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Highest Norwegian population share, South Dakota counties · 2020

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

01Marshall County, SDSD4,42629.2%–

02Day County, SDSD5,48426.9%–

03Deuel County, SDSD4,40825.9%–

04Harding County, SDSD1,33125.2%–

05Lake County, SDSD10,99324.1%–

06Jerauld County, SDSD1,65422.6%–

07Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28422.6%–

08Clark County, SDSD4,03122.4%–

09Perkins County, SDSD2,85320.0%–

10Codington County, SDSD29,56219.9%–

11Haakon County, SDSD1,80219.7%–

12Brookings County, SDSD37,63519.3%–

13Moody County, SDSD6,63218.4%–

14Roberts County, SDSD10,25517.7%–

15Hamlin County, SDSD6,90016.7%–

16Stanley County, SDSD3,01816.5%–

17Sanborn County, SDSD2,38816.3%–

18Lincoln County, SDSD77,14516.1%–

19Miner County, SDSD2,28115.8%–

20Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69115.3%–

21Grant County, SDSD7,53415.1%–

22Turner County, SDSD9,31413.8%–

23Campbell County, SDSD1,37713.8%–

24Lawrence County, SDSD29,45913.3%–

25Brown County, SDSD37,56113.0%–

26Faulk County, SDSD2,17812.4%–

27Clay County, SDSD15,03112.0%–

28Edmunds County, SDSD4,02211.7%–

29Hyde County, SDSD1,19111.4%–

30Hughes County, SDSD17,57011.2%–

31Beadle County, SDSD19,62410.9%–

32Union County, SDSD17,40210.0%–

33Sully County, SDSD1,4799.7%–

34Spink County, SDSD6,1559.7%–

35Yankton County, SDSD23,6359.5%–

36Meade County, SDSD30,7119.5%–

37Pennington County, SDSD116,7929.4%–

38Custer County, SDSD9,4319.1%–

39Davison County, SDSD20,0699.0%–

40Aurora County, SDSD2,8018.8%–

41McCook County, SDSD5,9648.6%–

42Potter County, SDSD2,3778.4%–

43Walworth County, SDSD5,2178.4%–

44Jones County, SDSD9138.2%–

45Lyman County, SDSD3,6948.1%–

46Butte County, SDSD10,8567.9%–

47McPherson County, SDSD2,3477.8%–

48Brule County, SDSD5,2787.4%–

49Fall River County, SDSD7,4677.2%–

50Gregory County, SDSD4,0376.4%–

51Douglas County, SDSD2,8886.0%–

52Hanson County, SDSD3,4565.8%–

53Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2445.8%–

54Hand County, SDSD3,1215.1%–

55Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4134.6%–

56Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3034.6%–

57Tripp County, SDSD5,7084.2%–

58Bennett County, SDSD3,3074.1%–

59Jackson County, SDSD2,6663.7%–

60Ziebach County, SDSD2,3893.2%–

61Corson County, SDSD3,7813.0%–

62Mellette County, SDSD2,1372.9%–

63Dewey County, SDSD5,4192.4%–

64Buffalo County, SDSD1,8020.9%–

65Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3380.5%–

66Todd County, SDSD8,8630.1%–

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