Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 1.07M people in Minnesota with Unclassified ancestry (18.88% of Minnesota population). Among all Minnesota counties, Lake of the Woods County had the highest percentage of its population with Unclassified ancestry (30.29%), followed by Morrison County (26.63%), and Koochiching County (24.93%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Unclassified ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Minnesota.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
Lake of the Woods County
Morrison County
Koochiching County
Sherburne County
Wadena County
Beltrami County
Benton County
Isanti County
Dodge County
Roseau County
Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Lake of the Woods County 30.29
2 Morrison County 26.63
3 Koochiching County 24.93
4 Sherburne County 24.83
5 Wadena County 24.40
6 Beltrami County 24.03
7 Benton County 24.02
8 Isanti County 23.43
9 Dodge County 23.30
10 Roseau County 23.21
11 Waseca County 23.19
12 Stearns County 23.15
13 Itasca County 22.94
14 Cass County 22.84
15 Cottonwood County 22.50
16 Chisago County 22.44
17 St. Louis County 21.75
18 Goodhue County 21.60
19 Mille Lacs County 21.42
20 Kanabec County 21.06
21 Fillmore County 21.05
22 Rock County 21.03
23 Blue Earth County 20.86
24 Faribault County 20.79
25 Winona County 20.61
26 Olmsted County 20.57
27 Lincoln County 20.55
28 Crow Wing County 20.45
29 Steele County 20.42
30 Rice County 20.29
31 Le Sueur County 20.24
31 Pipestone County 20.24
32 Martin County 20.23
33 Pine County 20.19
34 Wright County 20.13
35 Wilkin County 20.08
36 Washington County 19.58
37 Hubbard County 19.45
38 Scott County 19.26
38 Wabasha County 19.26
39 Lac qui Parle County 18.94
39 Nicollet County 18.94
40 Jackson County 18.89
41 Carlton County 18.84
42 McLeod County 18.66
43 Ramsey County 18.45
44 Lyon County 18.40
44 Todd County 18.40
45 Mower County 18.35
46 Lake County 18.24
47 Kandiyohi County 18.16
48 Polk County 18.00
49 Houston County 17.96
50 Freeborn County 17.95
51 Clay County 17.88
52 Otter Tail County 17.79
53 Stevens County 17.73
54 Meeker County 17.55
55 Pope County 17.47
56 Dakota County 17.46
57 Grant County 17.44
58 Norman County 17.40
59 Hennepin County 17.36
60 Yellow Medicine County 17.27
61 Becker County 17.17
62 Anoka County 16.82
63 Aitkin County 16.57
64 Douglas County 16.56
65 Big Stone County 16.41
66 Nobles County 16.40
67 Murray County 16.39
68 Chippewa County 16.19
69 Kittson County 16.12
70 Redwood County 15.84
71 Red Lake County 15.76
72 Brown County 15.36
73 Renville County 15.01
74 Carver County 14.99
75 Sibley County 14.56
76 Clearwater County 14.33
77 Swift County 14.29
78 Marshall County 14.07
79 Watonwan County 13.15
80 Traverse County 12.97
81 Mahnomen County 12.62
82 Pennington County 11.75
83 Cook County 9.78