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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 (2020 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 2.9%.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPSWEDISH SHAREVS 2010
01Grant County, SDSD7,5348.2%+1.4 pts
02Gregory County, SDSD4,0375.7%+2.1 pts
03Clark County, SDSD4,0315.3%−0.1 pts
04Custer County, SDSD9,4315.2%+1.6 pts
05Roberts County, SDSD10,2554.9%+0.8 pts
06Hamlin County, SDSD6,9004.6%+1.4 pts
07Walworth County, SDSD5,2174.6%+2.6 pts
08Harding County, SDSD1,3314.6%+0.7 pts
09McPherson County, SDSD2,3474.6%+3.2 pts
10Clay County, SDSD15,0314.4%−0.9 pts
11Spink County, SDSD6,1554.0%+1.0 pts
12Sanborn County, SDSD2,3883.9%−0.7 pts
13Union County, SDSD17,4023.8%−3.0 pts
14Brookings County, SDSD37,6353.6%−1.3 pts
15Brule County, SDSD5,2783.5%−0.1 pts
16Butte County, SDSD10,8563.5%−0.2 pts
17Lawrence County, SDSD29,4593.4%−0.3 pts
18Marshall County, SDSD4,4263.4%−3.4 pts
19Hughes County, SDSD17,5703.4%−0.8 pts
20Charles Mix County, SDSD9,3033.3%−0.5 pts
21Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6913.3%−0.5 pts
22Lake County, SDSD10,9933.2%−1.6 pts
23Pennington County, SDSD116,7923.2%−0.6 pts
24Stanley County, SDSD3,0183.2%−1.9 pts
25Mellette County, SDSD2,1373.1%+0.8 pts
26Yankton County, SDSD23,6353.1%−1.2 pts
27Lincoln County, SDSD77,1453.1%−1.2 pts
28Haakon County, SDSD1,8023.1%+0.8 pts
29Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2843.0%−1.3 pts
30McCook County, SDSD5,9643.0%−4.4 pts
31Deuel County, SDSD4,4083.0%−1.9 pts
32Jones County, SDSD9132.9%−0.3 pts
33Tripp County, SDSD5,7082.8%−1.4 pts
34Fall River County, SDSD7,4672.8%−1.2 pts
35Miner County, SDSD2,2812.8%−2.9 pts
36Douglas County, SDSD2,8882.7%+0.9 pts
37Brown County, SDSD37,5612.7%−1.3 pts
38Codington County, SDSD29,5622.5%−1.0 pts
39Beadle County, SDSD19,6242.5%−1.4 pts
40Turner County, SDSD9,3142.3%−0.7 pts
41Day County, SDSD5,4842.3%−2.4 pts
42Meade County, SDSD30,7112.2%−1.3 pts
43Davison County, SDSD20,0692.1%−1.5 pts
44Perkins County, SDSD2,8532.1%−6.4 pts
45Moody County, SDSD6,6322.0%−0.8 pts
46Potter County, SDSD2,3771.9%−1.7 pts
47Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2441.8%+0.7 pts
48Sully County, SDSD1,4791.6%−2.0 pts
49Bennett County, SDSD3,3071.5%−3.6 pts
50Lyman County, SDSD3,6941.4%−0.6 pts
51Aurora County, SDSD2,8011.3%−1.6 pts
52Edmunds County, SDSD4,0221.1%−2.8 pts
53Faulk County, SDSD2,1781.0%−3.1 pts
54Corson County, SDSD3,7810.9%−0.3 pts
55Hanson County, SDSD3,4560.9%−1.9 pts
56Hand County, SDSD3,1210.9%−3.0 pts
57Jackson County, SDSD2,6660.8%0.0 pts
58Jerauld County, SDSD1,6540.8%−4.5 pts
59Hyde County, SDSD1,1910.7%−3.3 pts
60Dewey County, SDSD5,4190.5%−0.2 pts
61Hutchinson County, SDSD7,4130.5%−1.2 pts
62Ziebach County, SDSD2,3890.4%−0.4 pts
63Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3380.2%–
64Campbell County, SDSD1,3770.1%−1.1 pts
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS