Ranking of Utah Counties By Percentage of Population with Scandinavian Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 51.72K people in Utah with Scandinavian ancestry (1.60% of Utah population). Among all Utah counties, Sanpete County had the highest percentage of its population with Scandinavian ancestry (5.07%), followed by Beaver County (3.95%), and Tooele County (2.24%).

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

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

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Utah Counties By Percentage of Population with Scandinavian Ancestry in 2021
Sanpete County
Beaver County
Tooele County
Utah County
Piute County
Cache County
Sevier County
Washington County
Box Elder County
Iron County
Ranking of Utah Counties By Percentage of Population with Scandinavian Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Sanpete County 5.07
2 Beaver County 3.95
3 Tooele County 2.24
4 Utah County 2.15
5 Piute County 2.05
6 Cache County 1.94
7 Sevier County 1.88
8 Washington County 1.86
9 Box Elder County 1.83
10 Iron County 1.71
11 Davis County 1.60
12 Kane County 1.53
13 Salt Lake County 1.35
14 Duchesne County 1.26
14 Millard County 1.26
15 Summit County 1.16
16 Morgan County 1.13
17 Carbon County 1.08
18 Wasatch County 0.93
18 Weber County 0.93
19 Juab County 0.84
20 Emery County 0.76
21 Daggett County 0.71
22 Uintah County 0.61
23 Wayne County 0.60
24 San Juan County 0.51
25 Garfield County 0.42
26 Grand County 0.31
27 Rich County 0.20