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Largest Finnish population, Iowa counties · 2020

Iowa counties ranked by the number of residents who are Finnish 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 73 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 73 is 12.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFINNISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Linn County, IAIA232,028368+50%

02Polk County, IAIA516,546328−30%

03Johnson County, IAIA160,044220+29%

04Benton County, IAIA26,004204+827%

05Story County, IAIA101,291151+91%

06Black Hawk County, IAIA131,532139−14%

07Warren County, IAIA57,331125+64%

08Scott County, IAIA175,259102−4%

09Woodbury County, IAIA106,64997+13%

10Muscatine County, IAIA41,85366−55%

11Dallas County, IAIA118,45765−57%

12Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,99664+31%

13Winneshiek County, IAIA19,73364−47%

14Dubuque County, IAIA99,38150−36%

15Mills County, IAIA14,79346+667%

16Boone County, IAIA26,79944+175%

17Clay County, IAIA16,20240+150%

18Ida County, IAIA6,77734+183%

19Madison County, IAIA17,27030+400%

20Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,37228−67%

21Cedar County, IAIA18,35927−16%

22Hancock County, IAIA10,52825–

23Monroe County, IAIA7,40625+79%

24Grundy County, IAIA12,36124+500%

25Marion County, IAIA34,19224+118%

26Mahaska County, IAIA21,88023+15%

27Clinton County, IAIA46,00221−76%

28Jasper County, IAIA38,15320−52%

29Harrison County, IAIA14,62319+375%

30Adair County, IAIA7,40317+42%

31Bremer County, IAIA25,29617–

32Marshall County, IAIA39,89017−37%

33Buchanan County, IAIA20,88316−11%

34Hamilton County, IAIA14,94415+200%

35Sac County, IAIA9,52514−46%

36Worth County, IAIA7,33814+133%

37Union County, IAIA11,82912–

38Lee County, IAIA32,30612−45%

39O'Brien County, IAIA14,22012–

40Washington County, IAIA22,66712–

41Calhoun County, IAIA9,56211–

42Iowa County, IAIA16,50411–

43Page County, IAIA14,85611+175%

44Mitchell County, IAIA10,65010−50%

45Adams County, IAIA3,61710–

46Decatur County, IAIA7,6559–

47Humboldt County, IAIA9,4099–

48Kossuth County, IAIA14,3229−18%

49Des Moines County, IAIA38,0778−27%

50Greene County, IAIA8,6588+167%

51Carroll County, IAIA20,3038−20%

52Jefferson County, IAIA15,2918−71%

53Poweshiek County, IAIA18,3687−76%

54Crawford County, IAIA16,2377−77%

55Fremont County, IAIA6,52270%

56Butler County, IAIA14,0495+25%

57Plymouth County, IAIA25,6975−75%

58Appanoose County, IAIA12,0774−87%

59Buena Vista County, IAIA20,4494−90%

60Webster County, IAIA36,8383−92%

61Chickasaw County, IAIA11,6632−33%

62Dickinson County, IAIA18,0772−89%

63Floyd County, IAIA14,9012−94%

64Monona County, IAIA8,5392−80%

65Osceola County, IAIA5,9802–

66Palo Alto County, IAIA8,8992−85%

67Tama County, IAIA16,7962–

68Wapello County, IAIA35,2102–

69Wright County, IAIA12,8012−33%

70Cherokee County, IAIA11,3691−50%

71Jackson County, IAIA19,2881−94%

72Jones County, IAIA21,2531–

73Van Buren County, IAIA7,1311−94%

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