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Largest Swiss population, South Dakota counties

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Swiss 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 46 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 46 is 27. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Codington County, SD, up 23 places to #10.

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SAME RANKING BYCitiesStatesMetros
Largest Swiss population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPSWISS POPULATIONVS 2010
01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,691554+36%
02Pennington County, SDSD116,792392+43%
03▲4Lincoln County, SDSD77,145221+256%
04▲5Brown County, SDSD37,561177+45%
05▲15Custer County, SDSD9,431116+38%
06▼2Yankton County, SDSD23,635113−4%
07▲10Meade County, SDSD30,711105+119%
08▼2Union County, SDSD17,40262+48%
09▲1Turner County, SDSD9,31460−12%
10▲23Codington County, SDSD29,56256+22%
11Todd County, SDSD8,86356+115%
12▲18Fall River County, SDSD7,46752+41%
13▲12Sanborn County, SDSD2,38850+178%
14▲10Beadle County, SDSD19,62443−76%
15▼10Lake County, SDSD10,99343−76%
16▼2Roberts County, SDSD10,25543−27%
17▲18Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41341−23%
18▼10Brookings County, SDSD37,63534−58%
19▼7Davison County, SDSD20,06934−26%
20▼5Hughes County, SDSD17,570340%
21▲1Spink County, SDSD6,15530−72%
22▲1Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30329−6%
23▼5Gregory County, SDSD4,03727+29%
24▼11Faulk County, SDSD2,17824+85%
25▼22Lawrence County, SDSD29,45923−82%
26▼10Marshall County, SDSD4,42621–
27Hanson County, SDSD3,45618+50%
28▲10Lyman County, SDSD3,69418+1700%
29▲5Clark County, SDSD4,03113−32%
30Mellette County, SDSD2,13713–
31Hamlin County, SDSD6,90012−78%
32Edmunds County, SDSD4,02212+200%
33▼4Walworth County, SDSD5,21711+38%
34▲5Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28410−44%
35▼3Hand County, SDSD3,1219−47%
36▼8Perkins County, SDSD2,8538–
37▼18Clay County, SDSD15,0315−91%
38▲9Miner County, SDSD2,2815−17%
39▼2Moody County, SDSD6,6325−95%
40▲10Grant County, SDSD7,5344−92%
41▼14Jerauld County, SDSD1,6544+33%
42▲1Jones County, SDSD9134−20%
43▼17Brule County, SDSD5,2783−92%
44▼23Deuel County, SDSD4,4083–
45▲4Sully County, SDSD1,4793−67%
46▼35Butte County, SDSD10,8562−95%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES