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Largest Nicaraguan population, Minnesota counties

Minnesota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Nicaraguan origin, 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 36 counties in Minnesota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 36 is 25. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Benton County, MN, up 13 places to #11.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPNICARAGUAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,7841,078+174%

02Dakota County, MNMN457,710552+71%

03Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,720416–

04▲5Nobles County, MNMN22,338270+329%

05▲9Stearns County, MNMN164,110248+700%

06▼3Ramsey County, MNMN541,623243+25%

07Washington County, MNMN286,895228–

08Pennington County, MNMN13,686153–

09▼5Anoka County, MNMN381,60594+262%

10▼2Pipestone County, MNMN9,26069–

11▲13Benton County, MNMN41,74450–

12▼1Itasca County, MNMN45,40437–

13▲8Beltrami County, MNMN47,05536–

14▲2Steele County, MNMN37,46434–

15Lyon County, MNMN25,68430–

16▼4Brown County, MNMN25,51728–

17▲6Blue Earth County, MNMN70,63427–

18Stevens County, MNMN9,74725–

19St. Louis County, MNMN200,518180%

20▲7Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,75312–

21Swift County, MNMN9,76312–

22Jackson County, MNMN9,85711–

23Norman County, MNMN6,33611–

24▼11Otter Tail County, MNMN61,04111–

25Kanabec County, MNMN16,6289–

26Chisago County, MNMN59,1426–

27▼10Carver County, MNMN114,3795−76%

28Chippewa County, MNMN12,4064–

29Faribault County, MNMN13,8884–

30Fillmore County, MNMN21,5404–

31▼6Nicollet County, MNMN34,2734–

32▼22Olmsted County, MNMN166,7314–

33Becker County, MNMN35,4973–

34▼1Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,4773–

35▼5Grant County, MNMN6,0852–

36▼8Watonwan County, MNMN11,4592–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES