Blue Earth County, MN Population By Ancestry in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 3, 2024.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, among the 68.58K Blue Earth County, MN population, 28.13K had German ancestry (41.02%), 14.31K had Unclassified ancestry (20.86%), and 8.95K had Norwegian ancestry (13.05%).

The chart below shows the top 10 ancestry groups, and the table below shows both the number and percentages for all ancestry groups.

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Blue Earth County, MN Percentages of Ancestry of Population in 2021
German
Unclassified
Norwegian
Other Groups
Irish
Swedish
English
American
French (except Basque)
Polish
Blue Earth County, MN Population By Ancestry in 2021
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Ancestry Number of Ancestry Percentage of Population (%)
German 28130 41.02
Unclassified 14307 20.86
Norwegian 8952 13.05
Other Groups 8586 12.52
Irish 5471 7.98
Swedish 3466 5.05
English 3248 4.74
American 2101 3.06
French (except Basque) 1833 2.67
Polish 1712 2.50
Subsaharan African 1611 2.35
European 1183 1.73
Danish 1113 1.62
Dutch 1025 1.50
Czech 941 1.37
Welsh 792 1.16
Scandinavian 718 1.05
Italian 642 0.94
Scottish 590 0.86
Somali 531 0.77
Finnish 439 0.64
Russian 395 0.58
Belgian 361 0.53
Sudanese 330 0.48
French Canadian 308 0.45
Scotch Irish 300 0.44
African 284 0.41
Nigerian 198 0.29
Swiss 181 0.26
British 159 0.23
Austrian 144 0.21
Hungarian 131 0.19
Northern European 131 0.19
Luxembourger 103 0.15
Lebanese 102 0.15
Ghanaian 95 0.14
Ukrainian 85 0.12
Lithuanian 71 0.10
Eastern European 68 0.10
Croatian 65 0.10
Syrian 62 0.09
Yugoslavian 52 0.08
Romanian 51 0.07
Czechoslovakian 50 0.07
Estonian 49 0.07
Greek 48 0.07
Portuguese 45 0.07
Serbian 45 0.07
Ethiopian 44 0.06
Slovak 29 0.04
Slovene 27 0.04
Canadian 24 0.04
Arab 23 0.03
West Indian (except Hispanic groups) 21 0.03
West Indian 21 0.03
Turkish 19 0.03
Liberian 18 0.03
Armenian 17 0.03
German Russian 17 0.03
Icelander 14 0.02
Palestinian 13 0.02
Pennsylvania German 12 0.02
Brazilian 11 0.02
Kenyan 9 0.01
Albania 7 0.01
Slavic 6 0.01
Australian 5 0.01
Moroccan 3 0.00
South African 3 0.00
Bulgarian 2 0.00