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Largest Danish population, South Dakota counties · 2020

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Danish ancestry, from the 2020 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 65 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 65 is 64.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPDANISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6913,693−11%

02Pennington County, SDSD116,7921,766+17%

03Lincoln County, SDSD77,1451,518+43%

04Brookings County, SDSD37,6351,095−10%

05Yankton County, SDSD23,635824−29%

06Turner County, SDSD9,314532−44%

07Codington County, SDSD29,562527−30%

08Clay County, SDSD15,031406−25%

09Brown County, SDSD37,561390−23%

10Union County, SDSD17,402390−17%

11Kingsbury County, SDSD5,284369−34%

12Meade County, SDSD30,711342+9%

13Lawrence County, SDSD29,459330+10%

14Davison County, SDSD20,069276−50%

15Hughes County, SDSD17,570264−9%

16Lake County, SDSD10,993253−54%

17Custer County, SDSD9,431243+37%

18Moody County, SDSD6,632209−17%

19Butte County, SDSD10,856196+88%

20Brule County, SDSD5,278155+41%

21Roberts County, SDSD10,255145−7%

22McCook County, SDSD5,964141+24%

23Beadle County, SDSD19,624124−56%

24Hutchinson County, SDSD7,413121+64%

25Hamlin County, SDSD6,900115+17%

26Tripp County, SDSD5,708101+5%

27Grant County, SDSD7,53492−58%

28Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24481−40%

29Gregory County, SDSD4,03781+19%

30Fall River County, SDSD7,46776−59%

31Clark County, SDSD4,03165+5%

32Hand County, SDSD3,12165+103%

33Lyman County, SDSD3,69464+42%

34Day County, SDSD5,48460−59%

35Jerauld County, SDSD1,65457+36%

36Spink County, SDSD6,15557−53%

37Faulk County, SDSD2,17856+81%

38Bennett County, SDSD3,30753+89%

39Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33848–

40Walworth County, SDSD5,21748−21%

41Deuel County, SDSD4,40847−71%

42Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30346−63%

43Stanley County, SDSD3,01845−53%

44Marshall County, SDSD4,42641−45%

45Haakon County, SDSD1,80239−26%

46Hanson County, SDSD3,45638−33%

47Douglas County, SDSD2,88833+32%

48Potter County, SDSD2,37733+136%

49Sully County, SDSD1,47930−52%

50Miner County, SDSD2,28129−52%

51Edmunds County, SDSD4,02228−53%

52Aurora County, SDSD2,80127−41%

53Perkins County, SDSD2,85324−25%

54Buffalo County, SDSD1,80221+110%

55Mellette County, SDSD2,13717−65%

56Todd County, SDSD8,86317–

57Sanborn County, SDSD2,38815−55%

58Campbell County, SDSD1,37710+400%

59Dewey County, SDSD5,41910−71%

60Harding County, SDSD1,33110−72%

61Jones County, SDSD91310+11%

62McPherson County, SDSD2,3477−87%

63Corson County, SDSD3,7816−90%

64Ziebach County, SDSD2,3895−72%

65Hyde County, SDSD1,1913−93%

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