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Highest Norwegian population share, South Dakota counties · 2010

South Dakota counties ranked by the share of all residents who are Norwegian ancestry (2010 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: Norwegian 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 11.8%.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPNORWEGIAN SHAREVS –

01Harding County, SDSD1,33141.4%–

02Marshall County, SDSD4,42630.6%–

03Clark County, SDSD4,03129.4%–

04Perkins County, SDSD2,85326.2%–

05Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28425.5%–

06Deuel County, SDSD4,40825.4%–

07Day County, SDSD5,48425.1%–

08Brookings County, SDSD37,63524.3%–

09Hamlin County, SDSD6,90024.0%–

10Codington County, SDSD29,56222.6%–

11Lincoln County, SDSD77,14520.9%–

12Miner County, SDSD2,28120.7%–

13Lake County, SDSD10,99320.6%–

14Moody County, SDSD6,63220.1%–

15Roberts County, SDSD10,25519.2%–

16Turner County, SDSD9,31418.4%–

17Union County, SDSD17,40218.2%–

18Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69117.7%–

19Jerauld County, SDSD1,65417.7%–

20Haakon County, SDSD1,80217.6%–

21Hyde County, SDSD1,19117.4%–

22Grant County, SDSD7,53416.8%–

23Clay County, SDSD15,03116.4%–

24Yankton County, SDSD23,63515.7%–

25Butte County, SDSD10,85615.7%–

26Brown County, SDSD37,56115.2%–

27Sanborn County, SDSD2,38814.6%–

28Campbell County, SDSD1,37714.1%–

29Meade County, SDSD30,71113.2%–

30Walworth County, SDSD5,21712.5%–

31Hughes County, SDSD17,57012.4%–

32Aurora County, SDSD2,80111.8%–

33Beadle County, SDSD19,62411.7%–

34Spink County, SDSD6,15511.6%–

35Lawrence County, SDSD29,45911.4%–

36Edmunds County, SDSD4,02211.4%–

37McCook County, SDSD5,96411.1%–

38Pennington County, SDSD116,79211.0%–

39Brule County, SDSD5,27810.9%–

40Custer County, SDSD9,43110.8%–

41Stanley County, SDSD3,01810.7%–

42Davison County, SDSD20,06910.6%–

43Jones County, SDSD91310.2%–

44Jackson County, SDSD2,66610.1%–

45Lyman County, SDSD3,6949.1%–

46Hand County, SDSD3,1219.0%–

47Fall River County, SDSD7,4678.4%–

48Potter County, SDSD2,3778.2%–

49Sully County, SDSD1,4798.1%–

50Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4137.4%–

51McPherson County, SDSD2,3477.3%–

52Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3036.8%–

53Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2446.1%–

54Gregory County, SDSD4,0376.0%–

55Faulk County, SDSD2,1785.7%–

56Ziebach County, SDSD2,3895.6%–

57Douglas County, SDSD2,8885.6%–

58Hanson County, SDSD3,4565.2%–

59Corson County, SDSD3,7814.5%–

60Tripp County, SDSD5,7083.8%–

61Mellette County, SDSD2,1373.6%–

62Dewey County, SDSD5,4192.6%–

63Bennett County, SDSD3,3071.6%–

64Todd County, SDSD8,8630.6%–

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