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Largest Norwegian population, Minnesota counties

Minnesota 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 87 counties in Minnesota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPNORWEGIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,784126,553−17%

02Dakota County, MNMN457,71047,987−20%

03Ramsey County, MNMN541,62344,756−21%

04Anoka County, MNMN381,60539,408−26%

05Washington County, MNMN286,89528,046−11%

06St. Louis County, MNMN200,51824,397−24%

07Olmsted County, MNMN166,73119,181−17%

08Clay County, MNMN67,73417,860−18%

09Scott County, MNMN159,01717,672−7%

10Wright County, MNMN157,55916,210−20%

11Otter Tail County, MNMN61,04115,611−14%

12Carver County, MNMN114,37914,070+7%

13Sherburne County, MNMN104,19412,339−11%

14Stearns County, MNMN164,11011,609−29%

15Polk County, MNMN30,54510,296−22%

16Crow Wing County, MNMN69,1329,111−16%

17Goodhue County, MNMN48,1958,871−14%

18Douglas County, MNMN40,1208,778−2%

19Beltrami County, MNMN47,0558,274−7%

20Rice County, MNMN69,9398,187−22%

21Blue Earth County, MNMN70,6348,156−22%

22Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,7207,764−32%

23Freeborn County, MNMN30,4407,392−36%

24Chisago County, MNMN59,1426,995−6%

25Becker County, MNMN35,4976,994−27%

26Winona County, MNMN50,5236,913−19%

27Mower County, MNMN40,9716,686−33%

28Steele County, MNMN37,4645,888−14%

29Itasca County, MNMN45,4045,739−23%

30Fillmore County, MNMN21,5405,625−34%

31Isanti County, MNMN44,3865,293−21%

32Roseau County, MNMN15,2464,506−22%

33Pennington County, MNMN13,6864,500−31%

34Cass County, MNMN31,4304,097−6%

35Dodge County, MNMN21,3764,071−16%

36Houston County, MNMN18,4004,058−32%

37Lyon County, MNMN25,6844,008−13%

38Nicollet County, MNMN34,2733,875−26%

39Carlton County, MNMN36,7113,834−23%

40Chippewa County, MNMN12,4063,705−9%

41Hubbard County, MNMN22,3693,673−8%

42Benton County, MNMN41,7443,550−15%

43Marshall County, MNMN8,7983,497−19%

44McLeod County, MNMN36,6313,299−33%

45Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,7533,272−22%

46Pope County, MNMN11,4203,033−30%

47Pine County, MNMN30,4722,938−22%

48Faribault County, MNMN13,8882,734−24%

49Norman County, MNMN6,3362,704−19%

50Clearwater County, MNMN8,6472,643−25%

51Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,4772,587−27%

52Brown County, MNMN25,5172,557−25%

53Swift County, MNMN9,7632,546−23%

54Wabasha County, MNMN21,5372,464−22%

55Morrison County, MNMN34,6202,379−33%

56Todd County, MNMN26,0602,379−27%

57Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,7042,369−24%

58Waseca County, MNMN18,6882,354−39%

59Meeker County, MNMN23,6032,187−41%

60Aitkin County, MNMN16,2522,161−14%

61Koochiching County, MNMN11,5872,150−35%

62Renville County, MNMN14,3562,124−34%

63Martin County, MNMN19,4402,104−34%

64Le Sueur County, MNMN29,4532,044−41%

65Grant County, MNMN6,0851,832−18%

66Wadena County, MNMN14,3881,822−28%

67Watonwan County, MNMN11,4591,714−17%

68Redwood County, MNMN15,2651,693−38%

69Cottonwood County, MNMN11,4051,691−18%

70Lake County, MNMN10,7461,663−35%

71Wilkin County, MNMN6,2881,614−31%

72Kanabec County, MNMN16,6281,606−39%

73Stevens County, MNMN9,7471,576−25%

74Nobles County, MNMN22,3381,550−13%

75Pipestone County, MNMN9,2601,275−13%

76Rock County, MNMN9,5241,215−41%

77Jackson County, MNMN9,8571,150−28%

78Kittson County, MNMN4,0311,099−30%

79Murray County, MNMN7,9421,058−31%

80Mahnomen County, MNMN5,153992+2%

81Red Lake County, MNMN3,940956−27%

82Sibley County, MNMN15,356952−39%

83Lincoln County, MNMN5,583933−27%

84Big Stone County, MNMN5,054919−30%

85Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,770874−22%

86Cook County, MNMN5,522696−34%

87Traverse County, MNMN3,130407−27%

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