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Largest Finnish population, Minnesota counties · 2020

Minnesota 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 87 counties in Minnesota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 87 is 170.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPFINNISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01St. Louis County, MNMN200,51820,628−14%

02Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,78415,479−3%

03Anoka County, MNMN381,6056,256+6%

04Wright County, MNMN157,5596,214+32%

05Ramsey County, MNMN541,6235,105+2%

06Carlton County, MNMN36,7114,526−22%

07Dakota County, MNMN457,7104,033−5%

08Itasca County, MNMN45,4043,336−1%

09Sherburne County, MNMN104,1942,832+52%

10Washington County, MNMN286,8952,407−7%

11Otter Tail County, MNMN61,0412,253−4%

12Becker County, MNMN35,4971,904−8%

13Scott County, MNMN159,0171,679+27%

14Carver County, MNMN114,3791,563+22%

15Wadena County, MNMN14,3881,561+2%

16Lake County, MNMN10,7461,420+74%

17Crow Wing County, MNMN69,1321,360+2%

18Stearns County, MNMN164,1101,146−15%

19Meeker County, MNMN23,6031,133−11%

20Pine County, MNMN30,472886+11%

21Hubbard County, MNMN22,3698830%

22Olmsted County, MNMN166,731864−13%

23Clay County, MNMN67,734848+12%

24Douglas County, MNMN40,120803+51%

25Chisago County, MNMN59,142793+8%

26Isanti County, MNMN44,386756+2%

27Aitkin County, MNMN16,252691−29%

28Beltrami County, MNMN47,055687−16%

29McLeod County, MNMN36,631487−6%

30Cass County, MNMN31,430452−20%

31Benton County, MNMN41,744448−28%

32Rice County, MNMN69,939430−41%

33Winona County, MNMN50,523420+140%

34Blue Earth County, MNMN70,634384+63%

35Goodhue County, MNMN48,1953770%

36Morrison County, MNMN34,620310+24%

37Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,753301−34%

38Steele County, MNMN37,464294+92%

39Nicollet County, MNMN34,273208−21%

40Kanabec County, MNMN16,628201−46%

41Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,720196−24%

42Koochiching County, MNMN11,587182−68%

43Todd County, MNMN26,060177−29%

44Roseau County, MNMN15,246170+37%

45Polk County, MNMN30,545155−15%

46Wabasha County, MNMN21,537153+96%

47Dodge County, MNMN21,376147+93%

48Stevens County, MNMN9,747137+43%

49Pennington County, MNMN13,686130−54%

50Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,770120+18%

51Brown County, MNMN25,517114+63%

52Redwood County, MNMN15,265109+14%

53Norman County, MNMN6,33698−19%

54Marshall County, MNMN8,79892−16%

55Lyon County, MNMN25,68487−39%

56Clearwater County, MNMN8,64783+12%

57Pope County, MNMN11,42079−42%

58Cook County, MNMN5,52276−47%

59Mower County, MNMN40,97172−67%

60Houston County, MNMN18,40069+73%

61Freeborn County, MNMN30,44065+210%

62Wilkin County, MNMN6,28865+183%

63Renville County, MNMN14,35664+23%

64Fillmore County, MNMN21,54061−38%

65Le Sueur County, MNMN29,45359−67%

66Mahnomen County, MNMN5,15356+37%

67Faribault County, MNMN13,88855+53%

68Big Stone County, MNMN5,05449+345%

69Martin County, MNMN19,44047−69%

70Nobles County, MNMN22,33845+150%

71Swift County, MNMN9,76344+5%

72Grant County, MNMN6,08539+3%

73Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,47739+5%

74Jackson County, MNMN9,85737+118%

75Murray County, MNMN7,94237+6%

76Sibley County, MNMN15,35637+48%

77Cottonwood County, MNMN11,40530−63%

78Chippewa County, MNMN12,40629−55%

79Waseca County, MNMN18,68828−72%

80Traverse County, MNMN3,13025+67%

81Red Lake County, MNMN3,94022−68%

82Watonwan County, MNMN11,45920+150%

83Kittson County, MNMN4,03119+36%

84Lincoln County, MNMN5,58317−41%

85Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,70414−36%

86Pipestone County, MNMN9,26010−55%

87Rock County, MNMN9,5246−87%

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