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Largest Irish population, Minnesota counties · 2020

Minnesota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Irish 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.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPIRISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,784128,534−0%

02Ramsey County, MNMN541,62355,960−16%

03Dakota County, MNMN457,71051,968−11%

04Anoka County, MNMN381,60538,210−0%

05Washington County, MNMN286,89531,550−9%

06St. Louis County, MNMN200,51818,394−11%

07Olmsted County, MNMN166,73117,615+13%

08Scott County, MNMN159,01716,717−0%

09Wright County, MNMN157,55913,983−4%

10Stearns County, MNMN164,11012,706−1%

11Carver County, MNMN114,37912,296+7%

12Sherburne County, MNMN104,1948,402−13%

13Crow Wing County, MNMN69,1327,800−1%

14Rice County, MNMN69,9396,353−17%

15Blue Earth County, MNMN70,6345,664−25%

16Chisago County, MNMN59,1425,399−21%

17Winona County, MNMN50,5235,372−15%

18Goodhue County, MNMN48,1955,252−6%

19Mower County, MNMN40,9714,502+1%

20Itasca County, MNMN45,4044,482−19%

21Otter Tail County, MNMN61,0414,283−3%

22Clay County, MNMN67,7344,259−2%

23Beltrami County, MNMN47,0554,083+23%

24Le Sueur County, MNMN29,4533,827−11%

25Isanti County, MNMN44,3863,784+1%

26Benton County, MNMN41,7443,456+7%

27Steele County, MNMN37,4643,307+7%

28Wabasha County, MNMN21,5373,045−14%

29McLeod County, MNMN36,6312,979−15%

30Nicollet County, MNMN34,2732,978−21%

31Carlton County, MNMN36,7112,939+4%

32Douglas County, MNMN40,1202,917−24%

33Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,7202,809−8%

34Pine County, MNMN30,4722,772−9%

35Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,7532,593+18%

36Freeborn County, MNMN30,4402,564−4%

37Houston County, MNMN18,4002,447−10%

38Cass County, MNMN31,4302,422−18%

39Becker County, MNMN35,4972,376+6%

40Morrison County, MNMN34,6202,361−5%

41Waseca County, MNMN18,6882,305−16%

42Dodge County, MNMN21,3762,182+6%

43Hubbard County, MNMN22,3692,170−7%

44Fillmore County, MNMN21,5402,067−4%

45Martin County, MNMN19,4401,933−3%

46Meeker County, MNMN23,6031,903−12%

47Polk County, MNMN30,5451,877−26%

48Aitkin County, MNMN16,2521,867−3%

49Kanabec County, MNMN16,6281,677−9%

50Brown County, MNMN25,5171,562+3%

51Lyon County, MNMN25,6841,464−35%

52Renville County, MNMN14,3561,437+9%

53Todd County, MNMN26,0601,413−37%

54Sibley County, MNMN15,3561,377−2%

55Koochiching County, MNMN11,5871,341−21%

56Faribault County, MNMN13,8881,246−13%

57Pennington County, MNMN13,6861,140+7%

58Lake County, MNMN10,7461,130−1%

59Wadena County, MNMN14,3881,070−20%

60Nobles County, MNMN22,338969−30%

61Redwood County, MNMN15,265946+7%

62Chippewa County, MNMN12,406905−27%

63Jackson County, MNMN9,857904−2%

64Stevens County, MNMN9,747904+1%

65Swift County, MNMN9,763899−12%

66Cottonwood County, MNMN11,405837+5%

67Pope County, MNMN11,420764−24%

68Murray County, MNMN7,942666−8%

69Roseau County, MNMN15,246588−47%

70Cook County, MNMN5,522585+2%

71Rock County, MNMN9,524562−7%

72Clearwater County, MNMN8,647554−0%

73Pipestone County, MNMN9,260547−28%

74Watonwan County, MNMN11,459529−42%

75Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,477526−26%

76Big Stone County, MNMN5,054525−12%

77Marshall County, MNMN8,798504−27%

78Lincoln County, MNMN5,583405−29%

79Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,704389−10%

80Kittson County, MNMN4,031318−0%

81Grant County, MNMN6,085315−43%

82Wilkin County, MNMN6,288290−45%

83Norman County, MNMN6,336283−29%

84Red Lake County, MNMN3,940251−16%

85Traverse County, MNMN3,130250−29%

86Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,770241−28%

87Mahnomen County, MNMN5,153208−29%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS