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Largest Swedish population, Minnesota counties · 2020

Minnesota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Swedish 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.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSWEDISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,78491,759−16%

02Ramsey County, MNMN541,62336,277−18%

03Anoka County, MNMN381,60531,350−17%

04Dakota County, MNMN457,71027,183−19%

05Washington County, MNMN286,89521,981−7%

06St. Louis County, MNMN200,51820,575−28%

07Wright County, MNMN157,55912,004−11%

08Carver County, MNMN114,3799,112+5%

09Chisago County, MNMN59,1428,825−14%

10Sherburne County, MNMN104,1948,376−8%

11Stearns County, MNMN164,1107,826−6%

12Scott County, MNMN159,0177,621−23%

13Isanti County, MNMN44,3866,578−15%

14Crow Wing County, MNMN69,1326,354−9%

15Olmsted County, MNMN166,7315,537−17%

16Otter Tail County, MNMN61,0415,023−9%

17Carlton County, MNMN36,7114,304−17%

18Pine County, MNMN30,4723,938−19%

19Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,7203,912−31%

20Clay County, MNMN67,7343,747−17%

21Blue Earth County, MNMN70,6343,739−7%

22Rice County, MNMN69,9393,718−13%

23Itasca County, MNMN45,4043,676−26%

24Douglas County, MNMN40,1203,594−22%

25Goodhue County, MNMN48,1953,568−35%

26Beltrami County, MNMN47,0553,203−8%

27Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,7532,921−18%

28Meeker County, MNMN23,6032,656−27%

29Benton County, MNMN41,7442,601−6%

30Kanabec County, MNMN16,6282,523−34%

31McLeod County, MNMN36,6312,314−10%

32Nicollet County, MNMN34,2732,307−21%

33Becker County, MNMN35,4972,277−27%

34Cass County, MNMN31,4302,195−14%

35Polk County, MNMN30,5452,186−30%

36Roseau County, MNMN15,2461,916−29%

37Morrison County, MNMN34,6201,877−28%

38Aitkin County, MNMN16,2521,795−31%

39Pennington County, MNMN13,6861,698−19%

40Steele County, MNMN37,4641,694+10%

41Hubbard County, MNMN22,3691,642−4%

42Lake County, MNMN10,7461,604−16%

43Marshall County, MNMN8,7981,447−6%

44Le Sueur County, MNMN29,4531,407−1%

45Winona County, MNMN50,5231,330−30%

46Todd County, MNMN26,0601,231−39%

47Mower County, MNMN40,9711,223−7%

48Martin County, MNMN19,4401,211−27%

49Koochiching County, MNMN11,5871,191−36%

50Brown County, MNMN25,5171,127−13%

51Renville County, MNMN14,3561,055−28%

52Kittson County, MNMN4,0311,021−34%

53Lyon County, MNMN25,684966−36%

54Sibley County, MNMN15,356935−33%

55Wabasha County, MNMN21,537934−3%

56Wadena County, MNMN14,388932−14%

57Freeborn County, MNMN30,440928−21%

58Clearwater County, MNMN8,647923−15%

59Dodge County, MNMN21,376894−16%

60Waseca County, MNMN18,688888−21%

61Pope County, MNMN11,420782−35%

62Watonwan County, MNMN11,459746−21%

63Swift County, MNMN9,763704−31%

64Chippewa County, MNMN12,406673−9%

65Houston County, MNMN18,400665+10%

66Cook County, MNMN5,522613−22%

67Grant County, MNMN6,085592−26%

68Big Stone County, MNMN5,054564+21%

69Nobles County, MNMN22,338549−50%

70Stevens County, MNMN9,747544−31%

71Fillmore County, MNMN21,540523−14%

72Faribault County, MNMN13,888521−16%

73Redwood County, MNMN15,265490−38%

74Cottonwood County, MNMN11,405465−37%

75Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,477443−40%

76Murray County, MNMN7,942426−26%

77Lac qui Parle County, MNMN6,704383−41%

78Lake of the Woods County, MNMN3,770383−52%

79Jackson County, MNMN9,857320−33%

80Norman County, MNMN6,336311−17%

81Rock County, MNMN9,524298−40%

82Traverse County, MNMN3,130295−36%

83Wilkin County, MNMN6,288262−54%

84Red Lake County, MNMN3,940261−32%

85Pipestone County, MNMN9,260258−13%

86Lincoln County, MNMN5,583211−41%

87Mahnomen County, MNMN5,153180−25%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS