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Largest Norwegian population, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Norwegian 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 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 66 is 453. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Tripp County, SD, up 10 places to #38.

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SAME RANKING BYCitiesStatesMetros
Largest Norwegian population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPNORWEGIAN POPULATIONVS 2010
01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69124,524−16%
02▲1Lincoln County, SDSD77,14510,097+17%
03▼1Pennington County, SDSD116,7928,890−18%
04Brookings County, SDSD37,6355,093−33%
05Codington County, SDSD29,5624,555−26%
06Brown County, SDSD37,5614,115−25%
07▲2Meade County, SDSD30,7112,532−24%
08▼1Lawrence County, SDSD29,4592,343−13%
09▲3Hughes County, SDSD17,5702,077−1%
10Yankton County, SDSD23,6351,857−47%
11▼3Lake County, SDSD10,9931,789−21%
12▲2Davison County, SDSD20,0691,622−21%
13Roberts County, SDSD10,2551,577−18%
14▲2Union County, SDSD17,4021,406−44%
15Clay County, SDSD15,0311,382−39%
16▲1Day County, SDSD5,4841,377−4%
17▼6Beadle County, SDSD19,6241,305−34%
18Marshall County, SDSD4,4261,089−23%
19▲4Grant County, SDSD7,5341,049−16%
20▲6Butte County, SDSD10,8561,031−33%
21Deuel County, SDSD4,4081,014−9%
22▼2Turner County, SDSD9,314995−36%
23▼1Kingsbury County, SDSD5,284943−29%
24Hamlin County, SDSD6,900892−36%
25Clark County, SDSD4,031765−30%
26▼7Moody County, SDSD6,632706−46%
27▲2Perkins County, SDSD2,853690−11%
28▼1Custer County, SDSD9,431591−32%
29▼1Spink County, SDSD6,155553−27%
30▲1Fall River County, SDSD7,467540−10%
31▲2Walworth County, SDSD5,217529−22%
32McCook County, SDSD5,964495−21%
33▲5Brule County, SDSD5,278453−19%
34▲7Miner County, SDSD2,281411−18%
35▼5Stanley County, SDSD3,018387+25%
36▲6Hutchinson County, SDSD7,413377−31%
37▼3Edmunds County, SDSD4,022373−19%
38▲10Tripp County, SDSD5,708354+63%
39▼2Bon Homme County, SDSD7,244326−25%
40▼4Charles Mix County, SDSD9,303307−50%
41▼2Sanborn County, SDSD2,388282−19%
42▼7Jerauld County, SDSD1,654261−28%
43▼3Haakon County, SDSD1,802252−24%
44▲3Aurora County, SDSD2,801218−33%
45▼1Harding County, SDSD1,331198−62%
46▲3Campbell County, SDSD1,377194−4%
47▲3Hanson County, SDSD3,456186+6%
48▼5Lyman County, SDSD3,694182−46%
49▲6Hand County, SDSD3,121166−46%
50▼5Faulk County, SDSD2,178152+12%
51Potter County, SDSD2,377144−27%
52▲7Corson County, SDSD3,781133−28%
53▲1Hyde County, SDSD1,191130−51%
54▲4Sully County, SDSD1,479111+3%
55▼9Gregory County, SDSD4,037110−57%
56▲1Dewey County, SDSD5,41998−30%
57▲4Ziebach County, SDSD2,38992−41%
58▲2Jackson County, SDSD2,66685−72%
59▼7McPherson County, SDSD2,34776−59%
60▼7Douglas County, SDSD2,88865−62%
61▲4Buffalo County, SDSD1,80243–
62▼6Bennett County, SDSD3,30739−28%
63▼1Jones County, SDSD91338−65%
64Mellette County, SDSD2,13726−64%
65▲1Todd County, SDSD8,8638−87%
66▼3Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,3387–
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES