RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 87 SHOWN OF 87

Largest German population, Minnesota counties · 2020

Minnesota counties ranked by the number of residents who are German 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 8,665.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,784298,159−9%

02Dakota County, MNMN457,710136,183−10%

03Ramsey County, MNMN541,623125,788−13%

04Anoka County, MNMN381,605103,698−12%

05Washington County, MNMN286,89580,893−12%

06Stearns County, MNMN164,11074,608−10%

07Wright County, MNMN157,55951,972−6%

08Scott County, MNMN159,01749,951−4%

09Olmsted County, MNMN166,73149,852−6%

10St. Louis County, MNMN200,51845,217−11%

11Carver County, MNMN114,37942,998+5%

12Sherburne County, MNMN104,19434,878−9%

13Blue Earth County, MNMN70,63428,757−15%

14Crow Wing County, MNMN69,13224,434−4%

15Otter Tail County, MNMN61,04123,311−10%

16Rice County, MNMN69,93921,399−14%

17Winona County, MNMN50,52320,356−17%

18Clay County, MNMN67,73419,990−6%

19Chisago County, MNMN59,14218,652−14%

20Benton County, MNMN41,74418,302−11%

21McLeod County, MNMN36,63117,841−15%

22Goodhue County, MNMN48,19517,088−19%

23Douglas County, MNMN40,12015,840−9%

24Nicollet County, MNMN34,27315,822−9%

25Brown County, MNMN25,51715,022−14%

26Morrison County, MNMN34,62014,854−15%

27Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,72014,334−10%

28Isanti County, MNMN44,38613,671−9%

29Steele County, MNMN37,46413,559−8%

30Itasca County, MNMN45,40413,4690%

31Mower County, MNMN40,97112,932−16%

32Le Sueur County, MNMN29,45312,706−13%

33Becker County, MNMN35,49712,619−5%

34Beltrami County, MNMN47,05511,626−7%

35Todd County, MNMN26,06011,152−14%

36Meeker County, MNMN23,60310,834−9%

37Wabasha County, MNMN21,53710,300−20%

38Freeborn County, MNMN30,4409,892−19%

39Lyon County, MNMN25,6849,710−14%

40Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,7539,257−5%

41Pine County, MNMN30,4729,120−15%

42Martin County, MNMN19,4409,008−26%

43Sibley County, MNMN15,3568,956−7%

44Cass County, MNMN31,4308,665−12%

45Carlton County, MNMN36,7118,522+3%

46Houston County, MNMN18,4008,420−14%

47Dodge County, MNMN21,3768,285+4%

48Waseca County, MNMN18,6888,281−23%

49Polk County, MNMN30,5458,111−19%

50Fillmore County, MNMN21,5407,846−14%

51Redwood County, MNMN15,2657,747−14%

52Renville County, MNMN14,3567,262−18%

53Hubbard County, MNMN22,3697,143−8%

54Nobles County, MNMN22,3386,653−30%

55Faribault County, MNMN13,8886,319−19%

56Aitkin County, MNMN16,2525,536−4%

57Kanabec County, MNMN16,6285,501−10%

58Cottonwood County, MNMN11,4054,872−14%

59Wadena County, MNMN14,3884,811−11%

60Chippewa County, MNMN12,4064,794−23%

61Jackson County, MNMN9,8574,675−23%

62Pope County, MNMN11,4204,315−14%

63Watonwan County, MNMN11,4594,272−10%

64Stevens County, MNMN9,7474,160−10%

65Rock County, MNMN9,5243,920−18%

66Swift County, MNMN9,7633,881−12%

67Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,4773,837−17%

68Murray County, MNMN7,9423,779−17%

69Pennington County, MNMN13,6863,571−2%

70Roseau County, MNMN15,2463,400−19%

71Pipestone County, MNMN9,2603,330−17%

72Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,7042,917−17%

73Koochiching County, MNMN11,5872,837−26%

74Lake County, MNMN10,7462,776−19%

75Wilkin County, MNMN6,2882,761−21%

76Big Stone County, MNMN5,0542,494−14%

77Grant County, MNMN6,0852,476−3%

78Lincoln County, MNMN5,5832,353−13%

79Clearwater County, MNMN8,6472,303+20%

80Marshall County, MNMN8,7982,014−9%

81Norman County, MNMN6,3361,989−13%

82Traverse County, MNMN3,1301,652−21%

83Cook County, MNMN5,5221,650−1%

84Mahnomen County, MNMN5,1531,274−13%

85Red Lake County, MNMN3,9401,256−15%

86Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,770986−20%

87Kittson County, MNMN4,031956+5%

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