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Largest Norwegian population, Michigan counties · 2020

Michigan 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 83 counties in Michigan that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 83 is 436.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPNORWEGIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Oakland County, MIMI1,288,3379,016−14%

02Wayne County, MIMI1,769,0386,385−12%

03Kent County, MIMI675,2325,680−5%

04Macomb County, MIMI886,2213,787−15%

05Washtenaw County, MIMI370,2143,747+12%

06Kalamazoo County, MIMI263,7953,401+18%

07Genesee County, MIMI401,0933,272−5%

08Ottawa County, MIMI308,4592,574−15%

09Muskegon County, MIMI177,9012,5350%

10Ingham County, MIMI289,7092,064−26%

11Grand Traverse County, MIMI96,7291,619+5%

12Livingston County, MIMI197,3151,558−13%

13Marquette County, MIMI68,0641,399−27%

14Berrien County, MIMI152,4441,281−8%

15Eaton County, MIMI109,5811,169−16%

16Midland County, MIMI83,7541,119−23%

17St. Clair County, MIMI160,486992−21%

18Saginaw County, MIMI187,688967−17%

19Delta County, MIMI36,582930−18%

20Houghton County, MIMI37,842906+6%

21Clinton County, MIMI80,432851+36%

22Jackson County, MIMI159,552832−36%

23Shiawassee County, MIMI67,681763+75%

24Allegan County, MIMI123,188761+8%

25Bay County, MIMI102,123760+66%

26Barry County, MIMI63,991757+31%

27Calhoun County, MIMI133,408757−28%

28Menominee County, MIMI22,941751−1%

29Van Buren County, MIMI76,071715−27%

30Dickinson County, MIMI25,827685−30%

31Alpena County, MIMI28,853666−32%

32Leelanau County, MIMI22,982617−23%

33Monroe County, MIMI156,004563−31%

34Newaygo County, MIMI51,622529−2%

35Isabella County, MIMI64,691517−19%

36Cass County, MIMI51,677499−36%

37Montcalm County, MIMI69,406484+50%

38Mecosta County, MIMI42,320478−33%

39Mason County, MIMI29,040462−27%

40Benzie County, MIMI18,568459−35%

41Chippewa County, MIMI36,081454+11%

42Oceana County, MIMI27,177436−19%

43Iron County, MIMI11,757435+40%

44Gogebic County, MIMI14,285427−21%

45Hillsdale County, MIMI45,738403+32%

46Lenawee County, MIMI97,779394−43%

47Emmet County, MIMI33,775392−21%

48St. Joseph County, MIMI60,968367−20%

49Charlevoix County, MIMI26,036364−27%

50Manistee County, MIMI25,656354−43%

51Baraga County, MIMI8,169342+23%

52Wexford County, MIMI34,445338−50%

53Ionia County, MIMI66,557327−49%

54Lapeer County, MIMI89,516327−42%

55Gratiot County, MIMI41,190316+27%

56Otsego County, MIMI26,080261+8%

57Antrim County, MIMI24,698242−34%

58Cheboygan County, MIMI25,793223−43%

59Osceola County, MIMI23,516219+5%

60Gladwin County, MIMI26,077214+62%

61Ontonagon County, MIMI5,823182−5%

62Huron County, MIMI30,530176+48%

63Clare County, MIMI31,543173−15%

64Branch County, MIMI45,993170+6%

65Missaukee County, MIMI15,274166+38%

66Ogemaw County, MIMI21,121156+33%

67Iosco County, MIMI25,266153+13%

68Alcona County, MIMI10,556142−39%

69Tuscola County, MIMI52,680136−47%

70Schoolcraft County, MIMI8,187129−45%

71Sanilac County, MIMI40,083127−43%

72Arenac County, MIMI15,068109+73%

73Roscommon County, MIMI23,914107−26%

74Presque Isle County, MIMI13,128100−57%

75Mackinac County, MIMI11,23696−49%

76Lake County, MIMI13,18294+100%

77Crawford County, MIMI13,72292+21%

78Kalkaska County, MIMI18,69382−72%

79Alger County, MIMI8,64177−50%

80Luce County, MIMI6,33968+10%

81Montmorency County, MIMI9,84250−59%

82Keweenaw County, MIMI2,18626−52%

83Oscoda County, MIMI8,72323−47%

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