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Largest German population, Minnesota counties

Minnesota counties ranked by the number of residents who are German 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 87 counties in Minnesota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,784296,828−9%

02Dakota County, MNMN457,710130,758−14%

03Ramsey County, MNMN541,623119,887−17%

04Anoka County, MNMN381,60596,829−18%

05Washington County, MNMN286,89583,927−9%

06Stearns County, MNMN164,11060,961−26%

07Scott County, MNMN159,01750,508−3%

08Wright County, MNMN157,55950,308−9%

09Olmsted County, MNMN166,73150,093−5%

10St. Louis County, MNMN200,51844,470−12%

11Carver County, MNMN114,37941,009+0%

12Sherburne County, MNMN104,19432,074−17%

13Blue Earth County, MNMN70,63427,928−18%

14Crow Wing County, MNMN69,13222,666−11%

15Otter Tail County, MNMN61,04122,395−14%

16Rice County, MNMN69,93920,044−19%

17Clay County, MNMN67,73419,639−8%

18Chisago County, MNMN59,14219,211−12%

19Winona County, MNMN50,52318,988−22%

20McLeod County, MNMN36,63117,116−18%

21Douglas County, MNMN40,12016,775−4%

22Benton County, MNMN41,74416,739−19%

23Goodhue County, MNMN48,19516,362−22%

24Nicollet County, MNMN34,27315,015−13%

25Brown County, MNMN25,51714,647−16%

26Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,72013,930−13%

27Morrison County, MNMN34,62013,206−24%

28Itasca County, MNMN45,40411,996−11%

29Le Sueur County, MNMN29,45311,882−18%

30Isanti County, MNMN44,38611,876−21%

31Steele County, MNMN37,46411,823−20%

32Becker County, MNMN35,49711,415−14%

33Beltrami County, MNMN47,05511,349−9%

34Todd County, MNMN26,06010,983−15%

35Mower County, MNMN40,97110,758−30%

36Meeker County, MNMN23,60310,265−14%

37Wabasha County, MNMN21,5379,433−27%

38Cass County, MNMN31,4309,431−5%

39Freeborn County, MNMN30,4409,175−24%

40Pine County, MNMN30,4728,775−18%

41Lyon County, MNMN25,6848,693−23%

42Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,7538,677−10%

43Sibley County, MNMN15,3568,183−15%

44Polk County, MNMN30,5458,130−19%

45Martin County, MNMN19,4407,806−36%

46Carlton County, MNMN36,7117,773−6%

47Waseca County, MNMN18,6887,314−32%

48Dodge County, MNMN21,3767,243−9%

49Fillmore County, MNMN21,5407,229−21%

50Houston County, MNMN18,4006,956−29%

51Hubbard County, MNMN22,3696,922−11%

52Redwood County, MNMN15,2656,913−23%

53Nobles County, MNMN22,3386,297−34%

54Renville County, MNMN14,3566,251−30%

55Faribault County, MNMN13,8885,853−25%

56Aitkin County, MNMN16,2525,154−11%

57Kanabec County, MNMN16,6284,723−23%

58Jackson County, MNMN9,8574,703−23%

59Wadena County, MNMN14,3884,667−14%

60Cottonwood County, MNMN11,4054,521−20%

61Chippewa County, MNMN12,4064,310−30%

62Pope County, MNMN11,4204,200−16%

63Rock County, MNMN9,5243,985−16%

64Watonwan County, MNMN11,4593,929−17%

65Swift County, MNMN9,7633,852−13%

66Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,4773,590−22%

67Stevens County, MNMN9,7473,588−22%

68Murray County, MNMN7,9423,338−27%

69Pipestone County, MNMN9,2603,181−20%

70Roseau County, MNMN15,2463,181−24%

71Lake County, MNMN10,7462,903−15%

72Pennington County, MNMN13,6862,845−22%

73Koochiching County, MNMN11,5872,733−29%

74Wilkin County, MNMN6,2882,594−26%

75Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,7042,570−27%

76Big Stone County, MNMN5,0542,405−17%

77Grant County, MNMN6,0852,376−7%

78Lincoln County, MNMN5,5832,259−17%

79Norman County, MNMN6,3362,082−9%

80Clearwater County, MNMN8,6471,955+2%

81Marshall County, MNMN8,7981,707−23%

82Traverse County, MNMN3,1301,462−30%

83Cook County, MNMN5,5221,437−14%

84Mahnomen County, MNMN5,1531,190−18%

85Red Lake County, MNMN3,9401,152−22%

86Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,770853−31%

87Kittson County, MNMN4,031678−26%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES