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Largest German population, Minnesota counties

Minnesota counties ranked by the number of residents who are German ancestry, from the 2023 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

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2000

01Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,784296,828–

02Dakota County, MNMN457,710130,758–

03Ramsey County, MNMN541,623119,887–

04Anoka County, MNMN381,60596,829–

05Washington County, MNMN286,89583,927–

06Stearns County, MNMN164,11060,961–

07Scott County, MNMN159,01750,508–

08Wright County, MNMN157,55950,308–

09Olmsted County, MNMN166,73150,093–

10St. Louis County, MNMN200,51844,470–

11Carver County, MNMN114,37941,009–

12Sherburne County, MNMN104,19432,074–

13Blue Earth County, MNMN70,63427,928–

14Crow Wing County, MNMN69,13222,666–

15Otter Tail County, MNMN61,04122,395–

16Rice County, MNMN69,93920,044–

17Clay County, MNMN67,73419,639–

18Chisago County, MNMN59,14219,211–

19Winona County, MNMN50,52318,988–

20McLeod County, MNMN36,63117,116–

21Douglas County, MNMN40,12016,775–

22Benton County, MNMN41,74416,739–

23Goodhue County, MNMN48,19516,362–

24Nicollet County, MNMN34,27315,015–

25Brown County, MNMN25,51714,647–

26Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,72013,930–

27Morrison County, MNMN34,62013,206–

28Itasca County, MNMN45,40411,996–

29Le Sueur County, MNMN29,45311,882–

30Isanti County, MNMN44,38611,876–

31Steele County, MNMN37,46411,823–

32Becker County, MNMN35,49711,415–

33Beltrami County, MNMN47,05511,349–

34Todd County, MNMN26,06010,983–

35Mower County, MNMN40,97110,758–

36Meeker County, MNMN23,60310,265–

37Wabasha County, MNMN21,5379,433–

38Cass County, MNMN31,4309,431–

39Freeborn County, MNMN30,4409,175–

40Pine County, MNMN30,4728,775–

41Lyon County, MNMN25,6848,693–

42Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,7538,677–

43Sibley County, MNMN15,3568,183–

44Polk County, MNMN30,5458,130–

45Martin County, MNMN19,4407,806–

46Carlton County, MNMN36,7117,773–

47Waseca County, MNMN18,6887,314–

48Dodge County, MNMN21,3767,243–

49Fillmore County, MNMN21,5407,229–

50Houston County, MNMN18,4006,956–

51Hubbard County, MNMN22,3696,922–

52Redwood County, MNMN15,2656,913–

53Nobles County, MNMN22,3386,297–

54Renville County, MNMN14,3566,251–

55Faribault County, MNMN13,8885,853–

56Aitkin County, MNMN16,2525,154–

57Kanabec County, MNMN16,6284,723–

58Jackson County, MNMN9,8574,703–

59Wadena County, MNMN14,3884,667–

60Cottonwood County, MNMN11,4054,521–

61Chippewa County, MNMN12,4064,310–

62Pope County, MNMN11,4204,200–

63Rock County, MNMN9,5243,985–

64Watonwan County, MNMN11,4593,929–

65Swift County, MNMN9,7633,852–

66Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,4773,590–

67Stevens County, MNMN9,7473,588–

68Murray County, MNMN7,9423,338–

69Pipestone County, MNMN9,2603,181–

70Roseau County, MNMN15,2463,181–

71Lake County, MNMN10,7462,903–

72Pennington County, MNMN13,6862,845–

73Koochiching County, MNMN11,5872,733–

74Wilkin County, MNMN6,2882,594–

75Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,7042,570–

76Big Stone County, MNMN5,0542,405–

77Grant County, MNMN6,0852,376–

78Lincoln County, MNMN5,5832,259–

79Norman County, MNMN6,3362,082–

80Clearwater County, MNMN8,6471,955–

81Marshall County, MNMN8,7981,707–

82Traverse County, MNMN3,1301,462–

83Cook County, MNMN5,5221,437–

84Mahnomen County, MNMN5,1531,190–

85Red Lake County, MNMN3,9401,152–

86Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,770853–

87Kittson County, MNMN4,031678–

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UPDATED 2026-06-06 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES