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Largest Danish population, Iowa counties · 2020

Iowa counties ranked by the number of residents who are Danish ancestry, from the 2020 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 99 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPDANISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Polk County, IAIA516,5465,713−14%

02Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,9964,360−30%

03Linn County, IAIA232,0282,256−23%

04Johnson County, IAIA160,0442,070+4%

05Black Hawk County, IAIA131,5321,966−35%

06Story County, IAIA101,2911,884−27%

07Dallas County, IAIA118,4571,691+27%

08Scott County, IAIA175,2591,606−6%

09Audubon County, IAIA5,5091,575−27%

10Woodbury County, IAIA106,6491,519−39%

11Shelby County, IAIA11,6891,315−41%

12Cass County, IAIA12,9601,257−32%

13Clinton County, IAIA46,0021,110−3%

14Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,3721,105−10%

15Warren County, IAIA57,331902−8%

16Harrison County, IAIA14,623768−14%

17Clay County, IAIA16,202752+6%

18Dickinson County, IAIA18,077662+6%

19Dubuque County, IAIA99,381636+63%

20Marshall County, IAIA39,890575+11%

21Cedar County, IAIA18,359535+30%

22Webster County, IAIA36,838513−24%

23Boone County, IAIA26,799482−28%

24Guthrie County, IAIA10,782480−21%

25Monona County, IAIA8,539479−31%

26Mills County, IAIA14,793462+93%

27Buena Vista County, IAIA20,449440−51%

28Des Moines County, IAIA38,077405−20%

29Crawford County, IAIA16,237382−13%

30Humboldt County, IAIA9,409382−19%

31Emmet County, IAIA9,107380−48%

32Carroll County, IAIA20,303374−46%

33Winneshiek County, IAIA19,733368+33%

34Bremer County, IAIA25,296367−49%

35Adair County, IAIA7,403343−34%

36Plymouth County, IAIA25,697329−32%

37Grundy County, IAIA12,361327−18%

38Franklin County, IAIA9,868318−28%

39Winnebago County, IAIA10,251318−13%

40Page County, IAIA14,856298−7%

41Kossuth County, IAIA14,322297−56%

42Hamilton County, IAIA14,944296−28%

43Ida County, IAIA6,777283+4%

44Jefferson County, IAIA15,291270+57%

45Buchanan County, IAIA20,883268−54%

46Chickasaw County, IAIA11,663268+155%

47Floyd County, IAIA14,901255−7%

48Calhoun County, IAIA9,562254−6%

49Palo Alto County, IAIA8,899254−12%

50Sioux County, IAIA36,774250−42%

51O'Brien County, IAIA14,220234−25%

52Muscatine County, IAIA41,853231−58%

53Jasper County, IAIA38,153227−65%

54Poweshiek County, IAIA18,368219−24%

55Cherokee County, IAIA11,369218−56%

56Greene County, IAIA8,658218−7%

57Hardin County, IAIA16,455218−57%

58Marion County, IAIA34,192216−41%

59Wright County, IAIA12,801203−50%

60Hancock County, IAIA10,528202−30%

61Butler County, IAIA14,049201−31%

62Iowa County, IAIA16,504200+18%

63Fayette County, IAIA19,047185+12%

64Lee County, IAIA32,306184+30%

65Tama County, IAIA16,796181−28%

66Lyon County, IAIA12,354161−7%

67Benton County, IAIA26,004161−56%

68Jackson County, IAIA19,288160−43%

69Jones County, IAIA21,253155−47%

70Washington County, IAIA22,667148−41%

71Montgomery County, IAIA10,002138−51%

72Wapello County, IAIA35,210130−42%

73Mitchell County, IAIA10,650126−31%

74Pocahontas County, IAIA6,819124−47%

75Howard County, IAIA9,415119−34%

76Sac County, IAIA9,525113−48%

77Decatur County, IAIA7,655103−22%

78Worth County, IAIA7,33898−48%

79Mahaska County, IAIA21,88096+9%

80Allamakee County, IAIA14,23894−45%

81Clarke County, IAIA9,57492+31%

82Madison County, IAIA17,27090−77%

83Union County, IAIA11,82976−62%

84Delaware County, IAIA17,67474−30%

85Keokuk County, IAIA9,79771+129%

86Clayton County, IAIA16,84569−53%

87Fremont County, IAIA6,52262−56%

88Taylor County, IAIA5,83562−33%

89Monroe County, IAIA7,40655+206%

90Henry County, IAIA19,34948−67%

91Osceola County, IAIA5,98044−76%

92Lucas County, IAIA8,84741−65%

93Davis County, IAIA9,23037−68%

94Adams County, IAIA3,61736−68%

95Louisa County, IAIA10,41629+314%

96Appanoose County, IAIA12,07723−72%

97Ringgold County, IAIA4,64218−86%

98Wayne County, IAIA6,73810−77%

99Van Buren County, IAIA7,1313−93%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS