Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone 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 race as White Alone (98.71%), followed by Kittson County (98.35%), and Fillmore County (98.34%).

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 White Alone in 2012
Lincoln
Kittson
Fillmore
Brown
Big Stone
Meeker
Grant
Lac qui Parle
Wabasha
Pope
Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Lincoln County 98.71
2 Kittson County 98.35
3 Fillmore County 98.34
4 Brown County 98.24
5 Big Stone County 98.23
6 Meeker County 98.15
7 Grant County 97.87
8 Lac qui Parle County 97.85
8 Wabasha County 97.85
9 Pope County 97.84
10 Faribault County 97.81
11 Marshall County 97.76
12 Martin County 97.75
13 Douglas County 97.73
14 Morrison County 97.71
15 Sibley County 97.56
16 Le Sueur County 97.47
17 Lake County 97.46
18 Houston County 97.44
19 McLeod County 97.42
20 Dodge County 97.37
21 Swift County 97.32
22 Murray County 97.27
23 Kanabec County 97.05
24 Todd County 96.96
25 Wilkin County 96.92
26 Rock County 96.91
27 Renville County 96.79
28 Crow Wing County 96.71
29 Wadena County 96.58
30 Otter Tail County 96.55
31 Freeborn County 96.41
32 Jackson County 96.34
33 Isanti County 96.2
34 Chisago County 95.98
35 Watonwan County 95.88
36 Lake of the Woods County 95.77
37 Wright County 95.72
38 Chippewa County 95.67
39 Red Lake County 95.49
40 Goodhue County 95.48
41 Aitkin County 95.46
42 Norman County 95.14
43 Pipestone County 95.03
44 Waseca County 94.9
45 Hubbard County 94.81
46 Winona County 94.74
47 Nicollet County 94.73
48 Sherburne County 94.72
49 Steele County 94.7
50 Koochiching County 94.68
51 Benton County 94.55
52 Kandiyohi County 94.53
53 Polk County 94.48
54 Pennington County 94.42
55 Yellow Medicine County 94.25
56 Roseau County 94.23
57 Cottonwood County 94.09
57 Stevens County 94.09
58 Carver County 93.99
59 Clay County 93.43
60 Itasca County 93.33
61 Traverse County 93.25
62 St. Louis County 93.01
63 Mower County 92.95
64 Blue Earth County 92.76
65 Lyon County 92.48
66 Stearns County 92.33
67 Pine County 92.22
68 Rice County 91.87
69 Mille Lacs County 91.27
70 Redwood County 89.82
71 Carlton County 89.76
72 Washington County 88.19
73 Becker County 88.17
74 Scott County 87.84
75 Anoka County 87.7
76 Cook County 87.63
77 Clearwater County 87.35
78 Dakota County 86.99
79 Olmsted County 86.41
80 Nobles County 86.35
81 Cass County 85.19
82 Hennepin County 76.52
83 Beltrami County 74.48
84 Ramsey County 71.19
85 Mahnomen County 48.96