RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 87 SHOWN OF 87

Largest German population, Minnesota counties · 2010

Minnesota counties ranked by the number of residents who are German ancestry, from the 2010 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 9,891.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS –

01Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,784326,250–

02Dakota County, MNMN457,710151,304–

03Ramsey County, MNMN541,623144,452–

04Anoka County, MNMN381,605117,433–

05Washington County, MNMN286,89592,250–

06Stearns County, MNMN164,11082,856–

07Wright County, MNMN157,55955,498–

08Olmsted County, MNMN166,73152,841–

09Scott County, MNMN159,01751,880–

10St. Louis County, MNMN200,51850,592–

11Carver County, MNMN114,37940,869–

12Sherburne County, MNMN104,19438,464–

13Blue Earth County, MNMN70,63433,944–

14Otter Tail County, MNMN61,04125,944–

15Crow Wing County, MNMN69,13225,494–

16Rice County, MNMN69,93924,791–

17Winona County, MNMN50,52324,455–

18Chisago County, MNMN59,14221,728–

19Clay County, MNMN67,73421,241–

20Goodhue County, MNMN48,19521,059–

21McLeod County, MNMN36,63120,987–

22Benton County, MNMN41,74420,598–

23Douglas County, MNMN40,12017,486–

24Morrison County, MNMN34,62017,430–

25Brown County, MNMN25,51717,416–

26Nicollet County, MNMN34,27317,326–

27Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,72015,973–

28Mower County, MNMN40,97115,358–

29Isanti County, MNMN44,38615,001–

30Steele County, MNMN37,46414,798–

31Le Sueur County, MNMN29,45314,541–

32Itasca County, MNMN45,40413,471–

33Becker County, MNMN35,49713,350–

34Todd County, MNMN26,06012,997–

35Wabasha County, MNMN21,53712,909–

36Beltrami County, MNMN47,05512,527–

37Martin County, MNMN19,44012,198–

38Freeborn County, MNMN30,44012,152–

39Meeker County, MNMN23,60311,924–

40Lyon County, MNMN25,68411,277–

41Pine County, MNMN30,47210,708–

42Waseca County, MNMN18,68810,690–

43Polk County, MNMN30,54510,067–

44Cass County, MNMN31,4309,891–

45Houston County, MNMN18,4009,766–

46Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,7539,694–

47Sibley County, MNMN15,3569,642–

48Nobles County, MNMN22,3389,484–

49Fillmore County, MNMN21,5409,165–

50Redwood County, MNMN15,2659,003–

51Renville County, MNMN14,3568,909–

52Carlton County, MNMN36,7118,260–

53Dodge County, MNMN21,3767,963–

54Hubbard County, MNMN22,3697,802–

55Faribault County, MNMN13,8887,777–

56Chippewa County, MNMN12,4066,196–

57Kanabec County, MNMN16,6286,100–

58Jackson County, MNMN9,8576,090–

59Aitkin County, MNMN16,2525,765–

60Cottonwood County, MNMN11,4055,662–

61Wadena County, MNMN14,3885,425–

62Pope County, MNMN11,4204,990–

63Rock County, MNMN9,5244,771–

64Watonwan County, MNMN11,4594,736–

65Stevens County, MNMN9,7474,628–

66Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,4774,617–

67Murray County, MNMN7,9424,556–

68Swift County, MNMN9,7634,421–

69Roseau County, MNMN15,2464,180–

70Pipestone County, MNMN9,2603,997–

71Koochiching County, MNMN11,5873,830–

72Pennington County, MNMN13,6863,650–

73Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,7043,498–

74Wilkin County, MNMN6,2883,496–

75Lake County, MNMN10,7463,430–

76Big Stone County, MNMN5,0542,890–

77Lincoln County, MNMN5,5832,712–

78Grant County, MNMN6,0852,552–

79Norman County, MNMN6,3362,296–

80Marshall County, MNMN8,7982,216–

81Traverse County, MNMN3,1302,079–

82Clearwater County, MNMN8,6471,923–

83Cook County, MNMN5,5221,662–

84Red Lake County, MNMN3,9401,474–

85Mahnomen County, MNMN5,1531,458–

86Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,7701,229–

87Kittson County, MNMN4,031911–

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