Distribution of Norwegian People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Norwegian

KEY
4.65%
9.3%
13.95%
18.6%
27.9%
37.2%
46.5%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Steele County, North Dakota	55.71%
2	Griggs County, North Dakota	55.3%
3	Traill County, North Dakota	51.29%
4	Nelson County, North Dakota	50.89%
5	Divide County, North Dakota	48.12%
6	Marshall County, Minnesota	47.55%
7	Burke County, North Dakota	44.87%
8	Norman County, Minnesota	44.06%
9	Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota	43.44%
10	Pennington County, Minnesota	39.69%
11	Grant County, Minnesota	39%
12	Ramsey County, North Dakota	38.95%
13	Bottineau County, North Dakota	38.56%
14	Renville County, North Dakota	38.36%
15	Eddy County, North Dakota	37.83%
16	Towner County, North Dakota	37.31%
17	Clearwater County, Minnesota	36.25%
18	Pope County, Minnesota	35.84%
19	Polk County, Minnesota	35.37%
20	Winnebago County, Iowa	34.74%

Top Counties by Population of Norwegian

#	County	Population
1	Hennepin County, Minnesota	145,393
2	King County, Washington	98,167
3	Maricopa County, Arizona	73,501
4	Dane County, Wisconsin	56,687
5	Snohomish County, Washington	55,429
6	Dakota County, Minnesota	54,771
7	Los Angeles County, California	52,584
8	Cass County, North Dakota	51,532
9	Anoka County, Minnesota	49,654
10	Ramsey County, Minnesota	49,176
11	Pierce County, Washington	46,613
12	San Diego County, California	41,594
13	Cook County, Illinois	39,612
14	Orange County, California	35,006
15	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	32,699
16	Washington County, Minnesota	31,331
17	St. Louis County, Minnesota	30,078
18	Spokane County, Washington	28,704
19	Multnomah County, Oregon	28,225
20	Salt Lake County, Utah	26,350

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	North Dakota	24.89%	187,219
2	Minnesota	14.66%	810,342
3	South Dakota	13.6%	117,510
4	Montana	9.05%	94,243
5	Wisconsin	7.48%	432,343
6	Washington	5.1%	371,717
7	Iowa	4.75%	148,637
8	Oregon	3.56%	145,385
9	Wyoming	3.52%	20,500
10	Alaska	3.2%	23,666
11	Idaho	2.94%	49,539
12	Utah	2.35%	71,643
13	Colorado	2.18%	120,738
14	Nebraska	1.9%	36,223
15	Arizona	1.68%	116,755
16	Nevada	1.33%	38,770
17	Illinois	1.21%	155,220
18	Kansas	1.04%	30,242
19	California	0.96%	374,070
20	Vermont	0.93%	5,826
21	New Hampshire	0.88%	11,856
22	Maine	0.81%	10,769
23	New Mexico	0.78%	16,240
24	Michigan	0.76%	76,075
25	Hawaii	0.73%	10,424
26	Missouri	0.72%	43,971
27	Oklahoma	0.65%	25,510
28	Virginia	0.59%	50,002
29	District of Columbia	0.59%	4,052
30	Florida	0.59%	121,243
31	Indiana	0.57%	37,501
32	Massachusetts	0.55%	37,520
33	Connecticut	0.54%	19,455
34	Texas	0.51%	140,963
35	Arkansas	0.49%	14,711
36	New Jersey	0.47%	41,565
37	Maryland	0.45%	27,265
38	North Carolina	0.45%	45,900
39	Tennessee	0.45%	30,038
40	Delaware	0.44%	4,156
41	New York	0.42%	82,162
42	South Carolina	0.39%	19,552
43	Ohio	0.38%	43,864
44	Rhode Island	0.37%	3,941
45	Georgia	0.37%	37,787
46	Alabama	0.34%	16,401
47	Kentucky	0.33%	14,823
48	Pennsylvania	0.32%	40,757
49	West Virginia	0.26%	4,707
50	Mississippi	0.25%	7,578
51	Louisiana	0.25%	11,632
52	Puerto Rico	0%	87

Top States and Territories by Population of Norwegian

#	State	Population
1	Minnesota	810,342
2	Wisconsin	432,343
3	California	374,070
4	Washington	371,717
5	North Dakota	187,219
6	Illinois	155,220
7	Iowa	148,637
8	Oregon	145,385
9	Texas	140,963
10	Florida	121,243
11	Colorado	120,738
12	South Dakota	117,510
13	Arizona	116,755
14	Montana	94,243
15	New York	82,162
16	Michigan	76,075
17	Utah	71,643
18	Virginia	50,002
19	Idaho	49,539
20	North Carolina	45,900
21	Missouri	43,971
22	Ohio	43,864
23	New Jersey	41,565
24	Pennsylvania	40,757
25	Nevada	38,770
26	Georgia	37,787
27	Massachusetts	37,520
28	Indiana	37,501
29	Nebraska	36,223
30	Kansas	30,242
31	Tennessee	30,038
32	Maryland	27,265
33	Oklahoma	25,510
34	Alaska	23,666
35	Wyoming	20,500
36	South Carolina	19,552
37	Connecticut	19,455
38	Alabama	16,401
39	New Mexico	16,240
40	Kentucky	14,823
41	Arkansas	14,711
42	New Hampshire	11,856
43	Louisiana	11,632
44	Maine	10,769
45	Hawaii	10,424
46	Mississippi	7,578
47	Vermont	5,826
48	West Virginia	4,707
49	Delaware	4,156
50	District of Columbia	4,052
51	Rhode Island	3,941
52	Puerto Rico	87

Source Data

This data was sourced from the 2013-2018 American Communities Survey. As this is freely available government data, feel free to use and share these numbers and metrics.