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Largest Norwegian population, South Dakota counties · 2020

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Norwegian 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 66 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPNORWEGIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69129,267−0%

02Pennington County, SDSD116,79210,543−2%

03Lincoln County, SDSD77,1459,454+10%

04Brookings County, SDSD37,6356,762−11%

05Codington County, SDSD29,5625,588−9%

06Brown County, SDSD37,5615,074−7%

07Lawrence County, SDSD29,4593,426+27%

08Lake County, SDSD10,9933,068+35%

09Meade County, SDSD30,7112,676−19%

10Yankton County, SDSD23,6352,164−38%

11Beadle County, SDSD19,6241,991+1%

12Hughes County, SDSD17,5701,964−6%

13Roberts County, SDSD10,2551,830−5%

14Davison County, SDSD20,0691,788−13%

15Clay County, SDSD15,0311,687−26%

16Union County, SDSD17,4021,566−38%

17Day County, SDSD5,4841,469+2%

18Marshall County, SDSD4,4261,426+1%

19Moody County, SDSD6,6321,197−8%

20Turner County, SDSD9,3141,148−26%

21Deuel County, SDSD4,4081,116+0%

22Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2841,115−15%

23Grant County, SDSD7,5341,079−13%

24Hamlin County, SDSD6,9001,022−26%

25Clark County, SDSD4,031834−23%

26Butte County, SDSD10,856814−47%

27Custer County, SDSD9,431802−8%

28Spink County, SDSD6,155623−17%

29Perkins County, SDSD2,853600−23%

30Stanley County, SDSD3,018505+63%

31Fall River County, SDSD7,467484−19%

32McCook County, SDSD5,964477−24%

33Walworth County, SDSD5,217458−32%

34Jerauld County, SDSD1,654454+26%

35Edmunds County, SDSD4,022454−1%

36Charles Mix County, SDSD9,303428−30%

37Bon Homme County, SDSD7,244398−9%

38Brule County, SDSD5,278387−31%

39Sanborn County, SDSD2,388387+11%

40Haakon County, SDSD1,802382+15%

41Miner County, SDSD2,281350−30%

42Hutchinson County, SDSD7,413338−38%

43Lyman County, SDSD3,694311−9%

44Harding County, SDSD1,331297−43%

45Faulk County, SDSD2,178287+111%

46Gregory County, SDSD4,037268+4%

47Aurora County, SDSD2,801242−25%

48Tripp County, SDSD5,708228+5%

49Campbell County, SDSD1,377201−0%

50Hanson County, SDSD3,456200+14%

51Potter County, SDSD2,377195−1%

52McPherson County, SDSD2,347180−2%

53Douglas County, SDSD2,888174+2%

54Hyde County, SDSD1,191165−38%

55Hand County, SDSD3,121155−49%

56Bennett County, SDSD3,307139+157%

57Dewey County, SDSD5,419138−2%

58Sully County, SDSD1,479124+15%

59Corson County, SDSD3,781123−33%

60Jackson County, SDSD2,666123−59%

61Ziebach County, SDSD2,38988−43%

62Jones County, SDSD91372−35%

63Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33870–

64Mellette County, SDSD2,13760−18%

65Buffalo County, SDSD1,80218–

66Todd County, SDSD8,8639−85%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS