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Largest Norwegian population, Minnesota counties · 2010

Minnesota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Norwegian ancestry, from the 2023 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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RANKPLACESTATEPOPNORWEGIAN POPULATIONVS 2000

01Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,784152,990–

02Dakota County, MNMN457,71059,666–

03Ramsey County, MNMN541,62356,718–

04Anoka County, MNMN381,60553,396–

05St. Louis County, MNMN200,51831,918–

06Washington County, MNMN286,89531,542–

07Olmsted County, MNMN166,73123,175–

08Clay County, MNMN67,73421,912–

09Wright County, MNMN157,55920,138–

10Scott County, MNMN159,01719,051–

11Otter Tail County, MNMN61,04118,201–

12Stearns County, MNMN164,11016,286–

13Sherburne County, MNMN104,19413,890–

14Carver County, MNMN114,37913,209–

15Polk County, MNMN30,54513,181–

16Freeborn County, MNMN30,44011,602–

17Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,72011,347–

18Crow Wing County, MNMN69,13210,848–

19Rice County, MNMN69,93910,539–

20Blue Earth County, MNMN70,63410,419–

21Goodhue County, MNMN48,19510,264–

22Mower County, MNMN40,9719,998–

23Becker County, MNMN35,4979,615–

24Douglas County, MNMN40,1208,936–

25Beltrami County, MNMN47,0558,910–

26Winona County, MNMN50,5238,537–

27Fillmore County, MNMN21,5408,466–

28Chisago County, MNMN59,1427,454–

29Itasca County, MNMN45,4047,440–

30Steele County, MNMN37,4646,819–

31Isanti County, MNMN44,3866,708–

32Pennington County, MNMN13,6866,517–

33Houston County, MNMN18,4006,009–

34Roseau County, MNMN15,2465,755–

35Nicollet County, MNMN34,2735,262–

36Carlton County, MNMN36,7115,002–

37McLeod County, MNMN36,6314,949–

38Dodge County, MNMN21,3764,850–

39Lyon County, MNMN25,6844,619–

40Cass County, MNMN31,4304,369–

41Pope County, MNMN11,4204,310–

42Marshall County, MNMN8,7984,292–

43Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,7534,199–

44Benton County, MNMN41,7444,188–

45Chippewa County, MNMN12,4064,056–

46Hubbard County, MNMN22,3693,994–

47Waseca County, MNMN18,6883,879–

48Pine County, MNMN30,4723,778–

49Meeker County, MNMN23,6033,720–

50Faribault County, MNMN13,8883,608–

51Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,4773,549–

52Morrison County, MNMN34,6203,548–

53Clearwater County, MNMN8,6473,505–

54Le Sueur County, MNMN29,4533,438–

55Brown County, MNMN25,5173,431–

56Norman County, MNMN6,3363,341–

57Koochiching County, MNMN11,5873,312–

58Swift County, MNMN9,7633,288–

59Todd County, MNMN26,0603,259–

60Renville County, MNMN14,3563,213–

61Martin County, MNMN19,4403,203–

62Wabasha County, MNMN21,5373,162–

63Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,7043,100–

64Redwood County, MNMN15,2652,712–

65Kanabec County, MNMN16,6282,621–

66Lake County, MNMN10,7462,559–

67Wadena County, MNMN14,3882,531–

68Aitkin County, MNMN16,2522,521–

69Wilkin County, MNMN6,2882,337–

70Grant County, MNMN6,0852,238–

71Stevens County, MNMN9,7472,108–

72Watonwan County, MNMN11,4592,075–

73Cottonwood County, MNMN11,4052,070–

74Rock County, MNMN9,5242,053–

75Nobles County, MNMN22,3381,775–

76Jackson County, MNMN9,8571,595–

77Kittson County, MNMN4,0311,567–

78Sibley County, MNMN15,3561,552–

79Murray County, MNMN7,9421,527–

80Pipestone County, MNMN9,2601,460–

81Big Stone County, MNMN5,0541,319–

82Red Lake County, MNMN3,9401,304–

83Lincoln County, MNMN5,5831,280–

84Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,7701,116–

85Cook County, MNMN5,5221,054–

86Mahnomen County, MNMN5,153974–

87Traverse County, MNMN3,130557–

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UPDATED 2026-06-06 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES