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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.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

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%

05Clay County, SDSD15,031644+19%

06Yankton County, SDSD23,635594−49%

07Union County, SDSD17,402549+16%

08Turner County, SDSD9,314548−42%

09Davison County, SDSD20,069455−18%

10Codington County, SDSD29,562375−50%

11Lawrence County, SDSD29,459324+8%

12Meade County, SDSD30,711253−20%

13Kingsbury County, SDSD5,284238−58%

14Brown County, SDSD37,561233−54%

15Lake County, SDSD10,993233−58%

16Custer County, SDSD9,431177−1%

17Fall River County, SDSD7,467167−9%

18Hughes County, SDSD17,570150−48%

19Beadle County, SDSD19,624135−52%

20Walworth County, SDSD5,217123+102%

21Hamlin County, SDSD6,900109+11%

22Tripp County, SDSD5,708107+11%

23Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30392−27%

24Spink County, SDSD6,15589−26%

25Brule County, SDSD5,27887−21%

26Butte County, SDSD10,85687−16%

27Moody County, SDSD6,63282−67%

28Hand County, SDSD3,12181+153%

29Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24467−50%

30Potter County, SDSD2,37767+379%

31Roberts County, SDSD10,25566−58%

32Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41360−19%

33Faulk County, SDSD2,17858+87%

34Gregory County, SDSD4,03752−24%

35Aurora County, SDSD2,80148+4%

36Deuel County, SDSD4,40844−73%

37Jerauld County, SDSD1,65442+0%

38McPherson County, SDSD2,34740−27%

39Grant County, SDSD7,53439−82%

40Day County, SDSD5,48437−74%

41Sanborn County, SDSD2,38836+9%

42Clark County, SDSD4,03133−47%

43McCook County, SDSD5,96431−73%

44Bennett County, SDSD3,30730+7%

45Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33830–

46Douglas County, SDSD2,88827+8%

47Marshall County, SDSD4,42627−64%

48Sully County, SDSD1,47927−56%

49Lyman County, SDSD3,69421−53%

50Miner County, SDSD2,28120−67%

51Stanley County, SDSD3,01820−79%

52Hyde County, SDSD1,19118−59%

53Perkins County, SDSD2,85317−47%

54Mellette County, SDSD2,13716−67%

55Buffalo County, SDSD1,80212+20%

56Haakon County, SDSD1,80210−81%

57Harding County, SDSD1,33110−72%

58Ziebach County, SDSD2,38910−44%

59Hanson County, SDSD3,4569−84%

60Dewey County, SDSD5,4195−85%

61Jones County, SDSD9135−44%

62Campbell County, SDSD1,3773+50%

63Edmunds County, SDSD4,0222−97%

64Corson County, SDSD3,7811−98%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES