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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 (2020 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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RANKPLACESTATEPOPNORWEGIAN SHAREVS 2010
01Marshall County, SDSD4,42629.2%−1.3 pts
02Day County, SDSD5,48426.9%+1.8 pts
03Deuel County, SDSD4,40825.9%+0.5 pts
04Harding County, SDSD1,33125.2%−16.1 pts
05Lake County, SDSD10,99324.1%+3.5 pts
06Jerauld County, SDSD1,65422.6%+4.9 pts
07Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28422.6%−2.9 pts
08Clark County, SDSD4,03122.4%−7.0 pts
09Perkins County, SDSD2,85320.0%−6.1 pts
10Codington County, SDSD29,56219.9%−2.8 pts
11Haakon County, SDSD1,80219.7%+2.1 pts
12Brookings County, SDSD37,63519.3%−5.1 pts
13Moody County, SDSD6,63218.4%−1.7 pts
14Roberts County, SDSD10,25517.7%−1.5 pts
15Hamlin County, SDSD6,90016.7%−7.3 pts
16Stanley County, SDSD3,01816.5%+5.8 pts
17Sanborn County, SDSD2,38816.3%+1.7 pts
18Lincoln County, SDSD77,14516.1%−4.8 pts
19Miner County, SDSD2,28115.8%−4.9 pts
20Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69115.3%−2.4 pts
21Grant County, SDSD7,53415.1%−1.7 pts
22Turner County, SDSD9,31413.8%−4.6 pts
23Campbell County, SDSD1,37713.8%−0.3 pts
24Lawrence County, SDSD29,45913.3%+1.9 pts
25Brown County, SDSD37,56113.0%−2.2 pts
26Faulk County, SDSD2,17812.4%+6.7 pts
27Clay County, SDSD15,03112.0%−4.4 pts
28Edmunds County, SDSD4,02211.7%+0.3 pts
29Hyde County, SDSD1,19111.4%−6.0 pts
30Hughes County, SDSD17,57011.2%−1.2 pts
31Beadle County, SDSD19,62410.9%−0.9 pts
32Union County, SDSD17,40210.0%−8.2 pts
33Sully County, SDSD1,4799.7%+1.6 pts
34Spink County, SDSD6,1559.7%−1.9 pts
35Yankton County, SDSD23,6359.5%−6.2 pts
36Meade County, SDSD30,7119.5%−3.7 pts
37Pennington County, SDSD116,7929.4%−1.7 pts
38Custer County, SDSD9,4319.1%−1.7 pts
39Davison County, SDSD20,0699.0%−1.6 pts
40Aurora County, SDSD2,8018.8%−3.1 pts
41McCook County, SDSD5,9648.6%−2.5 pts
42Potter County, SDSD2,3778.4%+0.2 pts
43Walworth County, SDSD5,2178.4%−4.1 pts
44Jones County, SDSD9138.2%−2.0 pts
45Lyman County, SDSD3,6948.1%−1.0 pts
46Butte County, SDSD10,8567.9%−7.8 pts
47McPherson County, SDSD2,3477.8%+0.4 pts
48Brule County, SDSD5,2787.4%−3.5 pts
49Fall River County, SDSD7,4677.2%−1.2 pts
50Gregory County, SDSD4,0376.4%+0.4 pts
51Douglas County, SDSD2,8886.0%+0.4 pts
52Hanson County, SDSD3,4565.8%+0.6 pts
53Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2445.8%−0.4 pts
54Hand County, SDSD3,1215.1%−3.9 pts
55Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4134.6%−2.8 pts
56Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3034.6%−2.2 pts
57Tripp County, SDSD5,7084.2%+0.4 pts
58Bennett County, SDSD3,3074.1%+2.5 pts
59Jackson County, SDSD2,6663.7%−6.3 pts
60Ziebach County, SDSD2,3893.2%−2.4 pts
61Corson County, SDSD3,7813.0%−1.5 pts
62Mellette County, SDSD2,1372.9%−0.7 pts
63Dewey County, SDSD5,4192.4%−0.3 pts
64Buffalo County, SDSD1,8020.9%–
65Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3380.5%–
66Todd County, SDSD8,8630.1%−0.6 pts
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS