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Highest Swedish population share, South Dakota counties · 2020

South Dakota counties ranked by the share of all residents who are Swedish ancestry (2023 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.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSWEDISH SHAREVS 2000

01Grant County, SDSD7,5348.2%–

02Gregory County, SDSD4,0375.7%–

03Clark County, SDSD4,0315.3%–

04Custer County, SDSD9,4315.2%–

05Roberts County, SDSD10,2554.9%–

06Hamlin County, SDSD6,9004.6%–

07Walworth County, SDSD5,2174.6%–

08Harding County, SDSD1,3314.6%–

09McPherson County, SDSD2,3474.6%–

10Clay County, SDSD15,0314.4%–

11Spink County, SDSD6,1554.0%–

12Sanborn County, SDSD2,3883.9%–

13Union County, SDSD17,4023.8%–

14Brookings County, SDSD37,6353.6%–

15Brule County, SDSD5,2783.5%–

16Butte County, SDSD10,8563.5%–

17Lawrence County, SDSD29,4593.4%–

18Marshall County, SDSD4,4263.4%–

19Hughes County, SDSD17,5703.4%–

20Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3033.3%–

21Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6913.3%–

22Lake County, SDSD10,9933.2%–

23Pennington County, SDSD116,7923.2%–

24Stanley County, SDSD3,0183.2%–

25Mellette County, SDSD2,1373.1%–

26Yankton County, SDSD23,6353.1%–

27Lincoln County, SDSD77,1453.1%–

28Haakon County, SDSD1,8023.1%–

29Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2843.0%–

30McCook County, SDSD5,9643.0%–

31Deuel County, SDSD4,4083.0%–

32Jones County, SDSD9132.9%–

33Tripp County, SDSD5,7082.8%–

34Fall River County, SDSD7,4672.8%–

35Miner County, SDSD2,2812.8%–

36Douglas County, SDSD2,8882.7%–

37Brown County, SDSD37,5612.7%–

38Codington County, SDSD29,5622.5%–

39Beadle County, SDSD19,6242.5%–

40Turner County, SDSD9,3142.3%–

41Day County, SDSD5,4842.3%–

42Meade County, SDSD30,7112.2%–

43Davison County, SDSD20,0692.1%–

44Perkins County, SDSD2,8532.1%–

45Moody County, SDSD6,6322.0%–

46Potter County, SDSD2,3771.9%–

47Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2441.8%–

48Sully County, SDSD1,4791.6%–

49Bennett County, SDSD3,3071.5%–

50Lyman County, SDSD3,6941.4%–

51Aurora County, SDSD2,8011.3%–

52Edmunds County, SDSD4,0221.1%–

53Faulk County, SDSD2,1781.0%–

54Corson County, SDSD3,7810.9%–

55Hanson County, SDSD3,4560.9%–

56Hand County, SDSD3,1210.9%–

57Jackson County, SDSD2,6660.8%–

58Jerauld County, SDSD1,6540.8%–

59Hyde County, SDSD1,1910.7%–

60Dewey County, SDSD5,4190.5%–

61Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4130.5%–

62Ziebach County, SDSD2,3890.4%–

63Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3380.2%–

64Campbell County, SDSD1,3770.1%–

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