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Largest Scotch-Irish population, North Dakota counties

North Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Scotch-Irish 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 47 counties in North Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 47 is 27. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Ransom County, ND, up 33 places to #15.

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SAME RANKING BYCitiesStatesMetros
Largest Scotch-Irish population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPSCOTCH-IRISH POPULATIONVS 2010
01Cass County, NDND201,794867−53%
02Ward County, NDND68,233491−45%
03▲1Burleigh County, NDND103,251454−46%
04▼1Grand Forks County, NDND74,501329−63%
05Williams County, NDND41,767276+37%
06Morton County, NDND34,601155−35%
07▲2Ramsey County, NDND11,530135+65%
08Pembina County, NDND6,568120−50%
09▲6Mountrail County, NDND9,395113+126%
10▲11McKenzie County, NDND15,19296+78%
11▲1Stutsman County, NDND21,41493−50%
12▲2Walsh County, NDND10,17958−70%
13Richland County, NDND16,73153−48%
14Dunn County, NDND4,05850+28%
15▲33Ransom County, NDND5,61739−54%
16▼6Bottineau County, NDND6,28438−55%
17▲9Towner County, NDND2,04036+64%
18▼11Stark County, NDND34,01335−93%
19▲10Renville County, NDND2,33134−65%
20▲8Eddy County, NDND2,32933+65%
21▲3Griggs County, NDND2,23931−47%
22▼5Cavalier County, NDND3,49729−9%
23▼3Mercer County, NDND8,44128−75%
24▼1LaMoure County, NDND4,13527−7%
25McLean County, NDND9,74023−71%
26▲20Pierce County, NDND3,83822+5%
27▼5Dickey County, NDND4,89518−80%
28▲16Bowman County, NDND2,76218−31%
29▼13Traill County, NDND7,92016−79%
30▲6Nelson County, NDND2,96314−70%
31▲10Hettinger County, NDND2,49213−7%
32▲2Foster County, NDND3,21211−69%
33▼6Benson County, NDND5,75910−81%
34▲13Logan County, NDND1,85980%
35▼24McHenry County, NDND5,1308−95%
36▼1Emmons County, NDND3,2157−77%
37Adams County, NDND2,2757−50%
38▼7Sargent County, NDND3,7117−68%
39▼9Kidder County, NDND2,3936−68%
40▼2Golden Valley County, NDND1,8086−70%
41▲1Wells County, NDND3,7295−86%
42▲3Burke County, NDND2,1323−90%
43▲6Sioux County, NDND3,66730%
44▼1McIntosh County, NDND2,4513−73%
45▼27Barnes County, NDND10,5732−97%
46▼14Slope County, NDND6282−89%
47▼8Steele County, NDND1,7972–
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES