RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 65 SHOWN OF 65

Largest Swedish population, South Dakota counties · 2010

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Swedish ancestry, from the 2010 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 185.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSWEDISH POPULATIONVS –

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6916,304–

02Pennington County, SDSD116,7923,678–

03Lincoln County, SDSD77,1451,769–

04Brookings County, SDSD37,6351,529–

05Brown County, SDSD37,5611,439–

06Codington County, SDSD29,562963–

07Yankton County, SDSD23,635954–

08Union County, SDSD17,402950–

09Lawrence County, SDSD29,459889–

10Meade County, SDSD30,711874–

11Clay County, SDSD15,031743–

12Davison County, SDSD20,069706–

13Hughes County, SDSD17,570701–

14Beadle County, SDSD19,624662–

15Lake County, SDSD10,993534–

16Grant County, SDSD7,534497–

17McCook County, SDSD5,964415–

18Roberts County, SDSD10,255413–

19Butte County, SDSD10,856369–

20Charles Mix County, SDSD9,303341–

21Marshall County, SDSD4,426313–

22Custer County, SDSD9,431291–

23Fall River County, SDSD7,467286–

24Day County, SDSD5,484265–

25Turner County, SDSD9,314254–

26Perkins County, SDSD2,853251–

27Tripp County, SDSD5,708242–

28Kingsbury County, SDSD5,284224–

29Deuel County, SDSD4,408212–

30Clark County, SDSD4,031200–

31Spink County, SDSD6,155195–

32Brule County, SDSD5,278186–

33Hamlin County, SDSD6,900185–

34Moody County, SDSD6,632181–

35Bennett County, SDSD3,307175–

36Edmunds County, SDSD4,022160–

37Gregory County, SDSD4,037152–

38Stanley County, SDSD3,018146–

39Miner County, SDSD2,281137–

40Hand County, SDSD3,121131–

41Hutchinson County, SDSD7,413121–

42Jerauld County, SDSD1,654109–

43Sanborn County, SDSD2,388109–

44Walworth County, SDSD5,217107–

45Faulk County, SDSD2,17898–

46Hanson County, SDSD3,45696–

47Potter County, SDSD2,37784–

48Aurora County, SDSD2,80179–

49Lyman County, SDSD3,69477–

50Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24473–

51Todd County, SDSD8,86373–

52Hyde County, SDSD1,19160–

53Douglas County, SDSD2,88855–

54Corson County, SDSD3,78152–

55Harding County, SDSD1,33149–

56Sully County, SDSD1,47949–

57Mellette County, SDSD2,13748–

58Haakon County, SDSD1,80243–

59Dewey County, SDSD5,41938–

60McPherson County, SDSD2,34735–

61Jones County, SDSD91334–

62Jackson County, SDSD2,66626–

63Ziebach County, SDSD2,38922–

64Campbell County, SDSD1,37718–

65Buffalo County, SDSD1,80213–

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