Danes in America

The Danes have settled largely in the Great Plains and the American West. Here's a look at their numbers nationwide:

		Danish Ancestry			Danish Ancestry as a Percentage of Total Population
	United States	1,375,506	1	Utah	5.56%
1	California	184,002	2	Nebraska	2.75%
2	Utah	154,318	3	South Dakota	2.53%
3	Minnesota	78,223	4	Idaho	2.26%
4	Washington	70,753	5	Iowa	2.07%
5	Wisconsin	66,590	6	Wyoming	1.87%
6	Iowa	63,138	7	Minnesota	1.47%
7	Nebraska	50,328	8	Montana	1.31%
8	Texas	48,220	9	North Dakota	1.25%
9	Illinois	46,584	10	Wisconsin	1.17%
10	Colorado	45,505	11	Oregon	1.05%
11	Arizona	44,502	12	Washington	1.05%
12	Florida	42,144	13	Colorado	0.90%
13	Oregon	40,289	14	Alaska	0.74%
14	Michigan	37,564	15	Arizona	0.69%
15	Idaho	35,549	16	Nevada	0.66%
16	New York	34,101	17	Kansas	0.55%
17	Missouri	21,788	18	California	0.49%
18	South Dakota	20,634	19	Maine	0.49%
19	Pennsylvania	18,284		United States	0.44%
20	Nevada	17,836	20	Connecticut	0.40%
21	New Jersey	16,310	21	Michigan	0.38%
22	Kansas	15,852	22	Missouri	0.36%
23	North Carolina	15,541	23	Illinois	0.36%
24	Virginia	15,471	24	Hawaii	0.33%
25	Connecticut	14,424	25	New Mexico	0.30%
26	Ohio	14,341	26	Vermont	0.30%
27	Georgia	13,407	27	New Hampshire	0.25%
28	Maryland	13,271	28	Maryland	0.23%
29	Montana	12,986	29	Florida	0.22%
30	Massachusetts	12,874	30	Delaware	0.22%
31	Indiana	12,277	31	Oklahoma	0.21%
32	Tennessee	11,081	32	District of Columbia	0.20%
33	Wyoming	10,548	33	Massachusetts	0.20%
34	North Dakota	8,449	34	Virginia	0.19%
35	Oklahoma	7,900	35	Texas	0.19%
36	South Carolina	6,652	36	Indiana	0.19%
37	Maine	6,445	37	New Jersey	0.19%
38	New Mexico	6,180	38	Rhode Island	0.18%
39	Alaska	5,282	39	Arkansas	0.18%
40	Arkansas	5,142	40	New York	0.18%
41	Louisiana	4,545	41	Tennessee	0.17%
42	Hawaii	4,527	42	North Carolina	0.16%
43	Kentucky	3,821	43	Pennsylvania	0.14%
44	Alabama	3,377	44	South Carolina	0.14%
45	New Hampshire	3,294	45	Georgia	0.14%
46	Mississippi	2,851	46	Ohio	0.12%
47	Delaware	1,983	47	Louisiana	0.10%
48	Rhode Island	1,930	48	Mississippi	0.10%
49	Vermont	1,864	49	Kentucky	0.09%
50	West Virginia	1,306	50	Alabama	0.07%
51	District of Columbia	1,223	51	West Virginia	0.07%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey

B04006 People Reporting Ancestry, 1 year estimates