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Largest Norwegian population, North Dakota counties

North Dakota 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 53 counties in North Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 53 is 952. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Wells County, ND, up 8 places to #27.

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Largest Norwegian population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPNORWEGIAN POPULATIONVS 2010
01Cass County, NDND201,79447,748−8%
02Grand Forks County, NDND74,50118,281−19%
03▲1Ward County, NDND68,23315,252−17%
04▼1Burleigh County, NDND103,25113,648−18%
05Williams County, NDND41,7676,361−35%
06Morton County, NDND34,6013,596−9%
07Richland County, NDND16,7313,512−32%
08Stutsman County, NDND21,4143,424−41%
09▲4Barnes County, NDND10,5733,186−23%
10▼1Ramsey County, NDND11,5303,051−29%
11▲1Walsh County, NDND10,1793,029−32%
12▼1Traill County, NDND7,9202,895−34%
13▼3Stark County, NDND34,0132,719−21%
14▲1McKenzie County, NDND15,1922,272−4%
15▼1Bottineau County, NDND6,2842,052−32%
16▲1McLean County, NDND9,7401,982−9%
17▲2Ransom County, NDND5,6171,700−18%
18▼2Mountrail County, NDND9,3951,559−41%
19▼1McHenry County, NDND5,1301,357−36%
20▲3Nelson County, NDND2,9631,304−22%
21▲3Pembina County, NDND6,5681,224−24%
22▼2Benson County, NDND5,7591,202−18%
23▼2Mercer County, NDND8,4411,172−35%
24▲2Pierce County, NDND3,8381,025−32%
25▼3Sargent County, NDND3,7111,001−30%
26▲1Foster County, NDND3,212962−22%
27▲8Wells County, NDND3,729952−14%
28▲2Divide County, NDND2,110923−22%
29▲2Rolette County, NDND11,688873−7%
30▼5Griggs County, NDND2,239866−41%
31▼3Bowman County, NDND2,762840−4%
32▲1Cavalier County, NDND3,497759−35%
33▼4Dickey County, NDND4,895759−16%
34LaMoure County, NDND4,135747−36%
35▲4Towner County, NDND2,040729−23%
36▼4Burke County, NDND2,132691−22%
37▼1Renville County, NDND2,331675−29%
38Steele County, NDND1,797663−44%
39▼2Eddy County, NDND2,329654−42%
40▲1Adams County, NDND2,275501−29%
41▼1Dunn County, NDND4,058495−30%
42Kidder County, NDND2,393395−28%
43▲3Grant County, NDND2,206340−2%
44▲1Emmons County, NDND3,215273−39%
45▼1Hettinger County, NDND2,492266−33%
46▼3Oliver County, NDND1,898259−26%
47▲5Slope County, NDND628165−26%
48▲3Sheridan County, NDND1,296149−19%
49▼2Golden Valley County, NDND1,808132−42%
50▼2McIntosh County, NDND2,451112−38%
51▼2Billings County, NDND1,071100−37%
52▼2Logan County, NDND1,85989−55%
53Sioux County, NDND3,66761−28%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES