Distribution of Danish People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Danish

KEY
2.2%
4.4%
6.6%
8.8%
13.2%
17.6%
22%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Audubon County, Iowa	26.43%
2	Emery County, Utah	14.43%
3	Shelby County, Iowa	13.77%
4	Cass County, Iowa	12.59%
5	Juab County, Utah	12.18%
6	Sanpete County, Utah	11.13%
7	Piute County, Utah	10.92%
8	Sevier County, Utah	10.72%
9	Millard County, Utah	10.34%
10	Lincoln County, Minnesota	8.85%
11	Sheridan County, Montana	8.56%
12	Burt County, Nebraska	8.47%
13	Box Elder County, Utah	8.39%
14	Turner County, South Dakota	8.1%
15	Franklin County, Idaho	8%
16	Howard County, Nebraska	7.98%
17	Kingsbury County, South Dakota	7.91%
18	Washington County, Nebraska	7.81%
19	Rich County, Utah	7.66%
20	Caribou County, Idaho	7.13%

Top Counties by Population of Danish

#	County	Population
1	Salt Lake County, Utah	43,565
2	Utah County, Utah	33,634
3	Maricopa County, Arizona	24,998
4	Los Angeles County, California	22,991
5	King County, Washington	20,529
6	Davis County, Utah	17,236
7	Hennepin County, Minnesota	15,820
8	Orange County, California	14,793
9	Cook County, Illinois	14,200
10	San Diego County, California	13,203
11	Douglas County, Nebraska	11,001
12	Clark County, Nevada	10,360
13	Weber County, Utah	9,472
14	Riverside County, California	8,868
15	Racine County, Wisconsin	7,803
16	Cache County, Utah	7,773
17	Santa Clara County, California	7,713
18	Multnomah County, Oregon	7,690
19	Sacramento County, California	7,533
20	Pierce County, Washington	7,440

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Utah	4.76%	145,082
2	Nebraska	2.09%	39,810
3	Idaho	1.88%	31,804
4	South Dakota	1.76%	15,173
5	Iowa	1.73%	54,303
6	Wyoming	1.41%	8,223
7	Minnesota	1.3%	71,628
8	Montana	1.19%	12,355
9	Wisconsin	1.01%	58,227
10	Oregon	0.99%	40,413
11	North Dakota	0.96%	7,220
12	Washington	0.92%	67,250
13	Alaska	0.74%	5,474
14	Colorado	0.72%	39,596
15	Nevada	0.62%	18,087
16	Arizona	0.61%	42,189
17	Kansas	0.5%	14,496
18	Maine	0.47%	6,227
19	California	0.42%	163,592
20	Vermont	0.37%	2,335
21	Illinois	0.36%	46,139
22	Michigan	0.36%	35,509
23	New Hampshire	0.33%	4,403
24	Connecticut	0.32%	11,421
25	New Mexico	0.3%	6,198
26	Missouri	0.29%	17,493
27	Hawaii	0.28%	3,970
28	District of Columbia	0.27%	1,848
29	Virginia	0.22%	18,772
30	Massachusetts	0.22%	14,760
31	Florida	0.21%	42,227
32	New Jersey	0.19%	16,747
33	Oklahoma	0.19%	7,299
34	Indiana	0.17%	11,603
35	Arkansas	0.17%	5,212
36	New York	0.17%	33,611
37	Texas	0.17%	47,706
38	Maryland	0.17%	10,209
39	North Carolina	0.16%	16,735
40	Delaware	0.15%	1,465
41	Rhode Island	0.15%	1,605
42	Ohio	0.15%	17,100
43	South Carolina	0.14%	6,802
44	Pennsylvania	0.14%	17,320
45	Georgia	0.13%	13,567
46	Tennessee	0.13%	8,447
47	Kentucky	0.11%	4,763
48	Alabama	0.1%	4,714
49	Louisiana	0.08%	3,681
50	Mississippi	0.08%	2,262
51	West Virginia	0.08%	1,385
52	Puerto Rico	0%	57

Top States and Territories by Population of Danish

#	State	Population
1	California	163,592
2	Utah	145,082
3	Minnesota	71,628
4	Washington	67,250
5	Wisconsin	58,227
6	Iowa	54,303
7	Texas	47,706
8	Illinois	46,139
9	Florida	42,227
10	Arizona	42,189
11	Oregon	40,413
12	Nebraska	39,810
13	Colorado	39,596
14	Michigan	35,509
15	New York	33,611
16	Idaho	31,804
17	Virginia	18,772
18	Nevada	18,087
19	Missouri	17,493
20	Pennsylvania	17,320
21	Ohio	17,100
22	New Jersey	16,747
23	North Carolina	16,735
24	South Dakota	15,173
25	Massachusetts	14,760
26	Kansas	14,496
27	Georgia	13,567
28	Montana	12,355
29	Indiana	11,603
30	Connecticut	11,421
31	Maryland	10,209
32	Tennessee	8,447
33	Wyoming	8,223
34	Oklahoma	7,299
35	North Dakota	7,220
36	South Carolina	6,802
37	Maine	6,227
38	New Mexico	6,198
39	Alaska	5,474
40	Arkansas	5,212
41	Kentucky	4,763
42	Alabama	4,714
43	New Hampshire	4,403
44	Hawaii	3,970
45	Louisiana	3,681
46	Vermont	2,335
47	Mississippi	2,262
48	District of Columbia	1,848
49	Rhode Island	1,605
50	Delaware	1,465
51	West Virginia	1,385
52	Puerto Rico	57

Source Data

This data was sourced from the 2013-2018 American Communities Survey. As this is freely available government data, feel free to use and share these numbers and metrics.