RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 99 SHOWN OF 99

Highest Danish population share, Iowa counties · 2020

Iowa counties ranked by the share of all residents who are Danish ancestry (2020 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: Danish residents as a percentage of total population. This list covers the 99 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 99 is 1.4%.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPDANISH SHAREVS 2010

01Audubon County, IAIA5,50928.5%−6.6 pts

02Shelby County, IAIA11,68911.4%−6.7 pts

03Cass County, IAIA12,9609.7%−3.6 pts

04Monona County, IAIA8,5395.5%−1.9 pts

05Harrison County, IAIA14,6235.5%−0.5 pts

06Adair County, IAIA7,4034.9%−1.8 pts

07Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,9964.7%−2.1 pts

08Clay County, IAIA16,2024.7%+0.4 pts

09Guthrie County, IAIA10,7824.5%−1.0 pts

10Ida County, IAIA6,7774.1%+0.3 pts

11Emmet County, IAIA9,1074.1%−3.0 pts

12Humboldt County, IAIA9,4094.0%−0.7 pts

13Dickinson County, IAIA18,0773.8%+0.1 pts

14Franklin County, IAIA9,8683.2%−1.0 pts

15Mills County, IAIA14,7933.1%+1.5 pts

16Winnebago County, IAIA10,2513.0%−0.3 pts

17Cedar County, IAIA18,3592.9%+0.7 pts

18Palo Alto County, IAIA8,8992.8%−0.2 pts

19Grundy County, IAIA12,3612.7%−0.6 pts

20Calhoun County, IAIA9,5622.6%−0.1 pts

21Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,3722.6%−0.2 pts

22Greene County, IAIA8,6582.4%0.0 pts

23Clinton County, IAIA46,0022.4%+0.1 pts

24Crawford County, IAIA16,2372.2%−0.3 pts

25Chickasaw County, IAIA11,6632.2%+1.4 pts

26Buena Vista County, IAIA20,4492.2%−2.2 pts

27Kossuth County, IAIA14,3222.0%−2.3 pts

28Hamilton County, IAIA14,9442.0%−0.6 pts

29Page County, IAIA14,8562.0%0.0 pts

30Story County, IAIA101,2911.9%−1.0 pts

31Cherokee County, IAIA11,3691.9%−2.1 pts

32Hancock County, IAIA10,5281.9%−0.6 pts

33Dallas County, IAIA118,4571.9%−0.3 pts

34Carroll County, IAIA20,3031.9%−1.5 pts

35Pocahontas County, IAIA6,8191.8%−1.3 pts

36Winneshiek County, IAIA19,7331.8%+0.5 pts

37Boone County, IAIA26,7991.8%−0.7 pts

38Warren County, IAIA57,3311.8%−0.4 pts

39O'Brien County, IAIA14,2201.7%−0.5 pts

40Floyd County, IAIA14,9011.6%0.0 pts

41Wright County, IAIA12,8011.6%−1.4 pts

42Black Hawk County, IAIA131,5321.5%−0.9 pts

43Jefferson County, IAIA15,2911.5%+0.5 pts

44Woodbury County, IAIA106,6491.5%−1.0 pts

45Bremer County, IAIA25,2961.5%−1.5 pts

46Marshall County, IAIA39,8901.4%+0.2 pts

47Webster County, IAIA36,8381.4%−0.4 pts

48Butler County, IAIA14,0491.4%−0.6 pts

49Montgomery County, IAIA10,0021.4%−1.2 pts

50Johnson County, IAIA160,0441.4%−0.2 pts

51Lyon County, IAIA12,3541.4%−0.1 pts

52Worth County, IAIA7,3381.3%−1.2 pts

53Plymouth County, IAIA25,6971.3%−0.6 pts

54Decatur County, IAIA7,6551.3%−0.2 pts

55Howard County, IAIA9,4151.3%−0.6 pts

56Hardin County, IAIA16,4551.3%−1.6 pts

57Buchanan County, IAIA20,8831.3%−1.5 pts

58Iowa County, IAIA16,5041.2%+0.2 pts

59Poweshiek County, IAIA18,3681.2%−0.3 pts

60Mitchell County, IAIA10,6501.2%−0.5 pts

61Polk County, IAIA516,5461.2%−0.4 pts

62Sac County, IAIA9,5251.2%−0.9 pts

63Tama County, IAIA16,7961.1%−0.3 pts

64Des Moines County, IAIA38,0771.0%−0.2 pts

65Taylor County, IAIA5,8351.0%−0.4 pts

66Linn County, IAIA232,0281.0%−0.4 pts

67Adams County, IAIA3,6171.0%−1.7 pts

68Clarke County, IAIA9,5741.0%+0.2 pts

69Fayette County, IAIA19,0470.9%+0.2 pts

70Scott County, IAIA175,2590.9%−0.1 pts

71Fremont County, IAIA6,5220.9%−1.0 pts

72Jackson County, IAIA19,2880.8%−0.6 pts

73Jones County, IAIA21,2530.8%−0.7 pts

74Osceola County, IAIA5,9800.7%−2.1 pts

75Sioux County, IAIA36,7740.7%−0.6 pts

76Monroe County, IAIA7,4060.7%+0.5 pts

77Keokuk County, IAIA9,7970.7%+0.4 pts

78Allamakee County, IAIA14,2380.7%−0.5 pts

79Washington County, IAIA22,6670.7%−0.5 pts

80Dubuque County, IAIA99,3810.7%+0.2 pts

81Marion County, IAIA34,1920.7%−0.5 pts

82Benton County, IAIA26,0040.6%−0.8 pts

83Union County, IAIA11,8290.6%−1.0 pts

84Jasper County, IAIA38,1530.6%−1.2 pts

85Madison County, IAIA17,2700.6%−2.0 pts

86Lee County, IAIA32,3060.5%+0.1 pts

87Muscatine County, IAIA41,8530.5%−0.8 pts

88Lucas County, IAIA8,8470.5%−0.8 pts

89Delaware County, IAIA17,6740.4%−0.2 pts

90Mahaska County, IAIA21,8800.4%0.0 pts

91Davis County, IAIA9,2300.4%−0.9 pts

92Clayton County, IAIA16,8450.4%−0.4 pts

93Wapello County, IAIA35,2100.4%−0.3 pts

94Ringgold County, IAIA4,6420.4%−2.1 pts

95Louisa County, IAIA10,4160.3%+0.2 pts

96Henry County, IAIA19,3490.2%−0.5 pts

97Appanoose County, IAIA12,0770.2%−0.4 pts

98Wayne County, IAIA6,7380.2%−0.5 pts

99Van Buren County, IAIA7,1310.0%−0.5 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS