Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all Minnesota counties, Lincoln County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (96.55%), followed by Big Stone County (96.54%), and Fillmore County (96.5%).

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 2016
Lincoln
Big Stone
Fillmore
Douglas
Pope
Houston
Morrison
Kittson
Lake
Lac qui Parle
Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Lincoln County 96.55
2 Big Stone County 96.54
3 Fillmore County 96.5
4 Douglas County 96.2
5 Pope County 96.17
6 Houston County 96.09
7 Morrison County 95.95
8 Kittson County 95.77
9 Lake County 95.71
10 Lac qui Parle County 95.58
11 Crow Wing County 95.12
12 Grant County 95.09
13 Kanabec County 95.01
14 Wadena County 94.78
15 Wabasha County 94.73
16 Isanti County 94.27
17 Meeker County 94.12
18 Aitkin County 94.02
19 Wilkin County 93.88
20 Rock County 93.8
21 Brown County 93.66
21 Chisago County 93.66
22 Marshall County 93.46
23 Martin County 93.32
24 Murray County 93.3
25 Koochiching County 93.27
26 Hubbard County 93.16
27 Jackson County 93.02
28 Lake of the Woods County 93.01
29 Red Lake County 92.97
30 Otter Tail County 92.84
31 Wright County 92.79
32 Dodge County 92.25
33 Roseau County 92.14
34 Goodhue County 92.13
35 Itasca County 92.06
36 Sherburne County 91.65
37 Swift County 91.63
38 Le Sueur County 91.48
39 McLeod County 91.41
40 Todd County 91.4
41 Faribault County 91.34
42 St. Louis County 91.3
43 Winona County 91.28
44 Pennington County 91.06
45 Benton County 90.49
46 Yellow Medicine County 90.13
47 Waseca County 89.57
48 Norman County 89.56
49 Traverse County 89.55
50 Pine County 89.51
51 Carver County 89.33
52 Nicollet County 89.14
53 Mille Lacs County 89.09
54 Sibley County 88.8
55 Renville County 88.75
56 Blue Earth County 88.47
57 Pipestone County 88.46
58 Carlton County 88.37
59 Stevens County 88.26
60 Chippewa County 88.18
61 Clay County 87.74
62 Redwood County 87.6
63 Polk County 87.4
64 Steele County 86.95
65 Cottonwood County 86.94
66 Stearns County 86.9
67 Becker County 86.7
68 Cook County 86.01
69 Freeborn County 85.73
70 Clearwater County 85.2
71 Lyon County 83.94
72 Washington County 83.32
73 Cass County 83.11
74 Rice County 82.98
75 Anoka County 82.15
76 Scott County 81.88
77 Kandiyohi County 80.79
78 Olmsted County 80.68
79 Mower County 79.6
80 Dakota County 79.22
81 Watonwan County 72.8
82 Beltrami County 72.29
83 Hennepin County 69.23
84 Ramsey County 62.42
85 Nobles County 60.14
86 Mahnomen County 45.72