67.0%229
L'Anse$39,31314.0%8.5%64.7%410
Lake Linden$37,62523.0%13.8%62.8%333
Hurley$34,06322.7%20.6%59.7%252
South Range$33,75013.9%19.6%77.6%230
Floodwood$32,9171.1%22.5%94.7%146
Ironwood$31,5138.0%13.1%77.1%775
Baraga$30,83311.0%16.1%50.0%230
Fargo44.4%24.2%63.6%1,025
Houghton39.2%32.9%38.2%842
St. Louis Park63.2%2.0%57.4%501

Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables, which pool five years of survey responses to cover smaller communities the annual survey cannot. The Census publishes a citie only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller cities are absent by design.

ABOUT THIS GROUP

Frequently asked

How many people of Finnish ancestry live in the United States?

About 614,125 US residents are of Finnish ancestry, roughly 0.2% of the population, according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

Which US city has the largest Finnish population?

Duluth, MN has the largest Finnish population of any US city, with about 5,017 residents of Finnish ancestry.

Which state has the most residents of Finnish ancestry?

Minnesota leads all states with about 94,435 residents of Finnish ancestry.

What is the median household income of Finnish Americans?

Finnish Americans have a median household income of about $92,343, per the 2024 ACS 1-year Selected Population Profile.

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DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR DETAILED-ORIGIN TABLES (B03001 / B02015 / B02019 / B04006) · PROFILE: ACS 1-YEAR S0201 · UPDATED 2024

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