Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone 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 race as White Alone (98.14%), followed by Fillmore County (97.81%), and Big Stone County (97.8%).

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 2016
Lincoln
Fillmore
Big Stone
Brown
Meeker
Kittson
Douglas
Morrison
Marshall
Pope
Ranking of Minnesota Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Lincoln County 98.14
2 Fillmore County 97.81
3 Big Stone County 97.8
4 Brown County 97.68
4 Meeker County 97.68
5 Kittson County 97.5
6 Douglas County 97.46
7 Morrison County 97.36
8 Marshall County 97.28
9 Pope County 97.27
10 Lac qui Parle County 97.26
11 Wabasha County 97.25
12 Faribault County 97.21
13 Grant County 97.08
14 Lake County 97.02
14 Martin County 97.02
15 Le Sueur County 97
15 McLeod County 97
16 Houston County 96.93
17 Sibley County 96.89
18 Dodge County 96.87
19 Murray County 96.68
20 Todd County 96.4
21 Wadena County 96.36
22 Kanabec County 96.35
23 Crow Wing County 96.19
24 Rock County 96.06
25 Wilkin County 96.04
26 Renville County 95.93
27 Swift County 95.86
28 Isanti County 95.79
29 Otter Tail County 95.77
30 Jackson County 95.76
31 Red Lake County 95.63
32 Chisago County 95.46
33 Wright County 95.28
34 Watonwan County 95.26
35 Aitkin County 94.95
36 Goodhue County 94.86
37 Waseca County 94.82
38 Hubbard County 94.62
39 Chippewa County 94.47
39 Freeborn County 94.47
40 Koochiching County 94.31
41 Lake of the Woods County 94.25
42 Steele County 93.94
43 Winona County 93.85
44 Pennington County 93.77
44 Sherburne County 93.77
45 Norman County 93.73
46 Yellow Medicine County 93.62
47 Pipestone County 93.38
48 Roseau County 93.1
49 Itasca County 93.05
50 Stevens County 93.01
51 Nicollet County 92.97
52 Carver County 92.96
53 Polk County 92.89
54 Cottonwood County 92.7
55 St. Louis County 92.56
56 Benton County 92.45
57 Kandiyohi County 91.81
58 Pine County 91.76
59 Blue Earth County 91.5
60 Clay County 91.42
61 Traverse County 91.2
62 Mille Lacs County 90.62
63 Rice County 90.22
64 Mower County 89.82
65 Lyon County 89.67
66 Redwood County 89.65
67 Stearns County 89.61
68 Carlton County 89.49
69 Becker County 87.77
70 Cook County 87.37
71 Washington County 86.79
72 Clearwater County 86.32
73 Scott County 86.13
74 Anoka County 85.84
75 Dakota County 85.18
76 Nobles County 84.86
77 Olmsted County 84.84
78 Cass County 84.25
79 Hennepin County 74.84
80 Beltrami County 73.34
81 Ramsey County 68.3
82 Mahnomen County 46.73