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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. The median across all 64 is 128. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Edmunds County, SD, up 16 places to #32.

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SAME RANKING BYCitiesStatesMetros
Largest Swedish population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPSWEDISH POPULATIONVS 2010
01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6915,652−10%
02Pennington County, SDSD116,7922,891−21%
03Lincoln County, SDSD77,1452,512+42%
04▲2Lawrence County, SDSD29,4591,101+24%
05▲2Codington County, SDSD29,562895−7%
06▼1Brown County, SDSD37,561885−38%
07▼3Brookings County, SDSD37,635859−44%
08▲3Union County, SDSD17,402719−24%
09▲1Meade County, SDSD30,711694−21%
10▼1Clay County, SDSD15,031595−20%
11▲1Hughes County, SDSD17,570498−29%
12▲5Davison County, SDSD20,069415−41%
13▲2Beadle County, SDSD19,624410−38%
14▼6Yankton County, SDSD23,635396−58%
15▲4Butte County, SDSD10,856339−8%
16▼3Grant County, SDSD7,534323−35%
17▲1Lake County, SDSD10,993312−42%
18▼4Roberts County, SDSD10,255288−30%
19▼3Custer County, SDSD9,431283−3%
20▲2Spink County, SDSD6,155257+32%
21▲2Walworth County, SDSD5,217239+123%
22▲12Moody County, SDSD6,632225+24%
23▲2Clark County, SDSD4,031219+10%
24▲5Marshall County, SDSD4,426197−37%
25▲7Kingsbury County, SDSD5,284192−14%
26▼6Charles Mix County, SDSD9,303181−47%
27▲3McCook County, SDSD5,964164−60%
28▼7Hamlin County, SDSD6,900149−19%
29▼5Gregory County, SDSD4,037149−2%
30▼4Turner County, SDSD9,314141−44%
31▼3Brule County, SDSD5,278139−25%
32▲16Edmunds County, SDSD4,022128−20%
33▼6Fall River County, SDSD7,467124−57%
34▼1Deuel County, SDSD4,408123−42%
35▲8Miner County, SDSD2,281111−19%
36Day County, SDSD5,484110−58%
37▼6Tripp County, SDSD5,70883−66%
38▲7Lyman County, SDSD3,69482+6%
39▼4Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24481+11%
40▲9Potter County, SDSD2,37771−15%
41▲11Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41354−55%
42▼5McPherson County, SDSD2,34752+49%
43▼1Perkins County, SDSD2,85352−79%
44Haakon County, SDSD1,80250+16%
45▼6Sanborn County, SDSD2,38845−59%
46Todd County, SDSD8,86344−40%
47Bennett County, SDSD3,30743−75%
48▼2Harding County, SDSD1,33141−16%
49▼9Douglas County, SDSD2,88835−36%
50▲7Hand County, SDSD3,12135−73%
51▲8Faulk County, SDSD2,17834−65%
52▼2Corson County, SDSD3,78132−38%
53▼15Stanley County, SDSD3,01830−79%
54▲10Campbell County, SDSD1,37726+44%
55▼4Aurora County, SDSD2,80124−70%
56▲5Jerauld County, SDSD1,65418−83%
57▲3Sully County, SDSD1,47918−63%
58▼5Hanson County, SDSD3,45617−82%
59▼4Dewey County, SDSD5,41916−58%
60▼19Mellette County, SDSD2,13716−67%
61▲1Hyde County, SDSD1,19114−77%
62▼4Jones County, SDSD91312−65%
63▼7Jackson County, SDSD2,66611−58%
64Buffalo County, SDSD1,8027−46%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES