Norwegian Americans
About 3,920,371 US residents are of Norwegian ancestry, 1.2% of the population · down 8.6% since 2020. Data from the 2024 American Community Survey.
Largest Norwegian populations
Highest Norwegian share
How the group compares
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.
Where Norwegian Americans earn the most
| California | $111,455 | 50.9% | 6.6% | 66.1% | 301,479 |
| Colorado | $106,433 | 59.8% | 5.3% | 72.5% | 112,237 |
| New York | $106,309 | 57.6% | 6.7% | 63.3% | 72,406 |
| Texas | $102,244 | 52.2% | 5.4% | 69.8% | 144,346 |
| Florida | $101,638 | 46.2% | 7.1% | 81.0% | 123,661 |
| Washington | $100,267 | 42.7% | 7.8% | 70.1% | 307,420 |
| Illinois | $96,675 | 53.4% | 6.0% | 76.2% | 130,142 |
| Utah | $96,663 | 44.3% | 4.0% | 77.3% | 65,260 |
| Oregon | $93,708 | 43.2% | 7.9% | 67.0% | 119,970 |
| Minnesota | $91,266 | 43.5% | 6.1% | 77.7% | 662,072 |
| Arizona | $90,562 | 45.6% | 5.8% | 76.7% | 118,766 |
| Iowa | $85,112 | 40.7% | 6.0% | 75.3% | 132,407 |
| Wisconsin | $84,556 | 37.1% | 6.7% | 74.5% | 352,188 |
| North Dakota | $84,461 | 40.2% | 5.9% | 71.6% | 156,283 |
| South Dakota | $83,943 | 41.9% | 4.3% | 80.4% | 94,279 |
| Michigan | $81,534 | 42.1% | 8.1% | 81.3% | 65,916 |
| Montana | $77,725 | 40.5% | 6.5% | 74.8% | 82,895 |
Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2024 ACS 1-year Selected Population Profile. 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.
Norwegian Americans across metro areas
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $144,151 | 75.6% | 2.8% | 69.0% | 36,530 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $136,205 | 59.4% | 5.3% | 62.6% | 15,128 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA | $134,246 | 64.8% | 4.0% | 60.1% | 45,802 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $121,700 | 65.2% | 3.8% | 68.3% | 26,987 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $121,250 | 64.6% | 2.3% | 73.7% | 13,011 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | $117,593 | 56.1% | 3.9% | 65.4% | 75,667 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $113,242 | 49.8% | 6.3% | 79.6% | 10,077 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | $113,134 | 66.8% | 6.7% | 81.5% | 9,222 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | $109,259 | 55.3% | 3.1% | 71.3% | 30,870 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $106,580 | 53.4% | 6.4% | 59.6% | 78,569 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $105,809 | 57.8% | 4.9% | 70.0% | 10,611 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | $104,042 | 58.0% | 4.3% | 71.9% | 58,672 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA | $102,888 | 57.2% | 5.0% | 77.8% | 23,252 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $102,652 | 56.0% | 4.6% | 69.8% | 23,932 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $102,183 | 51.4% | 6.6% | 65.8% | 37,781 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $99,792 | 51.7% | 3.9% | 69.2% | 43,621 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | $98,422 | 52.3% | 5.1% | 75.3% | 105,933 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $97,566 | 42.7% | 9.7% | 63.9% | 9,352 |
| Anchorage, AK | $97,156 | 38.2% | 5.8% | 78.4% | 11,677 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | $96,812 | 46.4% | 7.1% | 65.4% | 11,266 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $96,507 | 42.1% | 5.0% | 69.8% | 180,390 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $95,830 | 48.2% | 4.1% | 77.8% | 413,140 |
| Boulder, CO | $94,622 | 70.4% | 8.6% | 67.0% | 8,478 |
| Ogden-Clearfield, UT | $94,468 | 39.0% | 3.0% | 77.4% | 14,716 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $94,424 | 42.2% | 6.5% | 73.8% | 33,896 |
| Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX | $93,945 | 60.5% | 5.7% | 59.6% | 18,600 |
| Columbus, OH | $93,889 | 60.6% | 4.8% | 65.8% | 9,750 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | $93,639 | 47.9% | 7.6% | 72.7% | 16,222 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $92,210 | 50.2% | 4.3% | 72.1% | 9,409 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $91,611 | 52.6% | 5.1% | 74.5% | 28,641 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $90,839 | 55.2% | 5.0% | 64.9% | 11,382 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | $90,619 | 58.5% | 3.5% | 75.4% | 15,880 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $90,447 | 32.0% | 7.4% | 75.9% | 35,459 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $90,290 | 46.1% | 7.2% | 69.8% | 86,465 |
| Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $90,181 | 38.2% | 7.0% | 71.9% | 15,409 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | $90,098 | 51.3% | 5.3% | 67.9% | 23,361 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | $88,084 | 41.0% | 3.8% | 80.0% | 10,037 |
| Jacksonville, FL | $87,426 | 51.6% | 8.2% | 71.5% | 10,006 |
| Bozeman, MT | $86,892 | 58.0% | 5.7% | 64.5% | 8,634 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $86,838 | 52.6% | 4.6% | 68.1% | 12,674 |
| Reno, NV | $85,469 | 43.6% | 8.5% | 66.2% | 9,192 |
| Fort Collins, CO | $85,426 | 53.7% | 6.6% | 71.2% | 10,278 |
| Appleton, WI | $85,304 | 39.0% | 5.1% | 71.7% | 8,552 |
| Bismarck, ND | $84,702 | 48.4% | 3.9% | 78.3% | 21,057 |
| Rochester, MN | $84,411 | 37.6% | 4.7% | 80.7% | 34,573 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $84,332 | 48.4% | 4.3% | 72.0% | 48,717 |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | $84,256 | 32.6% | 5.6% | 70.6% | 8,735 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL | $84,056 | 46.8% | 4.1% | 72.0% | 16,192 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $83,840 | 47.7% | 5.7% | 72.4% | 13,268 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | $83,680 | 44.2% | 4.0% | 72.1% | 27,088 |
| Bellingham, WA | $83,636 | 34.4% | 6.8% | 71.0% | 11,787 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | $83,555 | 48.6% | 6.1% | 72.9% | 20,045 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $83,534 | 44.8% | 5.8% | 75.7% | 21,541 |
| Provo-Orem, UT | $83,253 | 48.0% | 6.0% | 70.8% | 15,823 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | $82,736 | 60.8% | 4.5% | 74.4% | 11,217 |
| Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI | $82,072 | 46.6% | 4.4% | 80.2% | 8,949 |
| Kennewick-Richland, WA | $82,031 | 38.9% | 8.8% | 74.5% | 8,997 |
| Mankato, MN | $81,845 | 42.2% | 8.1% | 68.0% | 13,322 |
| Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $81,725 | 39.3% | 6.9% | 71.3% | 11,980 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $80,954 | 42.8% | 5.4% | 77.1% | 80,145 |
| Bend, OR | $80,511 | 40.6% | 7.2% | 72.8% | 8,607 |
| Madison, WI | $79,035 | 40.8% | 5.3% | 71.6% | 67,058 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $78,331 | 47.0% | 5.4% | 64.2% | 9,908 |
| Racine, WI | $77,630 | 30.8% | 4.6% | 87.2% | 9,003 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | $77,532 | 37.4% | 6.5% | 69.9% | 20,713 |
| Green Bay, WI | $77,268 | 43.7% | 3.9% | 75.8% | 10,838 |
| Red Wing, MN | $76,902 | 28.0% | 7.0% | 81.7% | 9,567 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | $76,648 | 41.4% | 6.6% | 64.4% | 70,344 |
| Boise City, ID | $76,580 | 38.6% | 5.0% | 77.3% | 19,580 |
| Minot, ND | $76,185 | 33.5% | 6.2% | 75.3% | 18,327 |
| Faribault-Northfield, MN | $76,000 | 38.6% | 5.5% | 83.4% | 9,856 |
| Alexandria, MN | $75,488 | 35.7% | 6.0% | 77.4% | 9,683 |
| Sioux Falls, SD | $73,802 | 39.2% | 4.5% | 72.2% | 38,912 |
| St. Cloud, MN | $73,679 | 41.4% | 7.9% | 69.4% | 18,362 |
| Billings, MT | $71,563 | 33.3% | 8.5% | 70.6% | 17,629 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $71,409 | 40.7% | 7.2% | 70.1% | 21,467 |
| Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | $70,977 | 36.0% | 7.5% | 71.9% | 8,979 |
| Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $70,134 | 34.6% | 7.5% | 72.5% | 27,145 |
| Willmar, MN | $69,692 | 28.0% | 5.8% | 81.5% | 9,149 |
| Rapid City, SD | $69,520 | 36.7% | 6.2% | 74.5% | 12,167 |
| Fergus Falls, MN | $68,481 | 30.1% | 6.0% | 81.1% | 15,745 |
| Salem, OR | $68,467 | 30.6% | 8.0% | 66.5% | 13,082 |
| Menomonie, WI | $67,804 | 26.1% | 7.8% | 72.6% | 8,546 |
| Kalispell, MT | $67,545 | 33.0% | 12.3% | 81.6% | 9,131 |
| Tucson, AZ | $67,479 | 50.6% | 8.3% | 70.1% | 16,949 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | $66,962 | 33.0% | 8.9% | 77.6% | 38,322 |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | $66,943 | 28.8% | 7.0% | 75.5% | 8,702 |
| Ames, IA | $66,703 | 39.5% | 9.4% | 71.2% | 10,686 |
| Wausau-Weston, WI | $66,638 | 31.1% | 6.7% | 76.4% | 8,436 |
| Janesville-Beloit, WI | $66,473 | 22.5% | 6.4% | 76.3% | 18,197 |
| Bemidji, MN | $65,770 | 37.3% | 9.4% | 71.9% | 8,223 |
| Rockford, IL | $64,869 | 28.1% | 6.8% | 79.4% | 10,779 |
| Austin, MN | $62,669 | 23.8% | 6.8% | 81.9% | 7,923 |
| Eau Claire, WI | $62,624 | 28.5% | 9.0% | 72.6% | 27,734 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | $62,458 | 35.2% | 9.3% | 63.8% | 30,433 |
| Missoula, MT | $61,992 | 50.5% | 13.2% | 62.1% | 8,014 |
| La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | $61,479 | 29.0% | 8.2% | 71.1% | 25,195 |
| Albert Lea, MN | $61,334 | 14.6% | 7.9% | 82.3% | 9,149 |
| Eugene-Springfield, OR | $61,114 | 35.5% | 13.8% | 64.8% | 14,202 |
| Brainerd, MN | $60,981 | 28.4% | 6.3% | 80.6% | 14,023 |
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.
Norwegian Americans across cities
| San Francisco | $153,676 | 81.5% | 3.9% | 28.7% | 7,175 |
| San Jose | $152,036 | 58.3% | 4.4% | 62.5% | 6,314 |
| Washington | $146,174 | 95.1% | 1.3% | 47.0% | 4,102 |
| Lakeville | $139,896 | 52.7% | 2.3% | 88.9% | 9,983 |
| Savage | $138,931 | 58.6% | 0.3% | 85.4% | 4,857 |
| Chanhassen | $123,553 | 68.4% | 4.6% | 89.3% | 4,252 |
| Eden Prairie | $121,411 | 67.3% | 1.6% | 86.6% | 7,298 |
| New York | $120,389 | 70.3% | 4.9% | 36.6% | 24,184 |
| Maple Grove | $119,404 | 54.5% | 2.2% | 89.3% | 8,189 |
| Plymouth | $119,375 | 65.9% | 1.5% | 75.8% | 9,966 |
| Williston | $118,125 | 31.0% | 1.3% | 75.0% | 4,289 |
| Prior Lake | $117,358 | 56.4% | 1.2% | 91.9% | 4,323 |
| Gilbert | $116,571 | 52.4% | 3.2% | 82.5% | 5,662 |
| Woodbury | $111,403 | 63.0% | 2.3% | 82.1% | 7,868 |
| Cottage Grove | $111,100 | 42.4% | 1.8% | 92.0% | 4,214 |
| Edina | $111,071 | 70.7% | 2.7% | 78.8% | 7,135 |
| San Diego | $108,657 | 62.3% | 5.9% | 57.1% | 14,195 |
| Andover | $108,493 | 35.5% | 1.6% | 91.9% | 4,814 |
| West Fargo | $107,688 | 45.2% | 5.4% | 75.2% | 11,690 |
| Seattle | $105,020 | 69.5% | 4.7% | 54.0% | 30,554 |
| Los Angeles | $101,827 | 58.8% | 8.0% | 45.4% | 16,245 |
| Minnetonka | $101,810 | 59.8% | 3.4% | 73.0% | 7,314 |
| Chicago | $101,621 | 75.3% | 6.9% | 49.4% | 18,129 |
| Eagan | $100,636 | 60.0% | 2.6% | 76.6% | 8,042 |
| Anchorage | $99,821 | 41.8% | 3.6% | 77.0% | 7,742 |
| Fort Worth | $98,707 | 47.3% | 5.4% | 71.4% | 4,873 |
| Apple Valley | $95,247 | 50.9% | 1.7% | 78.4% | 6,146 |
| Houston | $95,037 | 69.4% | 3.9% | 49.8% | 7,172 |
| Blaine | $94,003 | 36.2% | 4.8% | 85.1% | 7,554 |
| Dallas | $93,396 | 73.5% | 2.5% | 50.1% | 5,057 |
| St. Louis Park | $93,187 | 63.6% | 3.7% | 64.7% | 5,903 |
| Scottsdale | $92,849 | 65.1% | 4.2% | 71.8% | 5,753 |
| Denver | $91,820 | 73.0% | 7.0% | 57.3% | 11,510 |
| Austin | $89,851 | 68.3% | 8.0% | 43.0% | 7,278 |
| Brooklyn Park | $88,621 | 40.7% | 2.4% | 82.8% | 5,433 |
| Portland | $88,398 | 59.7% | 7.2% | 55.2% | 19,450 |
| Cedar Rapids | $88,071 | 38.9% | 3.9% | 74.3% | 4,368 |
| Aurora | $88,036 | 47.6% | 5.1% | 75.5% | 5,684 |
| Roseville | $87,940 | 61.7% | 2.5% | 77.1% | 4,495 |
| Minneapolis | $86,095 | 63.0% | 8.5% | 59.5% | 39,516 |
| Burnsville | $85,417 | 47.5% | 3.1% | 74.7% | 6,351 |
| Rochester | $85,331 | 49.6% | 5.8% | 72.6% | 14,490 |
| Marysville | $85,298 | 21.7% | 4.0% | 75.1% | 5,094 |
| Bellingham | $85,184 | 52.5% | 13.1% | 61.3% | 4,055 |
| Phoenix | $84,784 | 45.8% | 6.7% | 67.3% | 19,035 |
| Bloomington | $84,639 | 45.5% | 4.0% | 75.3% | 11,339 |
| Kansas City | $83,686 | 57.6% | 6.9% | 60.5% | 4,114 |
| Indianapolis city (balance) | $83,253 | 60.9% | 7.3% | 67.3% | 4,025 |
| Colorado Springs | $82,905 | 47.9% | 6.2% | 67.2% | 10,277 |
| Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) | $81,508 | 63.0% | 5.3% | 49.0% | 4,015 |
| Las Vegas | $80,410 | 41.0% | 8.5% | 62.8% | 5,453 |
| Henderson | $80,163 | 38.4% | 4.5% | 71.6% | 4,286 |
| Boise City | $79,583 | 48.2% | 4.8% | 72.9% | 6,783 |
| Jacksonville | $78,398 | 49.1% | 8.2% | 56.6% | 4,435 |
| Oklahoma City | $77,832 | 49.0% | 5.1% | 59.2% | 4,304 |
| Reno | $77,670 | 51.3% | 9.8% | 52.0% | 4,691 |
| Sacramento | $77,532 | 55.4% | 8.4% | 57.3% | 4,519 |
| Omaha | $77,372 | 48.7% | 7.8% | 63.1% | 9,062 |
| Richfield | $77,042 | 47.1% | 3.4% | 73.5% | 4,116 |
| Moorhead | $76,644 | 40.9% | 10.5% | 66.1% | 12,314 |
| Bismarck | $76,100 | 51.8% | 3.5% | 73.4% | 12,128 |
| Everett | $75,956 | 24.8% | 7.8% | 63.3% | 6,286 |
| Fort Collins | $75,851 | 60.3% | 11.3% | 54.0% | 4,658 |
| Bend | $75,816 | 42.4% | 7.2% | 63.9% | 4,428 |
| Tacoma | $74,884 | 39.2% | 7.4% | 63.7% | 9,907 |
| St. Paul | $73,621 | 57.1% | 8.9% | 61.0% | 20,680 |
| Bozeman | $72,981 | 67.6% | 8.7% | 43.0% | 4,073 |
| Madison | $72,578 | 58.2% | 10.0% | 60.2% | 18,388 |
| Owatonna | $71,050 | 39.3% | 3.7% | 78.0% | 4,297 |
| Billings | $70,761 | 34.8% | 8.8% | 64.1% | 11,637 |
| Mesa | $70,659 | 37.7% | 5.4% | 77.6% | 9,288 |
| Vancouver | $70,494 | 38.6% | 9.1% | 61.3% | 7,315 |
| Coon Rapids | $70,132 | 26.4% | 3.0% | 76.0% | 8,092 |
| Minot | $68,694 | 38.6% | 7.3% | 68.1% | 9,850 |
| Salt Lake City | $68,419 | 58.3% | 8.5% | 52.2% | 4,069 |
| Rapid City | $68,283 | 37.0% | 8.9% | 66.0% | 6,677 |
| San Antonio | $67,400 | 63.9% | 4.1% | 62.0% | 5,086 |
| Albuquerque | $67,375 | 56.8% | 3.7% | 67.2% | 4,247 |
| Spokane | $67,286 | 33.5% | 10.6% | 66.6% | 10,749 |
| Sioux Falls | $66,973 | 42.4% | 5.5% | 66.4% | 24,899 |
| Des Moines | $66,641 | 48.8% | 12.2% | 68.6% | 6,186 |
| Great Falls | $64,883 | 32.1% | 11.8% | 74.8% | 4,571 |
| Fargo | $63,795 | 43.3% | 7.0% | 53.3% | 32,842 |
| Duluth | $63,343 | 46.4% | 12.2% | 64.4% | 11,830 |
| Mankato | $63,198 | 42.1% | 13.4% | 51.3% | 5,346 |
| Lincoln | $62,734 | 60.6% | 10.0% | 60.5% | 5,262 |
| Janesville | $62,559 | 23.9% | 5.4% | 72.2% | 7,659 |
| Spokane Valley | $61,789 | 32.4% | 5.7% | 62.7% | 5,009 |
| Eau Claire | $60,907 | 28.1% | 12.0% | 66.0% | 12,231 |
| Milwaukee | $58,891 | 46.8% | 9.9% | 53.9% | 8,334 |
| St. Cloud | $58,402 | 42.4% | 13.8% | 57.1% | 5,599 |
| Missoula | $58,325 | 55.2% | 16.4% | 49.7% | 5,532 |
| Ames | $57,583 | 62.9% | 16.7% | 62.1% | 4,131 |
| Austin | $57,549 | 23.5% | 7.6% | 77.8% | 4,575 |
| Eugene | $56,369 | 42.9% | 17.7% | 52.8% | 5,991 |
| Grand Forks | $56,298 | 41.4% | 11.4% | 51.5% | 15,459 |
| Salem | $56,182 | 31.5% | 12.5% | 56.8% | 5,641 |
| Tucson | $54,910 | 48.5% | 13.6% | 54.2% | 6,974 |
| Albert Lea | $52,313 | 13.4% | 10.7% | 74.8% | 4,742 |
| La Crosse | $46,127 | 29.5% | 15.1% | 51.7% | 7,629 |
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.
Frequently asked
About 3,920,371 US residents are of Norwegian ancestry, roughly 1.2% of the population, according to the 2024 American Community Survey.
Minneapolis, MN has the largest Norwegian population of any US city, with about 37,564 residents of Norwegian ancestry.
Minnesota leads all states with about 692,350 residents of Norwegian ancestry.
Norwegian Americans have a median household income of about $94,807, per the 2024 ACS 1-year Selected Population Profile.
Other ancestry groups
DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR DETAILED-ORIGIN TABLES (B03001 / B02015 / B02019 / B04006) · PROFILE: ACS 1-YEAR S0201 · UPDATED 2024