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Largest Danish population, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Danish ancestry, from the 2024 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 64 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 64 is 60. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: McPherson County, SD, up 24 places to #38.

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SAME RANKING BYCitiesStatesMetros
Largest Danish population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPDANISH POPULATIONVS 2010
01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6913,531−15%
02Pennington County, SDSD116,7921,581+4%
03Lincoln County, SDSD77,1451,098+4%
04Brookings County, SDSD37,635797−35%
05▲3Clay County, SDSD15,031644+19%
06▼1Yankton County, SDSD23,635594−49%
07▲3Union County, SDSD17,402549+16%
08▼2Turner County, SDSD9,314548−42%
09▲5Davison County, SDSD20,069455−18%
10▼3Codington County, SDSD29,562375−50%
11▲2Lawrence County, SDSD29,459324+8%
12Meade County, SDSD30,711253−20%
13▼2Kingsbury County, SDSD5,284238−58%
14▼5Brown County, SDSD37,561233−54%
15▲1Lake County, SDSD10,993233−58%
16▲1Custer County, SDSD9,431177−1%
17▲13Fall River County, SDSD7,467167−9%
18▼3Hughes County, SDSD17,570150−48%
19▲4Beadle County, SDSD19,624135−52%
20▲20Walworth County, SDSD5,217123+102%
21▲4Hamlin County, SDSD6,900109+11%
22▲4Tripp County, SDSD5,708107+11%
23▲19Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30392−27%
24▲12Spink County, SDSD6,15589−26%
25▼5Brule County, SDSD5,27887−21%
26▼7Butte County, SDSD10,85687−16%
27▼9Moody County, SDSD6,63282−67%
28▲4Hand County, SDSD3,12181+153%
29▼1Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24467−50%
30▲18Potter County, SDSD2,37767+379%
31▼10Roberts County, SDSD10,25566−58%
32▼8Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41360−19%
33▲4Faulk County, SDSD2,17858+87%
34▼5Gregory County, SDSD4,03752−24%
35▲17Aurora County, SDSD2,80148+4%
36▲5Deuel County, SDSD4,40844−73%
37▼2Jerauld County, SDSD1,654420%
38▲24McPherson County, SDSD2,34740−27%
39▼12Grant County, SDSD7,53439−82%
40▼6Day County, SDSD5,48437−74%
41▲16Sanborn County, SDSD2,38836+9%
42▼11Clark County, SDSD4,03133−47%
43▼21McCook County, SDSD5,96431−73%
44▼6Bennett County, SDSD3,30730+7%
45▼6Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33830–
46▲1Douglas County, SDSD2,88827+8%
47▼3Marshall County, SDSD4,42627−64%
48▲1Sully County, SDSD1,47927−56%
49▼16Lyman County, SDSD3,69421−53%
50Miner County, SDSD2,28120−67%
51▼8Stanley County, SDSD3,01820−79%
52▲13Hyde County, SDSD1,19118−59%
53Perkins County, SDSD2,85317−47%
54▲1Mellette County, SDSD2,13716−67%
55▼1Buffalo County, SDSD1,80212+20%
56▼11Haakon County, SDSD1,80210−81%
57▲3Harding County, SDSD1,33110−72%
58▲6Ziebach County, SDSD2,38910−44%
59▼13Hanson County, SDSD3,4569−84%
60▼1Dewey County, SDSD5,4195−85%
61Jones County, SDSD9135−44%
62▼4Campbell County, SDSD1,3773+50%
63▼12Edmunds County, SDSD4,0222−97%
64▼1Corson County, SDSD3,7811−98%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES