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Largest Norwegian population, Iowa counties · 2020

Iowa counties ranked by the number of residents who are Norwegian 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 99 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 99 is 601.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPNORWEGIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Polk County, IAIA516,54620,568−3%

02Story County, IAIA101,2919,2200%

03Linn County, IAIA232,0289,005−19%

04Johnson County, IAIA160,0446,852+37%

05Black Hawk County, IAIA131,5325,935−22%

06Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,3725,721−14%

07Winneshiek County, IAIA19,7335,357−15%

08Woodbury County, IAIA106,6494,236−30%

09Dallas County, IAIA118,4574,225+27%

10Scott County, IAIA175,2593,508−16%

11Winnebago County, IAIA10,2513,384−23%

12Dubuque County, IAIA99,3812,679+20%

13Webster County, IAIA36,8382,643−28%

14Allamakee County, IAIA14,2382,462−22%

15Worth County, IAIA7,3382,113−21%

16Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,9962,070−26%

17Boone County, IAIA26,7992,059+10%

18Fayette County, IAIA19,0471,903−20%

19Hamilton County, IAIA14,9441,847−29%

20Warren County, IAIA57,3311,749−9%

21Wright County, IAIA12,8011,727−28%

22Howard County, IAIA9,4151,597−26%

23Clay County, IAIA16,2021,580+23%

24Marshall County, IAIA39,8901,535−41%

25Bremer County, IAIA25,2961,531+8%

26Mitchell County, IAIA10,6501,499−9%

27Hancock County, IAIA10,5281,480−32%

28Dickinson County, IAIA18,0771,461−7%

29Humboldt County, IAIA9,4091,445−10%

30Clayton County, IAIA16,8451,401−24%

31Kossuth County, IAIA14,3221,292−32%

32Hardin County, IAIA16,4551,262−33%

33Emmet County, IAIA9,1071,238−29%

34Benton County, IAIA26,0041,235−6%

35Clinton County, IAIA46,0021,149−20%

36O'Brien County, IAIA14,2201,078+40%

37Plymouth County, IAIA25,6971,063−9%

38Palo Alto County, IAIA8,8991,028−5%

39Floyd County, IAIA14,901990−31%

40Marion County, IAIA34,192971−7%

41Jasper County, IAIA38,153970−39%

42Buchanan County, IAIA20,883902−22%

43Sioux County, IAIA36,774901−30%

44Chickasaw County, IAIA11,663885−10%

45Muscatine County, IAIA41,853797+18%

46Buena Vista County, IAIA20,449752−15%

47Jefferson County, IAIA15,291693+214%

48Monona County, IAIA8,539688−22%

49Poweshiek County, IAIA18,368653−11%

50Des Moines County, IAIA38,077601−18%

51Iowa County, IAIA16,504588+4%

52Mahaska County, IAIA21,880564−20%

53Mills County, IAIA14,793528−7%

54Tama County, IAIA16,796522−27%

55Madison County, IAIA17,270515−6%

56Washington County, IAIA22,667515−20%

57Henry County, IAIA19,349513+26%

58Carroll County, IAIA20,303507−1%

59Lyon County, IAIA12,354502−54%

60Franklin County, IAIA9,868500−29%

61Crawford County, IAIA16,237494−30%

62Butler County, IAIA14,049493−17%

63Lee County, IAIA32,306471−11%

64Wapello County, IAIA35,210455−34%

65Cedar County, IAIA18,359429−33%

66Grundy County, IAIA12,361413−26%

67Shelby County, IAIA11,689399−28%

68Guthrie County, IAIA10,782398+7%

69Jones County, IAIA21,253380+4%

70Jackson County, IAIA19,288352−34%

71Calhoun County, IAIA9,562347−30%

72Harrison County, IAIA14,623346−33%

73Pocahontas County, IAIA6,819310−42%

74Page County, IAIA14,856301+34%

75Union County, IAIA11,829299+75%

76Cherokee County, IAIA11,369283−58%

77Decatur County, IAIA7,655271+42%

78Osceola County, IAIA5,980271−28%

79Sac County, IAIA9,525266−43%

80Delaware County, IAIA17,674265−58%

81Lucas County, IAIA8,847254+9%

82Greene County, IAIA8,658249−22%

83Montgomery County, IAIA10,002247−24%

84Cass County, IAIA12,960220−43%

85Appanoose County, IAIA12,077215+129%

86Ida County, IAIA6,777215−29%

87Clarke County, IAIA9,574199−17%

88Louisa County, IAIA10,416173+2%

89Wayne County, IAIA6,738158+56%

90Keokuk County, IAIA9,797142−46%

91Adair County, IAIA7,403107−53%

92Fremont County, IAIA6,522104+3%

93Audubon County, IAIA5,509103−34%

94Davis County, IAIA9,23098−67%

95Adams County, IAIA3,61794+1%

96Taylor County, IAIA5,83576+36%

97Monroe County, IAIA7,40670+19%

98Van Buren County, IAIA7,13154+54%

99Ringgold County, IAIA4,64251−56%

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