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Highest Swedish population share, South Dakota counties · 2010

South Dakota counties ranked by the share of all residents who are Swedish ancestry (2010 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: Swedish residents as a percentage of total population. This list covers the 65 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 65 is 3.8%.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSWEDISH SHAREVS –

01Perkins County, SDSD2,8538.4%–

02McCook County, SDSD5,9647.4%–

03Union County, SDSD17,4026.8%–

04Marshall County, SDSD4,4266.8%–

05Grant County, SDSD7,5346.7%–

06Miner County, SDSD2,2815.7%–

07Clark County, SDSD4,0315.4%–

08Clay County, SDSD15,0315.4%–

09Jerauld County, SDSD1,6545.3%–

10Bennett County, SDSD3,3075.1%–

11Stanley County, SDSD3,0185.0%–

12Brookings County, SDSD37,6354.9%–

13Lake County, SDSD10,9934.9%–

14Deuel County, SDSD4,4084.8%–

15Day County, SDSD5,4844.6%–

16Sanborn County, SDSD2,3884.6%–

17Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2844.3%–

18Yankton County, SDSD23,6354.3%–

19Lincoln County, SDSD77,1454.3%–

20Tripp County, SDSD5,7084.2%–

21Hughes County, SDSD17,5704.2%–

22Roberts County, SDSD10,2554.1%–

23Faulk County, SDSD2,1784.1%–

24Fall River County, SDSD7,4674.0%–

25Brown County, SDSD37,5614.0%–

26Edmunds County, SDSD4,0224.0%–

27Hyde County, SDSD1,1913.9%–

28Beadle County, SDSD19,6243.9%–

29Harding County, SDSD1,3313.9%–

30Hand County, SDSD3,1213.9%–

31Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6913.8%–

32Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3033.8%–

33Pennington County, SDSD116,7923.8%–

34Lawrence County, SDSD29,4593.8%–

35Butte County, SDSD10,8563.7%–

36Sully County, SDSD1,4793.7%–

37Davison County, SDSD20,0693.6%–

38Brule County, SDSD5,2783.6%–

39Custer County, SDSD9,4313.6%–

40Codington County, SDSD29,5623.6%–

41Gregory County, SDSD4,0373.6%–

42Potter County, SDSD2,3773.5%–

43Meade County, SDSD30,7113.5%–

44Hamlin County, SDSD6,9003.2%–

45Jones County, SDSD9133.2%–

46Turner County, SDSD9,3143.0%–

47Spink County, SDSD6,1553.0%–

48Aurora County, SDSD2,8012.9%–

49Hanson County, SDSD3,4562.8%–

50Moody County, SDSD6,6322.8%–

51Mellette County, SDSD2,1372.4%–

52Haakon County, SDSD1,8022.3%–

53Lyman County, SDSD3,6942.1%–

54Walworth County, SDSD5,2172.0%–

55Douglas County, SDSD2,8881.8%–

56Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4131.6%–

57McPherson County, SDSD2,3471.4%–

58Corson County, SDSD3,7811.3%–

59Campbell County, SDSD1,3771.3%–

60Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2441.0%–

61Jackson County, SDSD2,6660.9%–

62Ziebach County, SDSD2,3890.8%–

63Todd County, SDSD8,8630.8%–

64Dewey County, SDSD5,4190.7%–

65Buffalo County, SDSD1,8020.7%–

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