Identity & heritage community ranking

Top Norwegian communities in U.S. city markets.

Explore where this community is largest and where it represents the greatest share of the local city market. The default ranking lens is 2024 ACS ancestry response (B04006_059E).

Identity discovery only — never a score. Census ancestry, ethnicity, origin, race, and birthplace measures can overlap. V3.4.3 keeps those lenses separate and never adds them together. Identity context never changes the Follow Your Heart Index or any component score.

Top 10 by population

Largest communities

Estimated population under the governed default identity lens.

Rank	City and state	Community population	City-market population
#1	Minneapolis, Minnesota	37,053	423,069
#2	Fargo, North Dakota	32,110	133,701
#3	Seattle, Washington	25,291	709,956
#4	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	23,688	209,415
#5	Portland, Oregon	23,355	778,642
#6	Saint Paul, Minnesota	22,157	325,369
#7	New York, New York	20,407	8,468,353
#8	Madison, Wisconsin	19,114	310,932
#9	Phoenix, Arizona	17,405	1,500,198
#10	Los Angeles, California	17,172	3,848,831

Top 10 by representation

Highest community share

Share of the full city-market population under the same governed lens.

Rank	City and state	Community share	City-market population
#1	Grand Forks, North Dakota	24.79%	61,716
#2	Fargo, North Dakota	24.02%	133,701
#3	Minot, North Dakota	22.44%	55,725
#4	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	16.20%	87,167
#5	La Crosse, Wisconsin	13.98%	64,135
#6	Bismarck, North Dakota	13.67%	97,322
#7	Ramsey, Minnesota	12.91%	52,614
#8	Duluth, Minnesota	12.55%	100,995
#9	Lakeville, Minnesota	12.54%	64,762
#10	Bloomington, Minnesota	11.48%	88,605

Governed identity lenses

One community can have more than one Census lens.

Ancestry: 2024 ACS ancestry response (B04006_059E) — default ranking lens
Birthplace: 2024 ACS birthplace (B05006_006E)

The default lens controls this page's rankings. Secondary lenses remain preserved in the publication contract and are not combined with the default measure.

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