Ranking of Kansas 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 54.18K people in Kansas with Swedish ancestry (1.85% of Kansas population). Among all Kansas counties, Decatur County had the highest percentage of its population with Swedish ancestry (11.82%), followed by Republic County (9.92%), and McPherson County (8.18%).

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 Kansas.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Kansas Counties By Percentage of Population with Swedish Ancestry in 2021
Decatur County
Republic County
McPherson County
Hamilton County
Morris County
Lincoln County
Dickinson County
Chase County
Clay County
Marshall County
Ranking of Kansas Counties By Percentage of Population with Swedish Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Decatur County 11.82
2 Republic County 9.92
3 McPherson County 8.18
4 Hamilton County 7.15
5 Morris County 5.67
6 Lincoln County 5.35
7 Dickinson County 4.87
8 Chase County 4.38
9 Clay County 4.37
10 Marshall County 4.23
11 Cloud County 3.87
12 Saline County 3.81
13 Rawlins County 3.79
14 Chautauqua County 3.71
15 Ottawa County 3.63
16 Harvey County 3.46
17 Wallace County 3.27
18 Allen County 3.18
19 Wabaunsee County 3.07
20 Jackson County 3.01
21 Washington County 2.98
22 Riley County 2.88
23 Cheyenne County 2.87
24 Osage County 2.73
25 Labette County 2.69
26 Jefferson County 2.67
27 Geary County 2.64
28 Gray County 2.61
29 Marion County 2.59
30 Gove County 2.49
31 Smith County 2.42
32 Rush County 2.39
33 Comanche County 2.27
34 Miami County 2.26
35 Rooks County 2.25
35 Sherman County 2.25
36 Sheridan County 2.20
37 Jewell County 2.19
38 Douglas County 2.17
38 Nemaha County 2.17
39 Pottawatomie County 2.15
40 Trego County 2.12
41 Johnson County 2.01
42 Grant County 1.94
43 Reno County 1.92
44 Neosho County 1.87
45 Lyon County 1.80
46 Greenwood County 1.79
46 Leavenworth County 1.79
47 Coffey County 1.78
48 Osborne County 1.77
49 Logan County 1.73
49 Phillips County 1.73
50 Shawnee County 1.71
51 Ellsworth County 1.66
51 Meade County 1.66
52 Rice County 1.61
53 Butler County 1.59
54 Cowley County 1.49
55 Mitchell County 1.48
56 Hodgeman County 1.46
56 Pratt County 1.46
57 Norton County 1.45
58 Bourbon County 1.35
58 Sumner County 1.35
58 Wichita County 1.35
59 Franklin County 1.33
60 Russell County 1.30
61 Sedgwick County 1.29
62 Cherokee County 1.28
63 Greeley County 1.27
64 Kiowa County 1.22
65 Montgomery County 1.20
66 Finney County 1.18
66 Ness County 1.18
67 Thomas County 1.14
67 Woodson County 1.14
68 Clark County 1.10
69 Stafford County 1.02
70 Edwards County 1.00
71 Brown County 0.99
72 Atchison County 0.98
73 Lane County 0.93
74 Stevens County 0.92
75 Crawford County 0.91
76 Wilson County 0.86
77 Graham County 0.82
78 Ellis County 0.79
79 Barton County 0.69
80 Barber County 0.62
80 Wyandotte County 0.62
81 Morton County 0.58
82 Haskell County 0.55
82 Kearny County 0.55
83 Elk County 0.53
83 Kingman County 0.53
84 Seward County 0.52
85 Anderson County 0.50
86 Ford County 0.46
87 Harper County 0.43
88 Doniphan County 0.40
89 Pawnee County 0.35
90 Scott County 0.31
91 Linn County 0.27
92 Stanton County 0.14