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Highest Danish population share, South Dakota counties · 2010

South Dakota counties ranked by the share of all residents who are Danish ancestry (2010 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. The median across all 64 is 1.7%.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPDANISH SHAREVS –

01Turner County, SDSD9,31411.3%–

02Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28410.9%–

03Yankton County, SDSD23,6355.2%–

04Lake County, SDSD10,9935.0%–

05Sully County, SDSD1,4794.7%–

06Clay County, SDSD15,0313.9%–

07Brookings County, SDSD37,6353.9%–

08Moody County, SDSD6,6323.9%–

09Deuel County, SDSD4,4083.7%–

10Union County, SDSD17,4023.4%–

11Stanley County, SDSD3,0183.3%–

12Grant County, SDSD7,5343.0%–

13Hyde County, SDSD1,1912.9%–

14Harding County, SDSD1,3312.9%–

15Davison County, SDSD20,0692.9%–

16Haakon County, SDSD1,8022.8%–

17Codington County, SDSD29,5622.8%–

18Fall River County, SDSD7,4672.6%–

19Lincoln County, SDSD77,1452.6%–

20Day County, SDSD5,4842.5%–

21Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6912.5%–

22Miner County, SDSD2,2812.5%–

23Mellette County, SDSD2,1372.4%–

24Custer County, SDSD9,4312.2%–

25McPherson County, SDSD2,3472.2%–

26Brule County, SDSD5,2782.1%–

27Jerauld County, SDSD1,6542.1%–

28McCook County, SDSD5,9642.0%–

29Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2441.9%–

30Spink County, SDSD6,1551.9%–

31Hughes County, SDSD17,5701.7%–

32Hamlin County, SDSD6,9001.7%–

33Beadle County, SDSD19,6241.7%–

34Hanson County, SDSD3,4561.7%–

35Aurora County, SDSD2,8011.7%–

36Clark County, SDSD4,0311.7%–

37Tripp County, SDSD5,7081.7%–

38Marshall County, SDSD4,4261.6%–

39Gregory County, SDSD4,0371.6%–

40Roberts County, SDSD10,2551.6%–

41Pennington County, SDSD116,7921.5%–

42Corson County, SDSD3,7811.5%–

43Edmunds County, SDSD4,0221.5%–

44Brown County, SDSD37,5611.4%–

45Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3031.4%–

46Sanborn County, SDSD2,3881.4%–

47Faulk County, SDSD2,1781.3%–

48Lawrence County, SDSD29,4591.3%–

49Meade County, SDSD30,7111.3%–

50Lyman County, SDSD3,6941.2%–

51Walworth County, SDSD5,2171.1%–

52Perkins County, SDSD2,8531.1%–

53Butte County, SDSD10,8561.1%–

54Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4131.0%–

55Hand County, SDSD3,1210.9%–

56Jackson County, SDSD2,6660.9%–

57Jones County, SDSD9130.8%–

58Douglas County, SDSD2,8880.8%–

59Bennett County, SDSD3,3070.8%–

60Ziebach County, SDSD2,3890.7%–

61Dewey County, SDSD5,4190.6%–

62Potter County, SDSD2,3770.6%–

63Buffalo County, SDSD1,8020.5%–

64Campbell County, SDSD1,3770.1%–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS