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Largest Danish population, Minnesota counties · 2020

Minnesota 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 87 counties in Minnesota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPDANISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,78415,055−15%

02Dakota County, MNMN457,7105,971−4%

03Ramsey County, MNMN541,6235,936−18%

04Anoka County, MNMN381,6053,424−31%

05Washington County, MNMN286,8952,730−32%

06St. Louis County, MNMN200,5181,996−9%

07Olmsted County, MNMN166,7311,881−8%

08Freeborn County, MNMN30,4401,769−27%

09Wright County, MNMN157,5591,707−4%

10Scott County, MNMN159,0171,631+2%

11Carver County, MNMN114,3791,250−9%

12Mower County, MNMN40,9711,100+3%

13Crow Wing County, MNMN69,1321,097−10%

14Sherburne County, MNMN104,1941,095−10%

15Blue Earth County, MNMN70,6341,065−15%

16Stearns County, MNMN164,110974−28%

17Clay County, MNMN67,734915+5%

18Steele County, MNMN37,464850−38%

19Otter Tail County, MNMN61,041754−33%

20Rice County, MNMN69,939751−42%

21Chisago County, MNMN59,142713−12%

22Pine County, MNMN30,472675−24%

23Lyon County, MNMN25,684579−32%

24McLeod County, MNMN36,631569−32%

25Carlton County, MNMN36,711550+18%

26Beltrami County, MNMN47,055536−24%

27Goodhue County, MNMN48,195489−33%

28Winona County, MNMN50,523485−2%

29Benton County, MNMN41,744481+50%

30Itasca County, MNMN45,404466−32%

31Lincoln County, MNMN5,583458−24%

32Martin County, MNMN19,440452−44%

33Cass County, MNMN31,430444−7%

34Brown County, MNMN25,517442−27%

35Isanti County, MNMN44,386438−38%

36Nicollet County, MNMN34,273435−38%

37Dodge County, MNMN21,376422−8%

38Becker County, MNMN35,497405−11%

39Douglas County, MNMN40,120392−51%

40Cottonwood County, MNMN11,405350−27%

41Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,720349−48%

42Hubbard County, MNMN22,369347−24%

43Redwood County, MNMN15,265337−51%

44Meeker County, MNMN23,603328−43%

45Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,753315−36%

46Kanabec County, MNMN16,628301+19%

47Houston County, MNMN18,400293−2%

48Aitkin County, MNMN16,252272−25%

49Morrison County, MNMN34,620263−41%

50Faribault County, MNMN13,888252−54%

51Waseca County, MNMN18,688246−20%

52Pipestone County, MNMN9,260243−15%

53Nobles County, MNMN22,338234+21%

54Jackson County, MNMN9,857221−30%

55Le Sueur County, MNMN29,453219−13%

56Polk County, MNMN30,545206−53%

57Wabasha County, MNMN21,537193−27%

58Renville County, MNMN14,356189−35%

59Fillmore County, MNMN21,540175−2%

60Pope County, MNMN11,420173−8%

61Cook County, MNMN5,522170+158%

62Stevens County, MNMN9,747169−27%

63Todd County, MNMN26,060167−51%

64Wadena County, MNMN14,388145−35%

65Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,477137−22%

66Murray County, MNMN7,942131−37%

67Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,704123−28%

68Lake County, MNMN10,746123−17%

69Wilkin County, MNMN6,288116+20%

70Clearwater County, MNMN8,647106−37%

71Koochiching County, MNMN11,587104−53%

72Roseau County, MNMN15,246104−47%

73Watonwan County, MNMN11,459102−54%

74Rock County, MNMN9,524101−13%

75Traverse County, MNMN3,13098+61%

76Marshall County, MNMN8,79894−30%

77Sibley County, MNMN15,35694−51%

78Chippewa County, MNMN12,40689−64%

79Big Stone County, MNMN5,05488+40%

80Pennington County, MNMN13,68682−55%

81Swift County, MNMN9,76381−52%

82Grant County, MNMN6,08572−23%

83Norman County, MNMN6,33672+11%

84Kittson County, MNMN4,03155+20%

85Red Lake County, MNMN3,94045−30%

86Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,77035+46%

87Mahnomen County, MNMN5,15328−24%

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