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Largest Swedish population, South Dakota counties · 2020

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Swedish 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 64 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSWEDISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,6916,252−1%

02Pennington County, SDSD116,7923,588−2%

03Lincoln County, SDSD77,1451,832+4%

04Brookings County, SDSD37,6351,256−18%

05Brown County, SDSD37,5611,040−28%

06Lawrence County, SDSD29,459888−0%

07Codington County, SDSD29,562716−26%

08Yankton County, SDSD23,635709−26%

09Clay County, SDSD15,031626−16%

10Meade County, SDSD30,711610−30%

11Union County, SDSD17,402595−37%

12Hughes County, SDSD17,570593−15%

13Grant County, SDSD7,534583+17%

14Roberts County, SDSD10,255502+22%

15Beadle County, SDSD19,624463−30%

16Custer County, SDSD9,431461+58%

17Davison County, SDSD20,069422−40%

18Lake County, SDSD10,993410−23%

19Butte County, SDSD10,856361−2%

20Charles Mix County, SDSD9,303308−10%

21Hamlin County, SDSD6,900282+52%

22Spink County, SDSD6,155259+33%

23Walworth County, SDSD5,217249+133%

24Gregory County, SDSD4,037239+57%

25Clark County, SDSD4,031197−2%

26Turner County, SDSD9,314195−23%

27Fall River County, SDSD7,467190−34%

28Brule County, SDSD5,278184−1%

29Marshall County, SDSD4,426167−47%

30McCook County, SDSD5,964166−60%

31Tripp County, SDSD5,708155−36%

32Kingsbury County, SDSD5,284149−33%

33Deuel County, SDSD4,408129−39%

34Moody County, SDSD6,632128−29%

35Bon Homme County, SDSD7,244123+68%

36Day County, SDSD5,484123−54%

37McPherson County, SDSD2,347106+203%

38Stanley County, SDSD3,01897−34%

39Sanborn County, SDSD2,38893−15%

40Douglas County, SDSD2,88880+45%

41Mellette County, SDSD2,13765+35%

42Perkins County, SDSD2,85362−75%

43Miner County, SDSD2,28161−55%

44Haakon County, SDSD1,80260+40%

45Lyman County, SDSD3,69455−29%

46Harding County, SDSD1,33154+10%

47Bennett County, SDSD3,30752−70%

48Edmunds County, SDSD4,02243−73%

49Potter County, SDSD2,37743−49%

50Corson County, SDSD3,78139−25%

51Aurora County, SDSD2,80135−56%

52Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41333−73%

53Hanson County, SDSD3,45631−68%

54Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33831–

55Dewey County, SDSD5,41929−24%

56Jackson County, SDSD2,66628+8%

57Hand County, SDSD3,12127−79%

58Jones County, SDSD91325−26%

59Faulk County, SDSD2,17824−76%

60Sully County, SDSD1,47921−57%

61Jerauld County, SDSD1,65417−84%

62Hyde County, SDSD1,19110−83%

63Ziebach County, SDSD2,38910−55%

64Campbell County, SDSD1,3772−89%

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