Ranking of Alaska Counties By Percentage of Population with Norwegian Ancestry in 2021
Updated on April 16, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 21.59K people in Alaska with Norwegian ancestry (2.93% of Alaska population). Among all Alaska counties, Petersburg Borough had the highest percentage of its population with Norwegian ancestry (11.52%), followed by Wrangell City and Borough (8.46%), and Haines Borough (6.67%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Norwegian ancestry.
You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Alaska.
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Related Topics: Alaska ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Alaska Counties By Percentage of Population with Norwegian Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | County | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petersburg Borough | 11.52 |
| 2 | Wrangell City and Borough | 8.46 |
| 3 | Haines Borough | 6.67 |
| 4 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 6.02 |
| 5 | Aleutians East Borough | 5.28 |
| 6 | Yakutat City and Borough | 4.63 |
| 7 | Sitka City and Borough | 4.11 |
| 8 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 4.00 |
| 9 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 3.92 |
| 10 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 3.82 |
| 11 | Kodiak Island Borough | 3.68 |
| 11 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 3.68 |
| 12 | Juneau City and Borough | 3.64 |
| 13 | Skagway Municipality | 3.24 |
| 14 | Anchorage Municipality | 2.65 |
| 15 | Chugach Census Area | 2.64 |
| 16 | Copper River Census Area | 2.51 |
| 17 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 2.46 |
| 18 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 1.78 |
| 19 | Bristol Bay Borough | 1.77 |
| 20 | Nome Census Area | 1.68 |
| 21 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 1.66 |
| 22 | Lake and Peninsula Borough | 1.62 |
| 23 | Bethel Census Area | 1.48 |
| 24 | Denali Borough | 1.24 |
| 25 | Aleutians West Census Area | 0.74 |
| 26 | Dillingham Census Area | 0.49 |
| 27 | Northwest Arctic Borough | 0.35 |
| 28 | North Slope Borough | 0.30 |
| 29 | Kusilvak Census Area | 0.01 |