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Largest Scottish population, Minnesota counties · 2020

Minnesota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Scottish 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 185.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSCOTTISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,78417,892−8%

02Ramsey County, MNMN541,6236,993+2%

03Dakota County, MNMN457,7105,493−10%

04Anoka County, MNMN381,6054,341+30%

05Washington County, MNMN286,8952,905−4%

06St. Louis County, MNMN200,5182,472−29%

07Olmsted County, MNMN166,7312,153+15%

08Scott County, MNMN159,0171,763+32%

09Wright County, MNMN157,5591,279−12%

10Stearns County, MNMN164,1101,195+10%

11Carver County, MNMN114,3791,099−28%

12Crow Wing County, MNMN69,1321,038+25%

13Sherburne County, MNMN104,194756−32%

14Otter Tail County, MNMN61,041749+42%

15Steele County, MNMN37,464727+243%

16Beltrami County, MNMN47,055714+13%

17Clay County, MNMN67,734694+11%

18Blue Earth County, MNMN70,634636−22%

19Chisago County, MNMN59,142624+59%

20Itasca County, MNMN45,404616−1%

21Rice County, MNMN69,939613−31%

22Winona County, MNMN50,523512−8%

23Isanti County, MNMN44,386492+53%

24Goodhue County, MNMN48,195446−35%

25Mower County, MNMN40,971432+21%

26Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,720415+27%

27Cass County, MNMN31,430393−22%

28Pine County, MNMN30,472387+21%

29Carlton County, MNMN36,711282−31%

30Nicollet County, MNMN34,273279−14%

31Hubbard County, MNMN22,369274−12%

32Douglas County, MNMN40,120260−41%

33Benton County, MNMN41,744258−9%

34McLeod County, MNMN36,631256−12%

35Polk County, MNMN30,545255−13%

36Fillmore County, MNMN21,540251+39%

37Roseau County, MNMN15,246244+55%

38Freeborn County, MNMN30,440243−44%

39Becker County, MNMN35,497233−42%

40Wabasha County, MNMN21,537228−1%

41Meeker County, MNMN23,603210+11%

42Brown County, MNMN25,517195+122%

43Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,753194−18%

44Nobles County, MNMN22,338185−5%

45Dodge County, MNMN21,376180−33%

46Morrison County, MNMN34,620179−25%

47Stevens County, MNMN9,747179+79%

48Aitkin County, MNMN16,252159−35%

49Lyon County, MNMN25,684152−11%

50Renville County, MNMN14,356143+24%

51Faribault County, MNMN13,888137−50%

52Martin County, MNMN19,440137+34%

53Swift County, MNMN9,763133+62%

54Koochiching County, MNMN11,587127−65%

55Cottonwood County, MNMN11,405124−33%

56Waseca County, MNMN18,688124−27%

57Chippewa County, MNMN12,406118+123%

58Houston County, MNMN18,400117−48%

59Le Sueur County, MNMN29,453117−57%

60Lake County, MNMN10,746110−51%

61Redwood County, MNMN15,265102−7%

62Todd County, MNMN26,060101−32%

63Cook County, MNMN5,52298−27%

64Kanabec County, MNMN16,62894−22%

65Watonwan County, MNMN11,45986+8%

66Rock County, MNMN9,52478+4%

67Pope County, MNMN11,42075−13%

68Wadena County, MNMN14,38875−41%

69Clearwater County, MNMN8,64774+48%

70Red Lake County, MNMN3,94069+116%

71Sibley County, MNMN15,35669+5%

72Pennington County, MNMN13,68666−38%

73Jackson County, MNMN9,85765+14%

74Murray County, MNMN7,94257−53%

75Norman County, MNMN6,33651−18%

76Lincoln County, MNMN5,58347−2%

77Pipestone County, MNMN9,26047−67%

78Grant County, MNMN6,08545−17%

79Marshall County, MNMN8,79841−41%

80Big Stone County, MNMN5,05438+12%

81Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,70433−40%

82Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,47731−31%

83Wilkin County, MNMN6,28830−57%

84Mahnomen County, MNMN5,15327−40%

85Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,77026−64%

86Kittson County, MNMN4,03113−81%

87Traverse County, MNMN3,13010−67%

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