RANKING · 2024 ACS · 64 SHOWN OF 64

Highest Danish population share, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the share of all residents who are Danish ancestry (2024 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: Danish residents as a percentage of total population. This list covers the 64 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPDANISH SHAREVS 2010

01Turner County, SDSD9,3146.2%−5.2 pts

02Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2844.5%−6.3 pts

03Clay County, SDSD15,0314.2%+0.3 pts

04Union County, SDSD17,4023.2%−0.2 pts

05Potter County, SDSD2,3772.8%+2.2 pts

06Faulk County, SDSD2,1782.7%+1.4 pts

07Hand County, SDSD3,1212.6%+1.6 pts

08Yankton County, SDSD23,6352.5%−2.7 pts

09Jerauld County, SDSD1,6542.4%+0.3 pts

10Walworth County, SDSD5,2172.3%+1.2 pts

11Fall River County, SDSD7,4672.3%−0.3 pts

12Davison County, SDSD20,0692.3%−0.6 pts

13Brookings County, SDSD37,6352.3%−1.7 pts

14Lake County, SDSD10,9932.1%−2.9 pts

15Custer County, SDSD9,4312.0%−0.2 pts

16Tripp County, SDSD5,7081.9%+0.2 pts

17McPherson County, SDSD2,3471.9%−0.3 pts

18Aurora County, SDSD2,8011.8%+0.1 pts

19Sully County, SDSD1,4791.8%−2.9 pts

20Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6911.7%−0.8 pts

21Hamlin County, SDSD6,9001.7%+0.0 pts

22Brule County, SDSD5,2781.6%−0.5 pts

23Lincoln County, SDSD77,1451.6%−1.0 pts

24Hyde County, SDSD1,1911.5%−1.4 pts

25Sanborn County, SDSD2,3881.5%+0.1 pts

26Spink County, SDSD6,1551.4%−0.4 pts

27Pennington County, SDSD116,7921.4%−0.2 pts

28Codington County, SDSD29,5621.3%−1.5 pts

29Gregory County, SDSD4,0371.3%−0.3 pts

30Moody County, SDSD6,6321.3%−2.6 pts

31Lawrence County, SDSD29,4591.2%−0.1 pts

32Deuel County, SDSD4,4081.0%−2.7 pts

33Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3031.0%−0.4 pts

34Douglas County, SDSD2,8881.0%+0.1 pts

35Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2441.0%−1.0 pts

36Bennett County, SDSD3,3070.9%+0.1 pts

37Harding County, SDSD1,3310.9%−2.0 pts

38Miner County, SDSD2,2810.9%−1.6 pts

39Hughes County, SDSD17,5700.8%−0.9 pts

40Clark County, SDSD4,0310.8%−0.8 pts

41Meade County, SDSD30,7110.8%−0.4 pts

42Mellette County, SDSD2,1370.8%−1.6 pts

43Butte County, SDSD10,8560.8%−0.2 pts

44Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4130.8%−0.2 pts

45Beadle County, SDSD19,6240.7%−1.0 pts

46Day County, SDSD5,4840.7%−1.9 pts

47Buffalo County, SDSD1,8020.7%+0.1 pts

48Stanley County, SDSD3,0180.7%−2.7 pts

49Roberts County, SDSD10,2550.6%−0.9 pts

50Marshall County, SDSD4,4260.6%−1.0 pts

51Brown County, SDSD37,5610.6%−0.8 pts

52Haakon County, SDSD1,8020.6%−2.2 pts

53Perkins County, SDSD2,8530.6%−0.5 pts

54Lyman County, SDSD3,6940.6%−0.6 pts

55McCook County, SDSD5,9640.5%−1.5 pts

56Grant County, SDSD7,5340.5%−2.5 pts

57Jones County, SDSD9130.5%−0.3 pts

58Ziebach County, SDSD2,3890.4%−0.2 pts

59Hanson County, SDSD3,4560.3%−1.4 pts

60Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3380.2%–

61Campbell County, SDSD1,3770.2%+0.0 pts

62Dewey County, SDSD5,4190.1%−0.5 pts

63Edmunds County, SDSD4,0220.0%−1.4 pts

64Corson County, SDSD3,7810.0%−1.5 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES