Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all Minnesota counties, Lincoln County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (97.55%), followed by Fillmore County (97.38%), and Big Stone County (97.35%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Minnesota counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2012
Lincoln
Fillmore
Big Stone
Pope
Houston
Kittson
Douglas
Grant
Lake
Morrison
Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Lincoln County 97.55
2 Fillmore County 97.38
3 Big Stone County 97.35
4 Pope County 97.12
5 Houston County 96.88
6 Kittson County 96.66
7 Douglas County 96.65
8 Grant County 96.56
9 Lake County 96.46
9 Morrison County 96.46
10 Lac qui Parle County 96.22
11 Crow Wing County 95.78
12 Kanabec County 95.68
13 Wabasha County 95.49
14 Wadena County 95.35
15 Meeker County 95.19
16 Rock County 95.05
17 Brown County 94.84
18 Isanti County 94.81
19 Murray County 94.79
20 Aitkin County 94.75
20 Wilkin County 94.75
21 Lake of the Woods County 94.71
22 Marshall County 94.46
23 Chisago County 94.44
24 Martin County 94.37
25 Otter Tail County 94.03
26 Swift County 93.9
27 Koochiching County 93.74
28 Jackson County 93.71
29 Hubbard County 93.55
29 Roseau County 93.55
30 Wright County 93.4
31 Dodge County 93.34
32 Red Lake County 93.27
33 Benton County 92.97
34 Goodhue County 92.88
35 Sherburne County 92.75
36 McLeod County 92.63
37 Itasca County 92.54
38 Todd County 92.42
39 Faribault County 92.35
40 Le Sueur County 92.31
41 Winona County 92.3
42 Traverse County 92.07
43 St. Louis County 91.97
44 Pennington County 91.83
45 Pipestone County 91.59
46 Norman County 91.34
47 Nicollet County 91.17
48 Stevens County 90.87
49 Yellow Medicine County 90.83
50 Carver County 90.41
50 Chippewa County 90.41
51 Blue Earth County 90.32
52 Sibley County 90.29
53 Pine County 90.15
54 Renville County 90.1
55 Clay County 90.09
56 Mille Lacs County 90.08
57 Waseca County 89.82
58 Stearns County 89.81
59 Polk County 89.49
60 Carlton County 88.75
61 Cottonwood County 88.41
62 Steele County 88.27
63 Redwood County 88.1
64 Freeborn County 87.82
65 Becker County 87.29
66 Lyon County 87.04
67 Cook County 86.68
68 Clearwater County 86.51
69 Washington County 85.06
70 Rice County 84.88
71 Anoka County 84.53
72 Cass County 84.39
73 Scott County 83.97
74 Kandiyohi County 83.93
75 Mower County 82.84
76 Olmsted County 82.47
77 Dakota County 81.53
78 Watonwan County 76.5
79 Beltrami County 73.58
80 Hennepin County 71.02
81 Ramsey County 65.39
82 Nobles County 64.01
83 Mahnomen County 48.43