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Largest Swiss population, South Dakota counties · 2020

South Dakota counties ranked by the number of residents who are Swiss 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 50 counties in South Dakota that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 50 is 24.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSWISS POPULATIONVS 2010

01Minnehaha County, SDSD212,691814+100%

02Pennington County, SDSD116,792463+69%

03Lawrence County, SDSD29,459206+63%

04Yankton County, SDSD23,635172+46%

05Lake County, SDSD10,993162−10%

06Union County, SDSD17,402151+260%

07Lincoln County, SDSD77,145144+132%

08Brookings County, SDSD37,63583+2%

09Brown County, SDSD37,56179−35%

10Turner County, SDSD9,31479+16%

11Butte County, SDSD10,85674+90%

12Davison County, SDSD20,06974+61%

13Faulk County, SDSD2,17852+300%

14Roberts County, SDSD10,25550−15%

15Hughes County, SDSD17,57046+35%

16Marshall County, SDSD4,42644–

17Meade County, SDSD30,71139−19%

18Gregory County, SDSD4,03736+71%

19Clay County, SDSD15,03134−38%

20Custer County, SDSD9,43134−60%

21Deuel County, SDSD4,40834–

22Spink County, SDSD6,15530−72%

23Charles Mix County, SDSD9,30325−19%

24Beadle County, SDSD19,62424−87%

25Sanborn County, SDSD2,38824+33%

26Brule County, SDSD5,27823−38%

27Jerauld County, SDSD1,65423+667%

28Perkins County, SDSD2,85323–

29Walworth County, SDSD5,21723+188%

30Fall River County, SDSD7,46721−43%

31Harding County, SDSD1,33119+58%

32Hand County, SDSD3,12118+6%

33Codington County, SDSD29,56216−65%

34Clark County, SDSD4,03114−26%

35Hutchinson County, SDSD7,41314−74%

36McCook County, SDSD5,96411+57%

37Moody County, SDSD6,63211−88%

38Lyman County, SDSD3,6949+800%

39Kingsbury County, SDSD5,2848−56%

40Jackson County, SDSD2,6667−22%

41Tripp County, SDSD5,7087−77%

42Campbell County, SDSD1,3776−79%

43Jones County, SDSD9136+20%

44Bon Homme County, SDSD7,2444−76%

45Day County, SDSD5,4844−60%

46McPherson County, SDSD2,3474−64%

47Miner County, SDSD2,2814−33%

48Corson County, SDSD3,7812−71%

49Sully County, SDSD1,4792−78%

50Grant County, SDSD7,5341−98%

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