Ranking of Iowa Cities and Places 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 15.78K people in Iowa with Scandinavian ancestry (0.50% of Iowa population). Among all Iowa cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Cedar Falls city had the highest percentage of its population with Scandinavian ancestry (1.21%), followed by Mason City city (1.19%), and Ankeny city (1.13%).

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

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

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Data Source: US Census Bureau.

Ranking of Iowa Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Scandinavian Ancestry in 2021

Cedar Falls city

Mason City city

Ankeny city

Fort Madison city

Urbandale city

Ames city

Boone city

Newton city

Altoona city

North Liberty city

Ranking of Iowa Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Scandinavian Ancestry in 2021

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Rank	Ciy or Place	Percentage of Pop. (%)
1	Cedar Falls city	1.21
2	Mason City city	1.19
3	Ankeny city	1.13
4	Fort Madison city	1.11
5	Urbandale city	1.06
6	Ames city	1.04
6	Boone city	1.04
7	Newton city	1.03
8	Altoona city	0.95
9	North Liberty city	0.93
10	Storm Lake city	0.82
11	West Des Moines city	0.73
12	Marion city	0.70
13	Le Mars city	0.62
14	Carroll city	0.61
15	Norwalk city	0.59
16	Waukee city	0.58
17	Pleasant Hill city	0.55
18	Cedar Rapids city	0.52
19	Bettendorf city	0.51
20	Iowa City city	0.49
21	Des Moines city	0.45
21	Pella city	0.45
21	Sioux City city	0.45
22	Fort Dodge city	0.42
22	Marshalltown city	0.42
23	Davenport city	0.35
24	Clive city	0.33
25	Waverly city	0.31
26	Indianola city	0.30
27	Council Bluffs city	0.28
28	Waterloo city	0.27
29	Burlington city	0.24
30	Coralville city	0.23
31	Dubuque city	0.20
31	Grimes city	0.20
32	Spencer city	0.19
33	Ottumwa city	0.17
34	Johnston city	0.14
34	Muscatine city	0.14
35	Oskaloosa city	0.13
36	Clinton city	0.05