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Largest Norwegian population, Iowa counties

Iowa counties ranked by the number of residents who are Norwegian 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 99 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPNORWEGIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Polk County, IAIA516,54618,785−12%

02Linn County, IAIA232,0289,354−16%

03Story County, IAIA101,2917,703−17%

04Johnson County, IAIA160,0445,929+19%

05Black Hawk County, IAIA131,5325,454−28%

06Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,3725,326−20%

07Dallas County, IAIA118,4575,252+58%

08Winneshiek County, IAIA19,7334,870−23%

09Woodbury County, IAIA106,6493,458−43%

10Scott County, IAIA175,2593,456−17%

11Winnebago County, IAIA10,2512,992−32%

12Webster County, IAIA36,8382,740−25%

13Dubuque County, IAIA99,3812,526+13%

14Boone County, IAIA26,7992,374+26%

15Fayette County, IAIA19,0472,162−9%

16Allamakee County, IAIA14,2382,086−34%

17Warren County, IAIA57,3312,051+6%

18Worth County, IAIA7,3382,019−25%

19Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,9961,863−33%

20Clay County, IAIA16,2021,812+41%

21Hamilton County, IAIA14,9441,794−31%

22Hancock County, IAIA10,5281,454−33%

23Clayton County, IAIA16,8451,373−25%

24Wright County, IAIA12,8011,338−44%

25Kossuth County, IAIA14,3221,330−30%

26Jasper County, IAIA38,1531,328−17%

27Howard County, IAIA9,4151,301−40%

28Humboldt County, IAIA9,4091,294−19%

29Dickinson County, IAIA18,0771,289−18%

30Hardin County, IAIA16,4551,287−31%

31Mitchell County, IAIA10,6501,280−22%

32Bremer County, IAIA25,2961,271−11%

33Marshall County, IAIA39,8901,268−51%

34Benton County, IAIA26,0041,191−9%

35Clinton County, IAIA46,0021,188−17%

36Floyd County, IAIA14,9011,099−23%

37Marion County, IAIA34,192910−13%

38Sioux County, IAIA36,774815−36%

39Emmet County, IAIA9,107810−54%

40Palo Alto County, IAIA8,899796−26%

41Madison County, IAIA17,270734+34%

42Poweshiek County, IAIA18,368731−1%

43Buchanan County, IAIA20,883722−38%

44Chickasaw County, IAIA11,663708−28%

45Muscatine County, IAIA41,853699+4%

46Buena Vista County, IAIA20,449693−22%

47Des Moines County, IAIA38,077655−11%

48Plymouth County, IAIA25,697624−46%

49Jefferson County, IAIA15,291583+164%

50Henry County, IAIA19,349532+31%

51Grundy County, IAIA12,361491−12%

52Monona County, IAIA8,539473−46%

53Washington County, IAIA22,667467−28%

54Iowa County, IAIA16,504448−20%

55Lee County, IAIA32,306443−16%

56Lyon County, IAIA12,354438−60%

57Cedar County, IAIA18,359434−32%

58Butler County, IAIA14,049431−28%

59Tama County, IAIA16,796418−41%

60Franklin County, IAIA9,868414−41%

61Mahaska County, IAIA21,880407−42%

62O'Brien County, IAIA14,220380−51%

63Cherokee County, IAIA11,369378−43%

64Jones County, IAIA21,253360−2%

65Pocahontas County, IAIA6,819341−36%

66Harrison County, IAIA14,623324−37%

67Calhoun County, IAIA9,562321−36%

68Delaware County, IAIA17,674311−50%

69Shelby County, IAIA11,689293−47%

70Wapello County, IAIA35,210286−58%

71Osceola County, IAIA5,980280−25%

72Guthrie County, IAIA10,782274−26%

73Carroll County, IAIA20,303262−49%

74Mills County, IAIA14,793262−54%

75Greene County, IAIA8,658259−19%

76Union County, IAIA11,829247+44%

77Jackson County, IAIA19,288222−58%

78Crawford County, IAIA16,237212−70%

79Lucas County, IAIA8,847201−14%

80Page County, IAIA14,856201−10%

81Sac County, IAIA9,525192−59%

82Keokuk County, IAIA9,797188−29%

83Ida County, IAIA6,777167−45%

84Clarke County, IAIA9,574166−31%

85Decatur County, IAIA7,655163−15%

86Adair County, IAIA7,403160−30%

87Cass County, IAIA12,960154−60%

88Monroe County, IAIA7,406128+117%

89Montgomery County, IAIA10,002123−62%

90Appanoose County, IAIA12,077121+29%

91Louisa County, IAIA10,416103−39%

92Audubon County, IAIA5,50997−37%

93Wayne County, IAIA6,73889−12%

94Adams County, IAIA3,61785−9%

95Fremont County, IAIA6,52282−19%

96Davis County, IAIA9,23070−76%

97Taylor County, IAIA5,83555−2%

98Ringgold County, IAIA4,64255−53%

99Van Buren County, IAIA7,1319−74%

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