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Largest Finnish population, Iowa counties

Iowa counties ranked by the number of residents who are Finnish ancestry, from the 2024 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 68 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 68 is 11. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Butler County, IA, up 39 places to #17.

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Largest Finnish population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPFINNISH POPULATIONVS 2010
01▲10Dallas County, IAIA118,457380+153%
02Polk County, IAIA516,546305−35%
03▲5Scott County, IAIA175,259231+118%
04Benton County, IAIA26,004192+773%
05▼4Linn County, IAIA232,028161−35%
06▼3Johnson County, IAIA160,044155−9%
07Henry County, IAIA19,34997+4750%
08▼3Story County, IAIA101,29196+22%
09▼2Warren County, IAIA57,33186+13%
10▲4Dubuque County, IAIA99,38170−10%
11▲9Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,37257−33%
12▲1Winneshiek County, IAIA19,73346−62%
13▼7Black Hawk County, IAIA131,53244−73%
14▼2Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,99638−22%
15▲17Marshall County, IAIA39,89038+41%
16▲37Poweshiek County, IAIA18,36833+14%
17▲39Butler County, IAIA14,04931+675%
18▲8Mahaska County, IAIA21,88030+50%
19▲24Page County, IAIA14,85630+650%
20▼4Boone County, IAIA26,79927+69%
21▲6Clinton County, IAIA46,00226−71%
22Pocahontas County, IAIA6,81926–
23Lucas County, IAIA8,84724–
24▼14Muscatine County, IAIA41,85323−84%
25▲37Dickinson County, IAIA18,07721+17%
26▼5Cedar County, IAIA18,35919−41%
27▲17Mitchell County, IAIA10,65015−25%
28▲14Iowa County, IAIA16,50415–
29▲6Sac County, IAIA9,52514−46%
30▲16Decatur County, IAIA7,65513–
31▲33Monona County, IAIA8,53913+30%
32Hardin County, IAIA16,455120%
33Sioux County, IAIA36,77412−64%
34▲15Des Moines County, IAIA38,077110%
35▼4Bremer County, IAIA25,29611–
36▼8Jasper County, IAIA38,15311−74%
37▲15Jefferson County, IAIA15,29111−61%
38Lee County, IAIA32,30611−50%
39▲1Washington County, IAIA22,66711–
40▲11Carroll County, IAIA20,303100%
41▲7Kossuth County, IAIA14,32210−9%
42▼19Monroe County, IAIA7,40610−29%
43▼4O'Brien County, IAIA14,22010–
44▲24Wapello County, IAIA35,21010–
45Lyon County, IAIA12,3547−74%
46▼10Worth County, IAIA7,3387+17%
47Audubon County, IAIA5,5096–
48▲24Jones County, IAIA21,2536–
49▲9Appanoose County, IAIA12,0775−84%
50Clayton County, IAIA16,8455−75%
51▲15Palo Alto County, IAIA8,8995−62%
52▲17Wright County, IAIA12,8015+67%
53▼12Calhoun County, IAIA9,5624–
54Keokuk County, IAIA9,7974–
55▼46Woodbury County, IAIA106,6494−95%
56▼27Harrison County, IAIA14,6233−25%
57▲14Jackson County, IAIA19,2883−82%
58Winnebago County, IAIA10,2513−88%
59▼9Greene County, IAIA8,6582−33%
60Emmet County, IAIA9,10720%
61▼6Fremont County, IAIA6,5222−71%
62▲3Osceola County, IAIA5,9802–
63▼3Webster County, IAIA36,8382−95%
64▼19Adams County, IAIA3,6171–
65▲5Cherokee County, IAIA11,3691−50%
66▼49Clay County, IAIA16,2021−94%
67▼33Hamilton County, IAIA14,9441−80%
68▼49Madison County, IAIA17,2701−83%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES