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Largest Norwegian population, Minnesota counties · 2020

Minnesota 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 87 counties in Minnesota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 87 is 3,818.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPNORWEGIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,784140,880−8%

02Dakota County, MNMN457,71052,231−12%

03Ramsey County, MNMN541,62347,059−17%

04Anoka County, MNMN381,60545,080−16%

05Washington County, MNMN286,89528,921−8%

06St. Louis County, MNMN200,51827,704−13%

07Olmsted County, MNMN166,73122,039−5%

08Clay County, MNMN67,73419,856−9%

09Scott County, MNMN159,01719,454+2%

10Wright County, MNMN157,55917,755−12%

11Otter Tail County, MNMN61,04115,876−13%

12Carver County, MNMN114,37915,368+16%

13Stearns County, MNMN164,11014,989−8%

14Sherburne County, MNMN104,19414,163+2%

15Polk County, MNMN30,54510,913−17%

16Crow Wing County, MNMN69,13210,515−3%

17Douglas County, MNMN40,1209,760+9%

18Goodhue County, MNMN48,1959,634−6%

19Rice County, MNMN69,9399,605−9%

20Blue Earth County, MNMN70,6349,538−8%

21Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,7209,374−17%

22Freeborn County, MNMN30,4409,301−20%

23Beltrami County, MNMN47,0558,735−2%

24Becker County, MNMN35,4978,296−14%

25Mower County, MNMN40,9718,027−20%

26Winona County, MNMN50,5237,579−11%

27Chisago County, MNMN59,1427,255−3%

28Steele County, MNMN37,4647,041+3%

29Fillmore County, MNMN21,5406,730−21%

30Itasca County, MNMN45,4046,039−19%

31Pennington County, MNMN13,6865,802−11%

32Isanti County, MNMN44,3865,367−20%

33Houston County, MNMN18,4005,278−12%

34Nicollet County, MNMN34,2734,752−10%

35Carlton County, MNMN36,7114,725−6%

36Roseau County, MNMN15,2464,693−18%

37Benton County, MNMN41,7444,610+10%

38Dodge County, MNMN21,3764,535−6%

39Marshall County, MNMN8,7984,514+5%

40McLeod County, MNMN36,6314,230−15%

41Cass County, MNMN31,4304,183−4%

42Hubbard County, MNMN22,3694,033+1%

43Pope County, MNMN11,4203,838−11%

44Lyon County, MNMN25,6843,818−17%

45Chippewa County, MNMN12,4063,812−6%

46Brown County, MNMN25,5173,641+6%

47Clearwater County, MNMN8,6473,305−6%

48Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,7533,301−21%

49Morrison County, MNMN34,6203,259−8%

50Pine County, MNMN30,4723,248−14%

51Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,4773,190−10%

52Meeker County, MNMN23,6033,150−15%

53Swift County, MNMN9,7633,050−7%

54Le Sueur County, MNMN29,4532,940−14%

55Wabasha County, MNMN21,5372,920−8%

56Renville County, MNMN14,3562,861−11%

57Norman County, MNMN6,3362,840−15%

58Waseca County, MNMN18,6882,814−27%

59Todd County, MNMN26,0602,781−15%

60Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,7042,689−13%

61Faribault County, MNMN13,8882,585−28%

62Martin County, MNMN19,4402,520−21%

63Aitkin County, MNMN16,2522,377−6%

64Redwood County, MNMN15,2652,214−18%

65Watonwan County, MNMN11,4592,177+5%

66Lake County, MNMN10,7462,175−15%

67Grant County, MNMN6,0852,139−4%

68Koochiching County, MNMN11,5872,128−36%

69Stevens County, MNMN9,7472,022−4%

70Kanabec County, MNMN16,6281,894−28%

71Wilkin County, MNMN6,2881,814−22%

72Cottonwood County, MNMN11,4051,813−12%

73Rock County, MNMN9,5241,765−14%

74Wadena County, MNMN14,3881,720−32%

75Nobles County, MNMN22,3381,542−13%

76Jackson County, MNMN9,8571,371−14%

77Murray County, MNMN7,9421,346−12%

78Sibley County, MNMN15,3561,325−15%

79Kittson County, MNMN4,0311,298−17%

80Red Lake County, MNMN3,9401,265−3%

81Big Stone County, MNMN5,0541,155−12%

82Pipestone County, MNMN9,2601,093−25%

83Lincoln County, MNMN5,5831,052−18%

84Mahnomen County, MNMN5,153943−3%

85Cook County, MNMN5,522892−15%

86Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,770682−39%

87Traverse County, MNMN3,130542−3%

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