Ranking of Iowa Counties By Percentage of Population with Swedish Ancestry in 2021
Updated on April 16, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 75.86K people in Iowa with Swedish ancestry (2.39% of Iowa population). Among all Iowa counties, Montgomery County had the highest percentage of its population with Swedish ancestry (10.52%), followed by Cherokee County (8.30%), and Pocahontas County (5.47%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Swedish ancestry.
You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Iowa.
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Related Topics: Iowa ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Iowa Counties By Percentage of Population with Swedish Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | County | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montgomery County | 10.52 |
| 2 | Cherokee County | 8.30 |
| 3 | Pocahontas County | 5.47 |
| 4 | Boone County | 5.42 |
| 5 | Calhoun County | 5.07 |
| 6 | Page County | 4.91 |
| 7 | Union County | 4.68 |
| 8 | Webster County | 4.27 |
| 9 | Hamilton County | 4.15 |
| 10 | Buena Vista County | 4.12 |
| 11 | Dickinson County | 3.94 |
| 12 | Jefferson County | 3.77 |
| 13 | Mills County | 3.75 |
| 14 | Clay County | 3.72 |
| 15 | Palo Alto County | 3.68 |
| 16 | Ida County | 3.60 |
| 17 | Adams County | 3.49 |
| 18 | Henry County | 3.46 |
| 19 | Sac County | 3.37 |
| 20 | Monona County | 3.36 |
| 21 | Des Moines County | 3.18 |
| 22 | Guthrie County | 3.15 |
| 23 | Floyd County | 3.13 |
| 24 | Scott County | 3.12 |
| 25 | Kossuth County | 2.96 |
| 26 | Story County | 2.82 |
| 27 | Greene County | 2.81 |
| 28 | Dallas County | 2.69 |
| 29 | Polk County | 2.65 |
| 30 | Benton County | 2.64 |
| 31 | Winneshiek County | 2.62 |
| 32 | Johnson County | 2.60 |
| 33 | Woodbury County | 2.55 |
| 34 | Cedar County | 2.52 |
| 35 | Winnebago County | 2.50 |
| 36 | Emmet County | 2.44 |
| 37 | Fremont County | 2.42 |
| 38 | Shelby County | 2.39 |
| 39 | Pottawattamie County | 2.38 |
| 40 | Monroe County | 2.36 |
| 41 | Warren County | 2.34 |
| 42 | Clinton County | 2.33 |
| 43 | Humboldt County | 2.30 |
| 44 | Ringgold County | 2.26 |
| 45 | Linn County | 2.24 |
| 45 | Lucas County | 2.24 |
| 45 | Plymouth County | 2.24 |
| 46 | Louisa County | 2.18 |
| 47 | Lee County | 2.16 |
| 48 | Adair County | 2.10 |
| 49 | Marion County | 2.08 |
| 50 | Wapello County | 2.03 |
| 51 | Cerro Gordo County | 1.95 |
| 52 | Taylor County | 1.94 |
| 53 | Cass County | 1.93 |
| 54 | Washington County | 1.90 |
| 55 | Jackson County | 1.89 |
| 55 | Wright County | 1.89 |
| 56 | Delaware County | 1.87 |
| 57 | Lyon County | 1.82 |
| 57 | Van Buren County | 1.82 |
| 58 | O'Brien County | 1.79 |
| 59 | Audubon County | 1.77 |
| 60 | Harrison County | 1.76 |
| 61 | Worth County | 1.71 |
| 62 | Jasper County | 1.67 |
| 63 | Keokuk County | 1.63 |
| 64 | Black Hawk County | 1.62 |
| 65 | Grundy County | 1.51 |
| 66 | Hancock County | 1.50 |
| 67 | Poweshiek County | 1.47 |
| 68 | Sioux County | 1.45 |
| 69 | Jones County | 1.43 |
| 70 | Crawford County | 1.36 |
| 71 | Bremer County | 1.34 |
| 72 | Decatur County | 1.31 |
| 72 | Muscatine County | 1.31 |
| 73 | Mahaska County | 1.30 |
| 74 | Mitchell County | 1.29 |
| 75 | Appanoose County | 1.23 |
| 76 | Iowa County | 1.21 |
| 77 | Carroll County | 1.19 |
| 77 | Clayton County | 1.19 |
| 77 | Madison County | 1.19 |
| 78 | Butler County | 1.17 |
| 79 | Davis County | 1.06 |
| 80 | Wayne County | 1.03 |
| 81 | Dubuque County | 1.00 |
| 82 | Osceola County | 0.99 |
| 83 | Buchanan County | 0.98 |
| 84 | Clarke County | 0.94 |
| 84 | Hardin County | 0.94 |
| 85 | Marshall County | 0.93 |
| 86 | Tama County | 0.87 |
| 87 | Fayette County | 0.77 |
| 88 | Chickasaw County | 0.72 |
| 89 | Allamakee County | 0.60 |
| 90 | Franklin County | 0.55 |
| 91 | Howard County | 0.23 |