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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. The median across all 87 is 3,299. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Faribault County, MN, up 13 places to #48.

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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%

13▲1Sherburne County, MNMN104,19412,339−11%

14▼1Stearns County, MNMN164,11011,609−29%

15Polk County, MNMN30,54510,296−22%

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

17▲1Goodhue County, MNMN48,1958,871−14%

18▼1Douglas County, MNMN40,1208,778−2%

19▲4Beltrami County, MNMN47,0558,274−7%

20▼1Rice County, MNMN69,9398,187−22%

21▼1Blue Earth County, MNMN70,6348,156−22%

22▼1Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,7207,764−32%

23▼1Freeborn County, MNMN30,4407,392−36%

24▲3Chisago County, MNMN59,1426,995−6%

25▼1Becker County, MNMN35,4976,994−27%

26Winona County, MNMN50,5236,913−19%

27▼2Mower County, MNMN40,9716,686−33%

28Steele County, MNMN37,4645,888−14%

29▲1Itasca County, MNMN45,4045,739−23%

30▼1Fillmore County, MNMN21,5405,625−34%

31▲1Isanti County, MNMN44,3865,293−21%

32▲4Roseau County, MNMN15,2464,506−22%

33▼2Pennington County, MNMN13,6864,500−31%

34▲7Cass County, MNMN31,4304,097−6%

35▲3Dodge County, MNMN21,3764,071−16%

36▼3Houston County, MNMN18,4004,058−32%

37▲7Lyon County, MNMN25,6844,008−13%

38▼4Nicollet County, MNMN34,2733,875−26%

39▼4Carlton County, MNMN36,7113,834−23%

40▲5Chippewa County, MNMN12,4063,705−9%

41▲1Hubbard County, MNMN22,3693,673−8%

42▼5Benton County, MNMN41,7443,550−15%

43▼4Marshall County, MNMN8,7983,497−19%

44▼4McLeod County, MNMN36,6313,299−33%

45▲3Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,7533,272−22%

46▼3Pope County, MNMN11,4203,033−30%

47▲3Pine County, MNMN30,4722,938−22%

48▲13Faribault County, MNMN13,8882,734−24%

49▲8Norman County, MNMN6,3362,704−19%

50▼3Clearwater County, MNMN8,6472,643−25%

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

52▼6Brown County, MNMN25,5172,557−25%

53Swift County, MNMN9,7632,546−23%

54▲1Wabasha County, MNMN21,5372,464−22%

55▼6Morrison County, MNMN34,6202,379−33%

56▲3Todd County, MNMN26,0602,379−27%

57▲3Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,7042,369−24%

58Waseca County, MNMN18,6882,354−39%

59▼7Meeker County, MNMN23,6032,187−41%

60▲3Aitkin County, MNMN16,2522,161−14%

61▲7Koochiching County, MNMN11,5872,150−35%

62▼6Renville County, MNMN14,3562,124−34%

63▼1Martin County, MNMN19,4402,104−34%

64▼10Le Sueur County, MNMN29,4532,044−41%

65▲2Grant County, MNMN6,0851,832−18%

66▲8Wadena County, MNMN14,3881,822−28%

67▼2Watonwan County, MNMN11,4591,714−17%

68▼4Redwood County, MNMN15,2651,693−38%

69▲3Cottonwood County, MNMN11,4051,691−18%

70▼4Lake County, MNMN10,7461,663−35%

71Wilkin County, MNMN6,2881,614−31%

72▼2Kanabec County, MNMN16,6281,606−39%

73▼4Stevens County, MNMN9,7471,576−25%

74▲1Nobles County, MNMN22,3381,550−13%

75▲7Pipestone County, MNMN9,2601,275−13%

76▼3Rock County, MNMN9,5241,215−41%

77▼1Jackson County, MNMN9,8571,150−28%

78▲1Kittson County, MNMN4,0311,099−30%

79▼2Murray County, MNMN7,9421,058−31%

80▲4Mahnomen County, MNMN5,153992+2%

81▼1Red Lake County, MNMN3,940956−27%

82▼4Sibley County, MNMN15,356952−39%

83Lincoln County, MNMN5,583933−27%

84▼3Big Stone County, MNMN5,054919−30%

85▲1Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,770874−22%

86▼1Cook County, MNMN5,522696−34%

87Traverse County, MNMN3,130407−27%

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