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Highest Norwegian population share, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the share of all residents who are Norwegian ancestry (2023 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: Norwegian residents as a percentage of total population. This list covers the 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPNORWEGIAN SHAREVS 2000

01Day County, SDSD5,48425.3%–

02Marshall County, SDSD4,42625.1%–

03Deuel County, SDSD4,40823.4%–

04Perkins County, SDSD2,85323.0%–

05Clark County, SDSD4,03119.5%–

06Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28418.0%–

07Miner County, SDSD2,28117.9%–

08Harding County, SDSD1,33117.2%–

09Lake County, SDSD10,99316.3%–

10Codington County, SDSD29,56215.8%–

11Roberts County, SDSD10,25515.4%–

12Jerauld County, SDSD1,65414.7%–

13Haakon County, SDSD1,80214.6%–

14Brookings County, SDSD37,63514.4%–

15Lincoln County, SDSD77,14514.3%–

16Hamlin County, SDSD6,90014.0%–

17Grant County, SDSD7,53413.9%–

18Stanley County, SDSD3,01812.8%–

19Campbell County, SDSD1,37712.2%–

20Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69112.1%–

21Sanborn County, SDSD2,38811.8%–

22Hughes County, SDSD17,57011.8%–

23Turner County, SDSD9,31411.2%–

24Moody County, SDSD6,63211.0%–

25Hyde County, SDSD1,19110.9%–

26Brown County, SDSD37,56110.9%–

27Walworth County, SDSD5,21710.0%–

28Butte County, SDSD10,8569.7%–

29Edmunds County, SDSD4,0229.2%–

30Clay County, SDSD15,0319.1%–

31Spink County, SDSD6,1558.9%–

32McCook County, SDSD5,9648.6%–

33Lawrence County, SDSD29,4598.6%–

34Brule County, SDSD5,2788.6%–

35Meade County, SDSD30,7118.3%–

36Aurora County, SDSD2,8018.3%–

37Union County, SDSD17,4028.2%–

38Davison County, SDSD20,0698.1%–

39Yankton County, SDSD23,6357.9%–

40Pennington County, SDSD116,7927.8%–

41Fall River County, SDSD7,4677.4%–

42Sully County, SDSD1,4797.3%–

43Faulk County, SDSD2,1787.1%–

44Beadle County, SDSD19,6246.8%–

45Custer County, SDSD9,4316.6%–

46Tripp County, SDSD5,7086.3%–

47Potter County, SDSD2,3776.0%–

48Hanson County, SDSD3,4565.4%–

49Hand County, SDSD3,1215.3%–

50Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4135.1%–

51Lyman County, SDSD3,6944.9%–

52Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2444.6%–

53Ziebach County, SDSD2,3893.9%–

54Jones County, SDSD9133.8%–

55McPherson County, SDSD2,3473.5%–

56Corson County, SDSD3,7813.5%–

57Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3033.3%–

58Jackson County, SDSD2,6663.0%–

59Gregory County, SDSD4,0372.7%–

60Buffalo County, SDSD1,8022.4%–

61Douglas County, SDSD2,8882.3%–

62Dewey County, SDSD5,4191.9%–

63Mellette County, SDSD2,1371.3%–

64Bennett County, SDSD3,3071.2%–

65Todd County, SDSD8,8630.1%–

66Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3380.1%–

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UPDATED 2026-06-06 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES