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Highest Swedish population share, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the share of all residents who are Swedish ancestry (2024 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: Swedish 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 2.3%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Edmunds County, SD, up 35 places to #17.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSWEDISH SHAREVS 2010

01▲2Clark County, SDSD4,0315.6%+0.2 pts

02▲33Miner County, SDSD2,2814.8%−0.9 pts

03▲15Marshall County, SDSD4,4264.5%−2.2 pts

04▲3Walworth County, SDSD5,2174.5%+2.6 pts

05▼4Grant County, SDSD7,5344.3%−2.5 pts

06▲7Union County, SDSD17,4024.2%−2.6 pts

07▲4Spink County, SDSD6,1554.1%+1.1 pts

08▲9Lawrence County, SDSD29,4594.0%+0.3 pts

09▲1Clay County, SDSD15,0313.9%−1.5 pts

10▼8Gregory County, SDSD4,0373.7%+0.2 pts

11▲18Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2843.7%−0.7 pts

12▼4Harding County, SDSD1,3313.6%−0.3 pts

13▲14Lincoln County, SDSD77,1453.6%−0.7 pts

14▲31Moody County, SDSD6,6323.5%+0.7 pts

15▼11Custer County, SDSD9,4313.2%−0.4 pts

16Butte County, SDSD10,8563.2%−0.6 pts

17▲35Edmunds County, SDSD4,0223.2%−0.8 pts

18▲20Codington County, SDSD29,5623.1%−0.5 pts

19▲27Potter County, SDSD2,3773.0%−0.6 pts

20▲8Haakon County, SDSD1,8022.9%+0.6 pts

21▲9McCook County, SDSD5,9642.9%−4.5 pts

22Lake County, SDSD10,9932.8%−2.0 pts

23▲8Deuel County, SDSD4,4082.8%−2.0 pts

24▼5Hughes County, SDSD17,5702.8%−1.3 pts

25▼20Roberts County, SDSD10,2552.8%−1.3 pts

26▼5Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6912.8%−1.0 pts

27▼12Brule County, SDSD5,2782.6%−1.0 pts

28▼5Pennington County, SDSD116,7922.5%−1.2 pts

29▼15Brookings County, SDSD37,6352.4%−2.5 pts

30▼21McPherson County, SDSD2,3472.4%+1.0 pts

31▼25Hamlin County, SDSD6,9002.3%−0.9 pts

32▲5Brown County, SDSD37,5612.3%−1.7 pts

33▲9Meade County, SDSD30,7112.3%−1.2 pts

34▲16Lyman County, SDSD3,6942.2%+0.1 pts

35▲4Beadle County, SDSD19,6242.1%−1.8 pts

36▲7Davison County, SDSD20,0692.1%−1.6 pts

37▲4Day County, SDSD5,4842.0%−2.6 pts

38▼18Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3032.0%−1.8 pts

39▼27Sanborn County, SDSD2,3881.9%−2.7 pts

40▲4Perkins County, SDSD2,8531.7%−6.7 pts

41▼7Fall River County, SDSD7,4671.7%−2.3 pts

42▼16Yankton County, SDSD23,6351.7%−2.6 pts

43▲21Campbell County, SDSD1,3771.6%+0.4 pts

44▲9Faulk County, SDSD2,1781.6%−2.5 pts

45▼5Turner County, SDSD9,3141.6%−1.4 pts

46▼13Tripp County, SDSD5,7081.5%−2.7 pts

47▲2Bennett County, SDSD3,3071.3%−3.8 pts

48▼12Douglas County, SDSD2,8881.2%−0.6 pts

49▼17Jones County, SDSD9131.2%−2.0 pts

50▼2Sully County, SDSD1,4791.2%−2.5 pts

51▲8Hyde County, SDSD1,1911.2%−2.8 pts

52▼5Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2441.1%+0.1 pts

53▲3Hand County, SDSD3,1211.1%−2.7 pts

54▲4Jerauld County, SDSD1,6541.0%−4.3 pts

55▼31Stanley County, SDSD3,0181.0%−4.0 pts

56▼5Aurora County, SDSD2,8010.9%−2.0 pts

57▼3Corson County, SDSD3,7810.8%−0.4 pts

58▼33Mellette County, SDSD2,1370.8%−1.5 pts

59▲2Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4130.7%−0.9 pts

60▼5Hanson County, SDSD3,4560.5%−2.3 pts

61Todd County, SDSD8,8630.5%−0.3 pts

62▼5Jackson County, SDSD2,6660.4%−0.5 pts

63Buffalo County, SDSD1,8020.4%−0.3 pts

64▼4Dewey County, SDSD5,4190.3%−0.4 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES