RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 87 SHOWN OF 87

Largest Scotch-Irish population, Minnesota counties · 2020

Minnesota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Scotch-Irish 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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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSCOTCH-IRISH POPULATIONVS 2000

01Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,7846,775–

02Ramsey County, MNMN541,6233,562–

03Dakota County, MNMN457,7102,352–

04Anoka County, MNMN381,6051,565–

05Washington County, MNMN286,8951,453–

06St. Louis County, MNMN200,5181,302–

07Scott County, MNMN159,017735–

08Olmsted County, MNMN166,731657–

09Wright County, MNMN157,559583–

10Carver County, MNMN114,379489–

11Stearns County, MNMN164,110440–

12Crow Wing County, MNMN69,132385–

13Winona County, MNMN50,523367–

14Douglas County, MNMN40,120303–

15Rice County, MNMN69,939283–

16Otter Tail County, MNMN61,041278–

17Sherburne County, MNMN104,194266–

18Clay County, MNMN67,734260–

19Itasca County, MNMN45,404249–

20Chisago County, MNMN59,142215–

21Blue Earth County, MNMN70,634214–

22Isanti County, MNMN44,386214–

23Goodhue County, MNMN48,195209–

24Beltrami County, MNMN47,055185–

25Cass County, MNMN31,430176–

26Becker County, MNMN35,497174–

27Fillmore County, MNMN21,540153–

28McLeod County, MNMN36,631153–

29Freeborn County, MNMN30,440151–

30Nicollet County, MNMN34,273149–

31Wadena County, MNMN14,388143–

32Steele County, MNMN37,464137–

33Mower County, MNMN40,971124–

34Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,753120–

35Pine County, MNMN30,472116–

36Koochiching County, MNMN11,587111–

37Benton County, MNMN41,744107–

38Hubbard County, MNMN22,369105–

39Polk County, MNMN30,545103–

40Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,72093–

41Faribault County, MNMN13,88892–

42Redwood County, MNMN15,26589–

43Todd County, MNMN26,06089–

44Carlton County, MNMN36,71188–

45Aitkin County, MNMN16,25287–

46Cottonwood County, MNMN11,40586–

47Morrison County, MNMN34,62086–

48Brown County, MNMN25,51779–

49Kanabec County, MNMN16,62877–

50Wabasha County, MNMN21,53769–

51Cook County, MNMN5,52267–

52Houston County, MNMN18,40065–

53Dodge County, MNMN21,37664–

54Clearwater County, MNMN8,64761–

55Jackson County, MNMN9,85757–

56Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,47757–

57Lake County, MNMN10,74652–

58Nobles County, MNMN22,33851–

59Lyon County, MNMN25,68450–

60Martin County, MNMN19,44048–

61Le Sueur County, MNMN29,45343–

62Meeker County, MNMN23,60343–

63Waseca County, MNMN18,68837–

64Renville County, MNMN14,35634–

65Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,70433–

66Marshall County, MNMN8,79832–

67Murray County, MNMN7,94232–

68Rock County, MNMN9,52430–

69Traverse County, MNMN3,13030–

70Pennington County, MNMN13,68628–

71Sibley County, MNMN15,35628–

72Stevens County, MNMN9,74727–

73Wilkin County, MNMN6,28827–

74Grant County, MNMN6,08524–

75Pope County, MNMN11,42024–

76Watonwan County, MNMN11,45924–

77Norman County, MNMN6,33622–

78Roseau County, MNMN15,24620–

79Swift County, MNMN9,76319–

80Kittson County, MNMN4,03117–

81Lincoln County, MNMN5,58317–

82Mahnomen County, MNMN5,15315–

83Pipestone County, MNMN9,26013–

84Big Stone County, MNMN5,05411–

85Chippewa County, MNMN12,4068–

86Red Lake County, MNMN3,9408–

87Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,7702–

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