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Largest Scottish population, North Dakota counties

North Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Scottish 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 36. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Foster County, ND, up 24 places to #18.

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SAME RANKING BYCitiesStatesMetros
Largest Scottish population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPSCOTTISH POPULATIONVS 2010
01Cass County, NDND201,7942,275+5%
02▲2Burleigh County, NDND103,2511,248+50%
03Grand Forks County, NDND74,5011,000−14%
04▼2Ward County, NDND68,233927−21%
05Williams County, NDND41,767377+93%
06Stark County, NDND34,013355+32%
07▲1Ramsey County, NDND11,530275+110%
08▲1Stutsman County, NDND21,414269−13%
09▼2McKenzie County, NDND15,192257+80%
10▲4Richland County, NDND16,731232+76%
11▼1Pembina County, NDND6,568171−8%
12▲4Morton County, NDND34,601146−54%
13▲7Divide County, NDND2,110120+400%
14▼1Traill County, NDND7,920103+39%
15Bottineau County, NDND6,28495−44%
16▼5Cavalier County, NDND3,49786−37%
17▲6Walsh County, NDND10,17980−47%
18▲24Foster County, NDND3,21268+1260%
19▲19Nelson County, NDND2,96358+81%
20▲8McLean County, NDND9,74057−35%
21▲15Dickey County, NDND4,89554−2%
22▲2Wells County, NDND3,72953−31%
23▼11Mountrail County, NDND9,39549+96%
24▲5Eddy County, NDND2,32945+88%
25▼8Rolette County, NDND11,68838+73%
26▼8Mercer County, NDND8,44138−38%
27▼2Pierce County, NDND3,83836−8%
28▼1Dunn County, NDND4,05836+44%
29▼7Ransom County, NDND5,61734+3%
30▲4LaMoure County, NDND4,13532−3%
31▲8Sargent County, NDND3,711320%
32▲9Oliver County, NDND1,89828–
33▼14Barnes County, NDND10,57327−64%
34▼2McHenry County, NDND5,13025−65%
35▲10Renville County, NDND2,33125−62%
36▲7Griggs County, NDND2,23923+92%
37▼16Towner County, NDND2,04023−62%
38▲12Adams County, NDND2,27519−21%
39▲10Billings County, NDND1,07119+280%
40▼14Kidder County, NDND2,39319−67%
41▼11Emmons County, NDND3,21515−6%
42▲6Grant County, NDND2,20615−77%
43▼3Benson County, NDND5,75913−64%
44▼11Burke County, NDND2,13211−65%
45▼14Steele County, NDND1,79710−86%
46Golden Valley County, NDND1,8089−61%
47▼3Hettinger County, NDND2,4928−27%
48▼13McIntosh County, NDND2,4518+300%
49Sheridan County, NDND1,2967−65%
50▼3Slope County, NDND6287−56%
51▼14Bowman County, NDND2,7626−71%
52Logan County, NDND1,8593−40%
53▼2Sioux County, NDND3,6673+50%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES