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Largest Swedish population, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Swedish 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

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSWEDISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6915,652−10%

02Pennington County, SDSD116,7922,891−21%

03Lincoln County, SDSD77,1452,512+42%

04Lawrence County, SDSD29,4591,101+24%

05Codington County, SDSD29,562895−7%

06Brown County, SDSD37,561885−38%

07Brookings County, SDSD37,635859−44%

08Union County, SDSD17,402719−24%

09Meade County, SDSD30,711694−21%

10Clay County, SDSD15,031595−20%

11Hughes County, SDSD17,570498−29%

12Davison County, SDSD20,069415−41%

13Beadle County, SDSD19,624410−38%

14Yankton County, SDSD23,635396−58%

15Butte County, SDSD10,856339−8%

16Grant County, SDSD7,534323−35%

17Lake County, SDSD10,993312−42%

18Roberts County, SDSD10,255288−30%

19Custer County, SDSD9,431283−3%

20Spink County, SDSD6,155257+32%

21Walworth County, SDSD5,217239+123%

22Moody County, SDSD6,632225+24%

23Clark County, SDSD4,031219+10%

24Marshall County, SDSD4,426197−37%

25Kingsbury County, SDSD5,284192−14%

26Charles Mix County, SDSD9,303181−47%

27McCook County, SDSD5,964164−60%

28Hamlin County, SDSD6,900149−19%

29Gregory County, SDSD4,037149−2%

30Turner County, SDSD9,314141−44%

31Brule County, SDSD5,278139−25%

32Edmunds County, SDSD4,022128−20%

33Fall River County, SDSD7,467124−57%

34Deuel County, SDSD4,408123−42%

35Miner County, SDSD2,281111−19%

36Day County, SDSD5,484110−58%

37Tripp County, SDSD5,70883−66%

38Lyman County, SDSD3,69482+6%

39Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24481+11%

40Potter County, SDSD2,37771−15%

41Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41354−55%

42McPherson County, SDSD2,34752+49%

43Perkins County, SDSD2,85352−79%

44Haakon County, SDSD1,80250+16%

45Sanborn County, SDSD2,38845−59%

46Todd County, SDSD8,86344−40%

47Bennett County, SDSD3,30743−75%

48Harding County, SDSD1,33141−16%

49Douglas County, SDSD2,88835−36%

50Hand County, SDSD3,12135−73%

51Faulk County, SDSD2,17834−65%

52Corson County, SDSD3,78132−38%

53Stanley County, SDSD3,01830−79%

54Campbell County, SDSD1,37726+44%

55Aurora County, SDSD2,80124−70%

56Jerauld County, SDSD1,65418−83%

57Sully County, SDSD1,47918−63%

58Hanson County, SDSD3,45617−82%

59Dewey County, SDSD5,41916−58%

60Mellette County, SDSD2,13716−67%

61Hyde County, SDSD1,19114−77%

62Jones County, SDSD91312−65%

63Jackson County, SDSD2,66611−58%

64Buffalo County, SDSD1,8027−46%

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